Sylvanite vs Yaak

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

Sylvanite 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 157 in Sylvanite). Yaak has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $52,396 in Sylvanite). Sylvanite has the higher median home value ($376,900 vs $363,600 in Yaak).

Population, income & housing

	Sylvanite	Yaak
Population	157	310
Median age	70.4 yrs	64.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,396	$56,250
Median home value	$376,900	$363,600
Housing units	114	297
Homeownership rate	80.0%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sylvanite	Yaak
Population	78 → 157 (+101.3%)	300 → 310 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$60,417 → $52,396 (-13.3%)	$50,000 → $56,250 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$261,400 → $376,900 (+44.2%)	$265,800 → $363,600 (+36.8%)

Sylvanite

Population

78157

Median household income

$60,417$52,396

Median home value

$261,400$376,900

Yaak

Population

300310

Median household income

$50,000$56,250

Median home value

$265,800$363,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sylvanite	Yaak
Under 5	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	9.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.6%
25 to 34	1.9%	4.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	7.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	4.2%
55 to 64	5.1%	28.1%
65 to 74	38.2%	29.0%
75 and over	31.8%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sylvanite	Yaak
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	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	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sylvanite	Yaak
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.9%
High school graduate	37.6%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sylvanite	Yaak
Drove alone	40.0%	39.2%
Carpooled	31.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.6%	50.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sylvanite	Yaak
1-unit, detached	86.8%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	13.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Sylvanite	Yaak
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.5%
Average household size	2.09	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	49	39
Median year structure built	1989	1997