Happys Inn vs Sylvanite

A side-by-side comparison of Happys Inn and Sylvanite: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sylvanite has the higher population (157 vs 146 in Happys Inn). Sylvanite has the higher median household income ($52,396 vs $47,976 in Happys Inn). Happys Inn has the higher median home value ($417,000 vs $376,900 in Sylvanite).

Population, income & housing

	Happys Inn	Sylvanite
Population	146	157
Median age	71.6 yrs	70.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,976	$52,396
Median home value	$417,000	$376,900
Housing units	301	114
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Happys Inn	Sylvanite
Population	68 → 146 (+114.7%)	78 → 157 (+101.3%)
Median household income	$41,192 → $47,976 (+16.5%)	$60,417 → $52,396 (-13.3%)
Median home value	$336,600 → $417,000 (+23.9%)	$261,400 → $376,900 (+44.2%)

Happys Inn

Population

68146

Median household income

$41,192$47,976

Median home value

$336,600$417,000

Sylvanite

Population

78157

Median household income

$60,417$52,396

Median home value

$261,400$376,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Happys Inn	Sylvanite
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	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	0.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	4.8%	5.1%
65 to 74	57.5%	38.2%
75 and over	37.7%	31.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Happys Inn	Sylvanite
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Happys Inn	Sylvanite
No high school diploma	6.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	52.7%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	6.8%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Happys Inn	Sylvanite
Drove alone	87.0%	40.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	31.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.0%	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)

	Happys Inn	Sylvanite
1-unit, detached	85.4%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Happys Inn	Sylvanite
Poverty rate	41.8%	0.0%
Average household size	1.40	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	—	49
Median year structure built	1979	1989