Bonner-West Riverside vs Missoula

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

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

Missoula has the higher population (75,600 vs 1,445 in Bonner-West Riverside). Missoula has the higher median household income ($65,329 vs $59,609 in Bonner-West Riverside). Missoula has the higher median home value ($427,400 vs $162,100 in Bonner-West Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Bonner-West Riverside	Missoula
Population	1,445	75,600
Median age	40.7 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,609	$65,329
Median home value	$162,100	$427,400
Median gross rent	$939	$1,120
Housing units	671	36,310
Homeownership rate	70.0%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonner-West Riverside	Missoula
Population	1,486 → 1,445 (-2.8%)	73,710 → 75,600 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$34,112 → $59,609 (+74.7%)	$47,426 → $65,329 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$65,700 → $162,100 (+146.7%)	$279,700 → $427,400 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $939 (+9.6%)	$859 → $1,120 (+30.4%)

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

Missoula

Population

73,71075,600

Median household income

$47,426$65,329

Median home value

$279,700$427,400

Median gross rent

$859$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonner-West Riverside	Missoula
Under 5	9.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	8.7%	13.2%
18 to 24	14.3%	16.1%
25 to 34	7.8%	18.4%
35 to 44	17.8%	13.9%
45 to 54	7.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	16.9%	9.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.2%
75 and over	5.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonner-West Riverside	Missoula
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.5%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	9.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonner-West Riverside	Missoula
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	31.3%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonner-West Riverside	Missoula
Drove alone	71.3%	67.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.8%
Public transit	1.6%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	1.3%	4.1%
Worked from home	7.2%	13.7%
Other means	12.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonner-West Riverside	Missoula
1-unit, detached	38.7%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	14.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	52.9%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Bonner-West Riverside	Missoula
Poverty rate	14.7%	12.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1989	1981