Bear Dance vs Elmo

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

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

Bear Dance has the higher population (262 vs 183 in Elmo). Since 2019, Elmo's population has grown faster (+10.9% vs -7.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Dance	Elmo
Population	262	183
Median age	58.4 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,458	—
Median home value	$570,000	—
Housing units	252	112
Homeownership rate	83.6%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.7%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	58.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Dance	Elmo
Population	282 → 262 (-7.1%)	165 → 183 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$54,338 → $71,458 (+31.5%)	—
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $570,000 (-71.5%)	—

Bear Dance

Population

282262

Median household income

$54,338$71,458

Median home value

$2,000,001$570,000

Elmo

Population

165183

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Dance	Elmo
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.3%	39.9%
18 to 24	5.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.7%
35 to 44	6.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	27.9%	8.2%
55 to 64	18.3%	4.9%
65 to 74	35.9%	26.2%
75 and over	3.8%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Dance	Elmo
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	12.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.4%	87.4%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Dance	Elmo
No high school diploma	0.0%	50.0%
High school graduate	17.7%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Dance	Elmo
Drove alone	53.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	41.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Dance	Elmo
1-unit, detached	84.5%	35.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	24.1%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	21.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Bear Dance	Elmo
Poverty rate	6.9%	30.1%
Average household size	2.15	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1974	1994