Birch Creek Colony vs Heart Butte

A side-by-side comparison of Birch Creek Colony and Heart Butte: population, income, housing, and more.

Birch Creek Colony and Heart Butte are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Heart Butte has the higher population (504 vs 111 in Birch Creek Colony). Heart Butte has the higher median household income ($28,977 vs $2,499 in Birch Creek Colony). Since 2019, Birch Creek Colony's population has grown faster (+1287.5% vs -16.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Birch Creek Colony	Heart Butte
Population	111	504
Median age	28.8 yrs	27.4 yrs
Median household income	$2,499	$28,977
Median home value	—	$48,800
Median gross rent	—	$459
Housing units	16	146
Homeownership rate	56.3%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birch Creek Colony	Heart Butte
Population	8 → 111 (+1287.5%)	600 → 504 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$2,499 → $2,499 (+0.0%)	$28,125 → $28,977 (+3.0%)
Median home value	—	$55,000 → $48,800 (-11.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$392 → $459 (+17.1%)

Birch Creek Colony

Population

8111

Median household income

$2,499$2,499

Heart Butte

Population

600504

Median household income

$28,125$28,977

Median home value

$55,000$48,800

Median gross rent

$392$459

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birch Creek Colony	Heart Butte
Under 5	0.0%	11.1%
5 to 17	18.0%	27.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	40.5%	8.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	16.3%
45 to 54	4.5%	4.4%
55 to 64	8.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	3.6%	5.6%
75 and over	8.1%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birch Creek Colony	Heart Butte
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	2.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	95.8%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birch Creek Colony	Heart Butte
No high school diploma	100.0%	16.2%
High school graduate	0.0%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birch Creek Colony	Heart Butte
Drove alone	0.0%	50.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	39.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	100.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birch Creek Colony	Heart Butte
1-unit, detached	0.0%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	25.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	75.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Birch Creek Colony	Heart Butte
Poverty rate	88.3%	46.7%
Average household size	4.56	4.10
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1983	1987