Big Arm vs Ravalli

A side-by-side comparison of Big Arm and Ravalli: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Arm and Ravalli are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ravalli has the higher population (174 vs 142 in Big Arm). Since 2019, Ravalli's population has grown faster (+93.3% vs -16.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Arm	Ravalli
Population	142	174
Median age	31.5 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$76,582
Housing units	82	90
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Arm	Ravalli
Population	169 → 142 (-16.0%)	90 → 174 (+93.3%)
Median household income	—	$66,302 → $76,582 (+15.5%)

Big Arm

Population

169142

Ravalli

Population

90174

Median household income

$66,302$76,582

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Arm	Ravalli
Under 5	19.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	31.0%	28.2%
35 to 44	25.4%	27.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	5.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	23.6%
75 and over	4.9%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Arm	Ravalli
White (non-Hispanic)	39.4%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	60.6%	6.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Arm	Ravalli
No high school diploma	25.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	17.3%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Arm	Ravalli
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Arm	Ravalli
1-unit, detached	53.7%	45.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.3%	54.4%

Poverty & households

	Big Arm	Ravalli
Poverty rate	55.6%	5.7%
Average household size	2.90	2.12
Median year structure built	1976	1974