Boulder vs Montana City

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

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

Montana City has the higher population (2,899 vs 1,326 in Boulder). Montana City has the higher median household income ($125,223 vs $61,250 in Boulder). Montana City has the higher median home value ($519,100 vs $194,800 in Boulder).

Population, income & housing

	Boulder	Montana City
Population	1,326	2,899
Median age	40.8 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$125,223
Median home value	$194,800	$519,100
Median gross rent	$692	$1,206
Housing units	585	1,111
Homeownership rate	71.1%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boulder	Montana City
Population	869 → 1,326 (+52.6%)	2,872 → 2,899 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$42,454 → $61,250 (+44.3%)	$95,547 → $125,223 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$139,100 → $194,800 (+40.0%)	$345,300 → $519,100 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $692 (+13.1%)	$1,143 → $1,206 (+5.5%)

Boulder

Population

8691,326

Median household income

$42,454$61,250

Median home value

$139,100$194,800

Median gross rent

$612$692

Montana City

Population

2,8722,899

Median household income

$95,547$125,223

Median home value

$345,300$519,100

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,206

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boulder	Montana City
Under 5	4.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	3.8%
25 to 34	8.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	21.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	14.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	5.7%	13.0%
75 and over	5.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boulder	Montana City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
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%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boulder	Montana City
No high school diploma	7.9%	3.9%
High school graduate	25.2%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boulder	Montana City
Drove alone	65.6%	74.9%
Carpooled	17.0%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	6.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	11.5%
Other means	2.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boulder	Montana City
1-unit, detached	74.5%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boulder	Montana City
Poverty rate	8.7%	2.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1972	1995