Boulder vs Jefferson City

A side-by-side comparison of Boulder and Jefferson City: population, income, housing, and more.

Boulder and Jefferson City are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Boulder has the higher population (1,326 vs 446 in Jefferson City). Jefferson City has the higher median household income ($73,875 vs $61,250 in Boulder). Jefferson City has the higher median home value ($282,000 vs $194,800 in Boulder).

Population, income & housing

	Boulder	Jefferson City
Population	1,326	446
Median age	40.8 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$73,875
Median home value	$194,800	$282,000
Median gross rent	$692	—
Housing units	585	176
Homeownership rate	71.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boulder	Jefferson City
Population	869 → 1,326 (+52.6%)	581 → 446 (-23.2%)
Median household income	$42,454 → $61,250 (+44.3%)	$62,083 → $73,875 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$139,100 → $194,800 (+40.0%)	$249,000 → $282,000 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $692 (+13.1%)	$547 → $1,285 (+134.9%)

Boulder

Population

8691,326

Median household income

$42,454$61,250

Median home value

$139,100$194,800

Median gross rent

$612$692

Jefferson City

Population

581446

Median household income

$62,083$73,875

Median home value

$249,000$282,000

Median gross rent

$547$1,285

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boulder	Jefferson City
Under 5	4.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	28.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	21.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	5.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	9.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	32.7%
75 and over	5.8%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boulder	Jefferson City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boulder	Jefferson City
No high school diploma	7.9%	8.4%
High school graduate	25.2%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boulder	Jefferson City
Drove alone	65.6%	91.7%
Carpooled	17.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	6.9%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boulder	Jefferson City
1-unit, detached	74.5%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Boulder	Jefferson City
Poverty rate	8.7%	4.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1972	1994