Bull Lake vs Fortine

A side-by-side comparison of Bull Lake and Fortine: population, income, housing, and more.

Bull Lake and Fortine are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fortine has the higher population (378 vs 185 in Bull Lake). Bull Lake has the higher median home value ($481,300 vs $270,000 in Fortine). Since 2019, Fortine's population has grown faster (-10.2% vs -15.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bull Lake	Fortine
Population	185	378
Median age	53.1 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$64,427
Median home value	$481,300	$270,000
Housing units	166	217
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bull Lake	Fortine
Population	220 → 185 (-15.9%)	421 → 378 (-10.2%)
Median household income	—	$68,036 → $64,427 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$348,600 → $481,300 (+38.1%)	$172,200 → $270,000 (+56.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$747 → $1,058 (+41.6%)

Bull Lake

Population

220185

Median home value

$348,600$481,300

Fortine

Population

421378

Median household income

$68,036$64,427

Median home value

$172,200$270,000

Median gross rent

$747$1,058

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bull Lake	Fortine
Under 5	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	31.9%	10.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	36.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	22.7%	20.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	19.8%
75 and over	0.0%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bull Lake	Fortine
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bull Lake	Fortine
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	46.0%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	54.0%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bull Lake	Fortine
Drove alone	20.8%	53.9%
Carpooled	79.2%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	30.9%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bull Lake	Fortine
1-unit, detached	57.8%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.1%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Bull Lake	Fortine
Poverty rate	11.4%	7.7%
Average household size	2.57	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	—	50
Median year structure built	1991	1999