Bull Lake vs Yaak

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

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

Yaak has the higher population (310 vs 185 in Bull Lake). Bull Lake has the higher median home value ($481,300 vs $363,600 in Yaak). Since 2019, Yaak's population has grown faster (+3.3% vs -15.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bull Lake	Yaak
Population	185	310
Median age	53.1 yrs	64.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$56,250
Median home value	$481,300	$363,600
Housing units	166	297
Homeownership rate	100.0%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bull Lake	Yaak
Population	220 → 185 (-15.9%)	300 → 310 (+3.3%)
Median household income	—	$50,000 → $56,250 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$348,600 → $481,300 (+38.1%)	$265,800 → $363,600 (+36.8%)

Bull Lake

Population

220185

Median home value

$348,600$481,300

Yaak

Population

300310

Median household income

$50,000$56,250

Median home value

$265,800$363,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bull Lake	Yaak
Under 5	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 17	31.9%	9.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.1%
45 to 54	36.8%	4.2%
55 to 64	22.7%	28.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	29.0%
75 and over	0.0%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bull Lake	Yaak
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.2%
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%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bull Lake	Yaak
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.9%
High school graduate	46.0%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	54.0%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bull Lake	Yaak
Drove alone	20.8%	39.2%
Carpooled	79.2%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	50.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bull Lake	Yaak
1-unit, detached	57.8%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	0.7%
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%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bull Lake	Yaak
Poverty rate	11.4%	18.5%
Average household size	2.57	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	—	39
Median year structure built	1991	1997