Cooke City vs Silver Gate

A side-by-side comparison of Cooke City and Silver Gate: population, income, housing, and more.

Cooke City and Silver Gate are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Both have a population of 94. Silver Gate has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $41,750 in Cooke City). Silver Gate has the higher median home value ($562,500 vs $362,500 in Cooke City).

Population, income & housing

	Cooke City	Silver Gate
Population	94	94
Median age	45.5 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,750	$250,001
Median home value	$362,500	$562,500
Median gross rent	$1,225	—
Housing units	139	180
Homeownership rate	50.9%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooke City	Silver Gate
Population	63 → 94 (+49.2%)	29 → 94 (+224.1%)
Median household income	$36,875 → $41,750 (+13.2%)	$139,375 → $250,001 (+79.4%)
Median home value	$281,300 → $362,500 (+28.9%)	$450,000 → $562,500 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $1,225 (+47.6%)	—

Cooke City

Population

6394

Median household income

$36,875$41,750

Median home value

$281,300$362,500

Median gross rent

$830$1,225

Silver Gate

Population

2994

Median household income

$139,375$250,001

Median home value

$450,000$562,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cooke City	Silver Gate
Under 5	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 17	6.4%	3.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	1.1%
35 to 44	27.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	10.6%	64.9%
65 to 74	16.0%	18.1%
75 and over	9.6%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooke City	Silver Gate
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	98.9%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooke City	Silver Gate
No high school diploma	3.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	20.0%	61.1%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooke City	Silver Gate
Drove alone	20.0%	7.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	73.3%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	81.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooke City	Silver Gate
1-unit, detached	91.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cooke City	Silver Gate
Poverty rate	13.8%	0.0%
Average household size	1.77	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	5	—
Median year structure built	1982	1976