Heart Butte vs Valier

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

Heart Butte 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 504 in Heart Butte). Valier has the higher median household income ($44,432 vs $28,977 in Heart Butte). Valier has the higher median home value ($124,300 vs $48,800 in Heart Butte).

Population, income & housing

	Heart Butte	Valier
Population	504	626
Median age	27.4 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$28,977	$44,432
Median home value	$48,800	$124,300
Median gross rent	$459	$780
Housing units	146	349
Homeownership rate	41.5%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heart Butte	Valier
Population	600 → 504 (-16.0%)	551 → 626 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$28,125 → $28,977 (+3.0%)	$34,318 → $44,432 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $48,800 (-11.3%)	$111,600 → $124,300 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$392 → $459 (+17.1%)	$625 → $780 (+24.8%)

Heart Butte

Population

600504

Median household income

$28,125$28,977

Median home value

$55,000$48,800

Median gross rent

$392$459

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)

	Heart Butte	Valier
Under 5	11.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	27.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.4%
25 to 34	8.3%	8.9%
35 to 44	16.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	4.4%	7.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	22.8%
65 to 74	5.6%	14.4%
75 and over	2.0%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heart Butte	Valier
White (non-Hispanic)	2.0%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.8%	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	1.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heart Butte	Valier
No high school diploma	16.2%	7.9%
High school graduate	30.9%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heart Butte	Valier
Drove alone	50.7%	71.4%
Carpooled	39.6%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.4%
Other means	2.1%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heart Butte	Valier
1-unit, detached	87.7%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Heart Butte	Valier
Poverty rate	46.7%	21.7%
Average household size	4.10	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1987	1950