Butte-Silver Bow vs Walkerville

A side-by-side comparison of Butte-Silver Bow and Walkerville: population, income, housing, and more.

Butte-Silver Bow and Walkerville are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Butte-Silver Bow has the higher population (34,929 vs 660 in Walkerville). Butte-Silver Bow has the higher median household income ($57,633 vs $44,226 in Walkerville). Butte-Silver Bow has the higher median home value ($225,100 vs $147,200 in Walkerville).

Population, income & housing

	Butte-Silver Bow	Walkerville
Population	34,929	660
Median age	40.2 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,633	$44,226
Median home value	$225,100	$147,200
Median gross rent	$808	$1,065
Housing units	17,034	362
Homeownership rate	70.3%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butte-Silver Bow	Walkerville
Population	33,964 → 34,929 (+2.8%)	806 → 660 (-18.1%)
Median household income	$45,797 → $57,633 (+25.8%)	$42,656 → $44,226 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$150,600 → $225,100 (+49.5%)	$103,200 → $147,200 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $808 (+27.4%)	$743 → $1,065 (+43.3%)

Butte-Silver Bow

Population

33,96434,929

Median household income

$45,797$57,633

Median home value

$150,600$225,100

Median gross rent

$634$808

Walkerville

Population

806660

Median household income

$42,656$44,226

Median home value

$103,200$147,200

Median gross rent

$743$1,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butte-Silver Bow	Walkerville
Under 5	5.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	9.2%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.8%
75 and over	7.4%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butte-Silver Bow	Walkerville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butte-Silver Bow	Walkerville
No high school diploma	6.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	32.4%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butte-Silver Bow	Walkerville
Drove alone	77.2%	90.9%
Carpooled	10.6%	5.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	3.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butte-Silver Bow	Walkerville
1-unit, detached	72.1%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Butte-Silver Bow	Walkerville
Poverty rate	16.1%	18.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1956	1938