Birch Creek Colony vs Valier

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

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

Valier has the higher population (626 vs 111 in Birch Creek Colony). Valier has the higher median household income ($44,432 vs $2,499 in Birch Creek Colony). Since 2019, Birch Creek Colony's population has grown faster (+1287.5% vs +13.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Birch Creek Colony	Valier
Population	111	626
Median age	28.8 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$2,499	$44,432
Median home value	—	$124,300
Median gross rent	—	$780
Housing units	16	349
Homeownership rate	56.3%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birch Creek Colony	Valier
Population	8 → 111 (+1287.5%)	551 → 626 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$2,499 → $2,499 (+0.0%)	$34,318 → $44,432 (+29.5%)
Median home value	—	$111,600 → $124,300 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$625 → $780 (+24.8%)

Birch Creek Colony

Population

8111

Median household income

$2,499$2,499

Valier

Population

551626

Median household income

$34,318$44,432

Median home value

$111,600$124,300

Median gross rent

$625$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birch Creek Colony	Valier
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	12.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	40.5%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.7%
45 to 54	4.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	8.1%	22.8%
65 to 74	3.6%	14.4%
75 and over	8.1%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birch Creek Colony	Valier
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	14.7%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birch Creek Colony	Valier
No high school diploma	100.0%	7.9%
High school graduate	0.0%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birch Creek Colony	Valier
Drove alone	0.0%	71.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	100.0%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birch Creek Colony	Valier
1-unit, detached	0.0%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	25.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	75.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Birch Creek Colony	Valier
Poverty rate	88.3%	21.7%
Average household size	4.56	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1983	1950