Boulder vs Rader Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Boulder and Rader Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Boulder and Rader Creek 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 373 in Rader Creek). Rader Creek has the higher median household income ($83,171 vs $61,250 in Boulder). Rader Creek has the higher median home value ($379,700 vs $194,800 in Boulder).

Population, income & housing

	Boulder	Rader Creek
Population	1,326	373
Median age	40.8 yrs	55.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$83,171
Median home value	$194,800	$379,700
Median gross rent	$692	—
Housing units	585	214
Homeownership rate	71.1%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boulder	Rader Creek
Population	869 → 1,326 (+52.6%)	282 → 373 (+32.3%)
Median household income	$42,454 → $61,250 (+44.3%)	$68,563 → $83,171 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$139,100 → $194,800 (+40.0%)	$282,800 → $379,700 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $692 (+13.1%)	—

Boulder

Population

8691,326

Median household income

$42,454$61,250

Median home value

$139,100$194,800

Median gross rent

$612$692

Rader Creek

Population

282373

Median household income

$68,563$83,171

Median home value

$282,800$379,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boulder	Rader Creek
Under 5	4.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	21.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	18.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	33.2%
65 to 74	5.7%	15.5%
75 and over	5.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boulder	Rader Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.2%	2.9%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boulder	Rader Creek
No high school diploma	7.9%	3.0%
High school graduate	25.2%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boulder	Rader Creek
Drove alone	65.6%	68.6%
Carpooled	17.0%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	14.4%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boulder	Rader Creek
1-unit, detached	74.5%	86.9%
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%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Boulder	Rader Creek
Poverty rate	8.7%	5.4%
Average household size	2.31	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	25	46
Median year structure built	1972	2003