Bonner-West Riverside vs East Missoula

A side-by-side comparison of Bonner-West Riverside and East Missoula: population, income, housing, and more.

Bonner-West Riverside and East Missoula are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Missoula has the higher population (2,072 vs 1,445 in Bonner-West Riverside). East Missoula has the higher median household income ($65,541 vs $59,609 in Bonner-West Riverside). East Missoula has the higher median home value ($323,900 vs $162,100 in Bonner-West Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Bonner-West Riverside	East Missoula
Population	1,445	2,072
Median age	40.7 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,609	$65,541
Median home value	$162,100	$323,900
Median gross rent	$939	$1,039
Housing units	671	1,036
Homeownership rate	70.0%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonner-West Riverside	East Missoula
Population	1,486 → 1,445 (-2.8%)	2,111 → 2,072 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$34,112 → $59,609 (+74.7%)	$53,234 → $65,541 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$65,700 → $162,100 (+146.7%)	$218,600 → $323,900 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $939 (+9.6%)	$902 → $1,039 (+15.2%)

Bonner-West Riverside

Population

1,4861,445

Median household income

$34,112$59,609

Median home value

$65,700$162,100

Median gross rent

$857$939

East Missoula

Population

2,1112,072

Median household income

$53,234$65,541

Median home value

$218,600$323,900

Median gross rent

$902$1,039

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonner-West Riverside	East Missoula
Under 5	9.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	8.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	14.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	7.8%	14.6%
35 to 44	17.8%	21.2%
45 to 54	7.2%	7.3%
55 to 64	16.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.7%
75 and over	5.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonner-West Riverside	East Missoula
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.5%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonner-West Riverside	East Missoula
No high school diploma	6.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	31.3%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonner-West Riverside	East Missoula
Drove alone	71.3%	76.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	3.7%
Public transit	1.6%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	1.3%	1.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	15.7%
Other means	12.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonner-West Riverside	East Missoula
1-unit, detached	38.7%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	52.9%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Bonner-West Riverside	East Missoula
Poverty rate	14.7%	8.4%
Average household size	2.15	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1989	1977