Bull Lake vs Sylvanite

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

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

Bull Lake has the higher population (185 vs 157 in Sylvanite). Bull Lake has the higher median home value ($481,300 vs $376,900 in Sylvanite). Since 2019, Sylvanite's population has grown faster (+101.3% vs -15.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bull Lake	Sylvanite
Population	185	157
Median age	53.1 yrs	70.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$52,396
Median home value	$481,300	$376,900
Housing units	166	114
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bull Lake	Sylvanite
Population	220 → 185 (-15.9%)	78 → 157 (+101.3%)
Median household income	—	$60,417 → $52,396 (-13.3%)
Median home value	$348,600 → $481,300 (+38.1%)	$261,400 → $376,900 (+44.2%)

Bull Lake

Population

220185

Median home value

$348,600$481,300

Sylvanite

Population

78157

Median household income

$60,417$52,396

Median home value

$261,400$376,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bull Lake	Sylvanite
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	31.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	1.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.6%
45 to 54	36.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	22.7%	5.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	38.2%
75 and over	0.0%	31.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bull Lake	Sylvanite
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	90.4%
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%	2.5%
Two or more races	16.2%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bull Lake	Sylvanite
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.0%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	54.0%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bull Lake	Sylvanite
Drove alone	20.8%	40.0%
Carpooled	79.2%	31.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	28.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bull Lake	Sylvanite
1-unit, detached	57.8%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	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	24.1%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Bull Lake	Sylvanite
Poverty rate	11.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.57	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	—	49
Median year structure built	1991	1989