Bainville vs Wolf Point

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

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

Wolf Point has the higher population (2,604 vs 313 in Bainville). Bainville has the higher median household income ($115,000 vs $48,750 in Wolf Point). Since 2019, Bainville's population has grown faster (+45.6% vs -6.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bainville	Wolf Point
Population	313	2,604
Median age	36.0 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$115,000	$48,750
Median home value	—	$124,600
Median gross rent	$739	$730
Housing units	112	1,100
Homeownership rate	75.0%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bainville	Wolf Point
Population	215 → 313 (+45.6%)	2,774 → 2,604 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$74,531 → $115,000 (+54.3%)	$43,555 → $48,750 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$151,400 → $9,999 (-93.4%)	$104,800 → $124,600 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $739 (+1.9%)	$628 → $730 (+16.2%)

Bainville

Population

215313

Median household income

$74,531$115,000

Median home value

$151,400$9,999

Median gross rent

$725$739

Wolf Point

Population

2,7742,604

Median household income

$43,555$48,750

Median home value

$104,800$124,600

Median gross rent

$628$730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bainville	Wolf Point
Under 5	3.8%	9.1%
5 to 17	33.9%	19.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	31.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	6.4%	6.8%
55 to 64	9.9%	11.0%
65 to 74	1.6%	8.8%
75 and over	1.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bainville	Wolf Point
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	31.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	16.3%	48.9%
Asian	0.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bainville	Wolf Point
No high school diploma	0.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	30.8%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	42.6%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bainville	Wolf Point
Drove alone	89.6%	73.4%
Carpooled	0.5%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	9.3%	13.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	0.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bainville	Wolf Point
1-unit, detached	57.1%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Bainville	Wolf Point
Poverty rate	0.0%	25.9%
Average household size	3.26	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	20	13
Median year structure built	2005	1964