Bonner-West Riverside vs Seeley Lake

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

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

Bonner-West Riverside has the higher population (1,445 vs 1,335 in Seeley Lake). Bonner-West Riverside has the higher median household income ($59,609 vs $46,031 in Seeley Lake). Seeley Lake has the higher median home value ($270,400 vs $162,100 in Bonner-West Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Bonner-West Riverside	Seeley Lake
Population	1,445	1,335
Median age	40.7 yrs	62.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,609	$46,031
Median home value	$162,100	$270,400
Median gross rent	$939	$1,028
Housing units	671	1,197
Homeownership rate	70.0%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonner-West Riverside	Seeley Lake
Population	1,486 → 1,445 (-2.8%)	1,286 → 1,335 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$34,112 → $59,609 (+74.7%)	$50,469 → $46,031 (-8.8%)
Median home value	$65,700 → $162,100 (+146.7%)	$223,900 → $270,400 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $939 (+9.6%)	$757 → $1,028 (+35.8%)

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

Seeley Lake

Population

1,2861,335

Median household income

$50,469$46,031

Median home value

$223,900$270,400

Median gross rent

$757$1,028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonner-West Riverside	Seeley Lake
Under 5	9.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	8.7%	7.3%
18 to 24	14.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.8%	8.5%
35 to 44	17.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	7.2%	8.2%
55 to 64	16.9%	19.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	22.4%
75 and over	5.0%	19.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonner-West Riverside	Seeley Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonner-West Riverside	Seeley Lake
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	31.3%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonner-West Riverside	Seeley Lake
Drove alone	71.3%	63.7%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.9%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	31.5%
Other means	12.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonner-West Riverside	Seeley Lake
1-unit, detached	38.7%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	52.9%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Bonner-West Riverside	Seeley Lake
Poverty rate	14.7%	6.5%
Average household size	2.15	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1989	1992