Boulder vs Whitehall

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

Boulder and Whitehall 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 1,151 in Whitehall). Boulder has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $38,750 in Whitehall). Boulder has the higher median home value ($194,800 vs $180,600 in Whitehall).

Population, income & housing

	Boulder	Whitehall
Population	1,326	1,151
Median age	40.8 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$38,750
Median home value	$194,800	$180,600
Median gross rent	$692	$689
Housing units	585	538
Homeownership rate	71.1%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boulder	Whitehall
Population	869 → 1,326 (+52.6%)	921 → 1,151 (+25.0%)
Median household income	$42,454 → $61,250 (+44.3%)	$42,132 → $38,750 (-8.0%)
Median home value	$139,100 → $194,800 (+40.0%)	$145,200 → $180,600 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $692 (+13.1%)	$664 → $689 (+3.8%)

Boulder

Population

8691,326

Median household income

$42,454$61,250

Median home value

$139,100$194,800

Median gross rent

$612$692

Whitehall

Population

9211,151

Median household income

$42,132$38,750

Median home value

$145,200$180,600

Median gross rent

$664$689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boulder	Whitehall
Under 5	4.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	11.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	14.2%
25 to 34	8.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	21.8%	4.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	5.7%	19.4%
75 and over	5.8%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boulder	Whitehall
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.2%	1.2%
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%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boulder	Whitehall
No high school diploma	7.9%	13.7%
High school graduate	25.2%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boulder	Whitehall
Drove alone	65.6%	69.9%
Carpooled	17.0%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	10.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.8%	6.2%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boulder	Whitehall
1-unit, detached	74.5%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	10.2%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Boulder	Whitehall
Poverty rate	8.7%	18.1%
Average household size	2.31	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1972	1959