Bainville vs Poplar

A side-by-side comparison of Bainville and Poplar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Poplar has the higher population (655 vs 313 in Bainville). Bainville has the higher median household income ($115,000 vs $45,104 in Poplar). Since 2019, Bainville's population has grown faster (+45.6% vs -23.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bainville	Poplar
Population	313	655
Median age	36.0 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$115,000	$45,104
Median home value	—	$91,700
Median gross rent	$739	$680
Housing units	112	334
Homeownership rate	75.0%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bainville	Poplar
Population	215 → 313 (+45.6%)	852 → 655 (-23.1%)
Median household income	$74,531 → $115,000 (+54.3%)	$50,938 → $45,104 (-11.5%)
Median home value	$151,400 → $9,999 (-93.4%)	$80,000 → $91,700 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $739 (+1.9%)	$518 → $680 (+31.3%)

Bainville

Population

215313

Median household income

$74,531$115,000

Median home value

$151,400$9,999

Median gross rent

$725$739

Poplar

Population

852655

Median household income

$50,938$45,104

Median home value

$80,000$91,700

Median gross rent

$518$680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bainville	Poplar
Under 5	3.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	33.9%	24.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	31.3%	9.0%
45 to 54	6.4%	5.2%
55 to 64	9.9%	18.2%
65 to 74	1.6%	9.0%
75 and over	1.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bainville	Poplar
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	16.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	16.3%	76.9%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bainville	Poplar
No high school diploma	0.5%	5.6%
High school graduate	30.8%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	42.6%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bainville	Poplar
Drove alone	89.6%	85.1%
Carpooled	0.5%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.3%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bainville	Poplar
1-unit, detached	57.1%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Bainville	Poplar
Poverty rate	0.0%	33.3%
Average household size	3.26	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	20	12
Median year structure built	2005	1954