Big Sky vs Manhattan

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

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

Big Sky has the higher population (2,388 vs 2,149 in Manhattan). Big Sky has the higher median household income ($103,625 vs $69,671 in Manhattan). Big Sky has the higher median home value ($884,700 vs $460,400 in Manhattan).

Population, income & housing

	Big Sky	Manhattan
Population	2,388	2,149
Median age	38.5 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$103,625	$69,671
Median home value	$884,700	$460,400
Median gross rent	$1,712	$1,700
Housing units	3,118	909
Homeownership rate	85.5%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.3%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Sky	Manhattan
Population	3,058 → 2,388 (-21.9%)	1,549 → 2,149 (+38.7%)
Median household income	$75,586 → $103,625 (+37.1%)	$60,324 → $69,671 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$564,000 → $884,700 (+56.9%)	$253,900 → $460,400 (+81.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,405 → $1,712 (+21.9%)	$1,394 → $1,700 (+22.0%)

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

Manhattan

Population

1,5492,149

Median household income

$60,324$69,671

Median home value

$253,900$460,400

Median gross rent

$1,394$1,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Sky	Manhattan
Under 5	6.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	8.2%	26.8%
18 to 24	3.5%	4.5%
25 to 34	19.9%	3.2%
35 to 44	25.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	8.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	17.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.4%
75 and over	2.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Sky	Manhattan
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Sky	Manhattan
No high school diploma	3.3%	0.6%
High school graduate	7.6%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Sky	Manhattan
Drove alone	58.7%	80.4%
Carpooled	2.9%	3.5%
Public transit	3.3%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.9%	14.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Sky	Manhattan
1-unit, detached	50.7%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	20.5%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	2.3%
20 or more units	6.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Big Sky	Manhattan
Poverty rate	6.9%	5.3%
Average household size	2.01	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	2000	1989