Bear Dance vs Charlo

A side-by-side comparison of Bear Dance and Charlo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Charlo has the higher population (344 vs 262 in Bear Dance). Bear Dance has the higher median household income ($71,458 vs $39,107 in Charlo). Bear Dance has the higher median home value ($570,000 vs $162,500 in Charlo).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Dance	Charlo
Population	262	344
Median age	58.4 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,458	$39,107
Median home value	$570,000	$162,500
Median gross rent	—	$833
Housing units	252	172
Homeownership rate	83.6%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.7%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Dance	Charlo
Population	282 → 262 (-7.1%)	286 → 344 (+20.3%)
Median household income	$54,338 → $71,458 (+31.5%)	$45,000 → $39,107 (-13.1%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $570,000 (-71.5%)	$151,900 → $162,500 (+7.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$703 → $833 (+18.5%)

Bear Dance

Population

282262

Median household income

$54,338$71,458

Median home value

$2,000,001$570,000

Charlo

Population

286344

Median household income

$45,000$39,107

Median home value

$151,900$162,500

Median gross rent

$703$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Dance	Charlo
Under 5	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	2.3%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	2.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	6.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	27.9%	8.7%
55 to 64	18.3%	16.9%
65 to 74	35.9%	21.8%
75 and over	3.8%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Dance	Charlo
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.4%	11.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Dance	Charlo
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	17.7%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	25.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Dance	Charlo
Drove alone	53.7%	73.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	41.1%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Dance	Charlo
1-unit, detached	84.5%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	33.1%

Poverty & households

	Bear Dance	Charlo
Poverty rate	6.9%	14.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1974	1977