Belgrade vs Big Sky

A side-by-side comparison of Belgrade and Big Sky: population, income, housing, and more.

Belgrade and Big Sky are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belgrade has the higher population (11,425 vs 2,388 in Big Sky). Big Sky has the higher median household income ($103,625 vs $88,896 in Belgrade). Big Sky has the higher median home value ($884,700 vs $469,600 in Belgrade).

Population, income & housing

	Belgrade	Big Sky
Population	11,425	2,388
Median age	33.2 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,896	$103,625
Median home value	$469,600	$884,700
Median gross rent	$1,582	$1,712
Housing units	4,858	3,118
Homeownership rate	55.5%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belgrade	Big Sky
Population	8,685 → 11,425 (+31.5%)	3,058 → 2,388 (-21.9%)
Median household income	$59,146 → $88,896 (+50.3%)	$75,586 → $103,625 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$243,200 → $469,600 (+93.1%)	$564,000 → $884,700 (+56.9%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $1,582 (+73.1%)	$1,405 → $1,712 (+21.9%)

Belgrade

Population

8,68511,425

Median household income

$59,146$88,896

Median home value

$243,200$469,600

Median gross rent

$914$1,582

Big Sky

Population

3,0582,388

Median household income

$75,586$103,625

Median home value

$564,000$884,700

Median gross rent

$1,405$1,712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belgrade	Big Sky
Under 5	7.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	8.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	3.5%
25 to 34	19.4%	19.9%
35 to 44	20.4%	25.2%
45 to 54	7.9%	8.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	17.6%
65 to 74	4.7%	9.2%
75 and over	2.0%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belgrade	Big Sky
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belgrade	Big Sky
No high school diploma	3.6%	3.3%
High school graduate	30.3%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	38.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belgrade	Big Sky
Drove alone	82.7%	58.7%
Carpooled	6.2%	2.9%
Public transit	0.3%	3.3%
Walked	0.5%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	27.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belgrade	Big Sky
1-unit, detached	63.3%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	20.5%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.3%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Belgrade	Big Sky
Poverty rate	12.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	2000	2000