Sylvanite vs West Kootenai

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

Sylvanite 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 157 in Sylvanite). West Kootenai has the higher median household income ($74,722 vs $52,396 in Sylvanite). Sylvanite has the higher median home value ($376,900 vs $287,200 in West Kootenai).

Population, income & housing

	Sylvanite	West Kootenai
Population	157	397
Median age	70.4 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,396	$74,722
Median home value	$376,900	$287,200
Housing units	114	209
Homeownership rate	80.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sylvanite	West Kootenai
Population	78 → 157 (+101.3%)	58 → 397 (+584.5%)
Median household income	$60,417 → $52,396 (-13.3%)	$23,333 → $74,722 (+220.2%)
Median home value	$261,400 → $376,900 (+44.2%)	—

Sylvanite

Population

78157

Median household income

$60,417$52,396

Median home value

$261,400$376,900

West Kootenai

Population

58397

Median household income

$23,333$74,722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sylvanite	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	1.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	9.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	5.1%	25.7%
65 to 74	38.2%	12.3%
75 and over	31.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sylvanite	West Kootenai
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	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	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sylvanite	West Kootenai
No high school diploma	0.0%	37.9%
High school graduate	37.6%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sylvanite	West Kootenai
Drove alone	40.0%	18.1%
Carpooled	31.4%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	52.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.6%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sylvanite	West Kootenai
1-unit, detached	86.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	13.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sylvanite	West Kootenai
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.09	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	49	17
Median year structure built	1989	1998