Brady vs Heart Butte

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

Brady 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 86 in Brady). Brady has the higher median household income ($70,673 vs $28,977 in Heart Butte). Since 2019, Heart Butte's population has grown faster (-16.0% vs -42.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Brady	Heart Butte
Population	86	504
Median age	67.1 yrs	27.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,673	$28,977
Median home value	—	$48,800
Median gross rent	—	$459
Housing units	62	146
Homeownership rate	94.1%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brady	Heart Butte
Population	149 → 86 (-42.3%)	600 → 504 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$124,063 → $70,673 (-43.0%)	$28,125 → $28,977 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $146,900 (+54.6%)	$55,000 → $48,800 (-11.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$392 → $459 (+17.1%)

Brady

Population

14986

Median household income

$124,063$70,673

Median home value

$95,000$146,900

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)

	Brady	Heart Butte
Under 5	3.5%	11.1%
5 to 17	4.7%	27.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.1%
25 to 34	8.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	5.8%	16.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	4.4%
55 to 64	16.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	45.3%	5.6%
75 and over	16.3%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brady	Heart Butte
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	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	19.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brady	Heart Butte
No high school diploma	1.3%	16.2%
High school graduate	43.0%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	46.8%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brady	Heart Butte
Drove alone	90.9%	50.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	39.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Brady	Heart Butte
1-unit, detached	79.0%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.0%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Brady	Heart Butte
Poverty rate	15.1%	46.7%
Average household size	1.69	4.10
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1951	1987