Bridger vs Willow Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Bridger and Willow Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Bridger and Willow Creek are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Willow Creek has the higher population (162 vs 119 in Bridger). Bridger has the higher median household income ($136,154 vs $68,542 in Willow Creek). Bridger has the higher median home value ($807,700 vs $218,800 in Willow Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Bridger	Willow Creek
Population	119	162
Median age	38.9 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$136,154	$68,542
Median home value	$807,700	$218,800
Median gross rent	—	$856
Housing units	67	101
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.3%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridger	Willow Creek
Population	103 → 119 (+15.5%)	258 → 162 (-37.2%)
Median household income	$86,058 → $136,154 (+58.2%)	$54,286 → $68,542 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$459,500 → $807,700 (+75.8%)	$194,600 → $218,800 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$704 → $856 (+21.6%)

Bridger

Population

103119

Median household income

$86,058$136,154

Median home value

$459,500$807,700

Willow Creek

Population

258162

Median household income

$54,286$68,542

Median home value

$194,600$218,800

Median gross rent

$704$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridger	Willow Creek
Under 5	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	25.2%	7.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.6%
35 to 44	37.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	32.7%
65 to 74	5.0%	14.8%
75 and over	19.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridger	Willow Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	79.0%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridger	Willow Creek
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.3%
High school graduate	0.0%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	60.7%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridger	Willow Creek
Drove alone	37.3%	70.1%
Carpooled	5.1%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.6%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	44.1%	24.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridger	Willow Creek
1-unit, detached	89.6%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	33.7%

Poverty & households

	Bridger	Willow Creek
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.5%
Average household size	2.59	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	—	37
Median year structure built	1980	1977