Bull Lake vs West Kootenai

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

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

West Kootenai has the higher population (397 vs 185 in Bull Lake). Bull Lake has the higher median home value ($481,300 vs $287,200 in West Kootenai). Since 2019, West Kootenai's population has grown faster (+584.5% vs -15.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bull Lake	West Kootenai
Population	185	397
Median age	53.1 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$74,722
Median home value	$481,300	$287,200
Housing units	166	209
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bull Lake	West Kootenai
Population	220 → 185 (-15.9%)	58 → 397 (+584.5%)
Median household income	—	$23,333 → $74,722 (+220.2%)
Median home value	$348,600 → $481,300 (+38.1%)	—

Bull Lake

Population

220185

Median home value

$348,600$481,300

West Kootenai

Population

58397

Median household income

$23,333$74,722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bull Lake	West Kootenai
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	31.9%	17.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.1%
45 to 54	36.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	22.7%	25.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	12.3%
75 and over	0.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bull Lake	West Kootenai
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bull Lake	West Kootenai
No high school diploma	0.0%	37.9%
High school graduate	46.0%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	54.0%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bull Lake	West Kootenai
Drove alone	20.8%	18.1%
Carpooled	79.2%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	52.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bull Lake	West Kootenai
1-unit, detached	57.8%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bull Lake	West Kootenai
Poverty rate	11.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.57	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1991	1998