Boulder vs South Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Boulder and South Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Boulder and South Hills 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 634 in South Hills). South Hills has the higher median household income ($160,417 vs $61,250 in Boulder). South Hills has the higher median home value ($652,400 vs $194,800 in Boulder).

Population, income & housing

	Boulder	South Hills
Population	1,326	634
Median age	40.8 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$160,417
Median home value	$194,800	$652,400
Median gross rent	$692	—
Housing units	585	226
Homeownership rate	71.1%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boulder	South Hills
Population	869 → 1,326 (+52.6%)	671 → 634 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$42,454 → $61,250 (+44.3%)	$146,875 → $160,417 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$139,100 → $194,800 (+40.0%)	$457,100 → $652,400 (+42.7%)
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

South Hills

Population

671634

Median household income

$146,875$160,417

Median home value

$457,100$652,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boulder	South Hills
Under 5	4.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	23.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	4.1%
25 to 34	8.7%	1.9%
35 to 44	21.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	21.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	22.7%
65 to 74	5.7%	10.4%
75 and over	5.8%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boulder	South Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	92.7%
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%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boulder	South Hills
No high school diploma	7.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	25.2%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boulder	South Hills
Drove alone	65.6%	70.6%
Carpooled	17.0%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	16.2%
Other means	2.9%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boulder	South Hills
1-unit, detached	74.5%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boulder	South Hills
Poverty rate	8.7%	0.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	25	12
Median year structure built	1972	2000