Happys Inn vs West Kootenai

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

Happys Inn 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 146 in Happys Inn). West Kootenai has the higher median household income ($74,722 vs $47,976 in Happys Inn). Happys Inn has the higher median home value ($417,000 vs $287,200 in West Kootenai).

Population, income & housing

	Happys Inn	West Kootenai
Population	146	397
Median age	71.6 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,976	$74,722
Median home value	$417,000	$287,200
Housing units	301	209
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Happys Inn	West Kootenai
Population	68 → 146 (+114.7%)	58 → 397 (+584.5%)
Median household income	$41,192 → $47,976 (+16.5%)	$23,333 → $74,722 (+220.2%)
Median home value	$336,600 → $417,000 (+23.9%)	—

Happys Inn

Population

68146

Median household income

$41,192$47,976

Median home value

$336,600$417,000

West Kootenai

Population

58397

Median household income

$23,333$74,722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Happys Inn	West Kootenai
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	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	0.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	4.8%	25.7%
65 to 74	57.5%	12.3%
75 and over	37.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Happys Inn	West Kootenai
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Happys Inn	West Kootenai
No high school diploma	6.8%	37.9%
High school graduate	52.7%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	6.8%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Happys Inn	West Kootenai
Drove alone	87.0%	18.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.0%	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)

	Happys Inn	West Kootenai
1-unit, detached	85.4%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Happys Inn	West Kootenai
Poverty rate	41.8%	0.0%
Average household size	1.40	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1979	1998