Big Sky vs Four Corners

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

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

Four Corners has the higher population (5,562 vs 2,388 in Big Sky). Four Corners has the higher median household income ($111,474 vs $103,625 in Big Sky). Big Sky has the higher median home value ($884,700 vs $620,200 in Four Corners).

Population, income & housing

	Big Sky	Four Corners
Population	2,388	5,562
Median age	38.5 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$103,625	$111,474
Median home value	$884,700	$620,200
Median gross rent	$1,712	$1,192
Housing units	3,118	2,197
Homeownership rate	85.5%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.3%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Sky	Four Corners
Population	3,058 → 2,388 (-21.9%)	5,084 → 5,562 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$75,586 → $103,625 (+37.1%)	$81,089 → $111,474 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$564,000 → $884,700 (+56.9%)	$396,000 → $620,200 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,405 → $1,712 (+21.9%)	$1,102 → $1,192 (+8.2%)

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

Four Corners

Population

5,0845,562

Median household income

$81,089$111,474

Median home value

$396,000$620,200

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,192

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Sky	Four Corners
Under 5	6.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	8.2%	26.2%
18 to 24	3.5%	4.7%
25 to 34	19.9%	14.9%
35 to 44	25.2%	16.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	17.6%	5.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.6%
75 and over	2.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Sky	Four Corners
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.7%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Sky	Four Corners
No high school diploma	3.3%	0.8%
High school graduate	7.6%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Sky	Four Corners
Drove alone	58.7%	77.2%
Carpooled	2.9%	1.8%
Public transit	3.3%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.9%	17.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Sky	Four Corners
1-unit, detached	50.7%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	20.5%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.7%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Big Sky	Four Corners
Poverty rate	6.9%	6.4%
Average household size	2.01	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	2000	2008