Sleeping Buffalo vs Whitewater

A side-by-side comparison of Sleeping Buffalo and Whitewater: population, income, housing, and more.

Sleeping Buffalo and Whitewater are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Whitewater has the higher population (100 vs 10 in Sleeping Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Sleeping Buffalo	Whitewater
Population	10	100
Median age	70.5 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$35,417
Median home value	—	$79,000
Median gross rent	—	$267
Housing units	7	55
Homeownership rate	100.0%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sleeping Buffalo	Whitewater
Population	0 → 10 (+0.0%)	127 → 100 (-21.3%)
Median household income	—	$41,750 → $35,417 (-15.2%)
Median home value	—	$210,400 → $79,000 (-62.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$286 → $267 (-6.6%)

Sleeping Buffalo

Population

010

Whitewater

Population

127100

Median household income

$41,750$35,417

Median home value

$210,400$79,000

Median gross rent

$286$267

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sleeping Buffalo	Whitewater
Under 5	0.0%	12.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	23.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	30.0%	6.0%
65 to 74	70.0%	8.0%
75 and over	0.0%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sleeping Buffalo	Whitewater
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	67.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	32.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sleeping Buffalo	Whitewater
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.1%
High school graduate	100.0%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	34.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sleeping Buffalo	Whitewater
Drove alone	0.0%	53.2%
Carpooled	57.1%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	36.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	42.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sleeping Buffalo	Whitewater
1-unit, detached	42.9%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	57.1%	0.0%
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	0.0%	56.4%

Poverty & households

	Sleeping Buffalo	Whitewater
Poverty rate	40.0%	27.0%
Average household size	1.43	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	—	12
Median year structure built	—	1982