Sunburst vs Sweet Grass

A side-by-side comparison of Sunburst and Sweet Grass: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sunburst has the higher population (386 vs 64 in Sweet Grass). Sunburst has the higher median household income ($80,938 vs $79,886 in Sweet Grass). Since 2019, Sweet Grass's population has grown faster (+10.3% vs +7.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Sunburst	Sweet Grass
Population	386	64
Median age	29.5 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,938	$79,886
Median home value	$135,600	—
Median gross rent	$1,042	—
Housing units	176	53
Homeownership rate	79.5%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sunburst	Sweet Grass
Population	360 → 386 (+7.2%)	58 → 64 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$67,708 → $80,938 (+19.5%)	$61,944 → $79,886 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$105,200 → $135,600 (+28.9%)	$118,100 → $195,800 (+65.8%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $1,042 (+53.2%)	—

Sunburst

Population

360386

Median household income

$67,708$80,938

Median home value

$105,200$135,600

Median gross rent

$680$1,042

Sweet Grass

Population

5864

Median household income

$61,944$79,886

Median home value

$118,100$195,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sunburst	Sweet Grass
Under 5	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	13.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	25.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	4.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	4.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	4.7%
65 to 74	4.9%	15.6%
75 and over	3.9%	28.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sunburst	Sweet Grass
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sunburst	Sweet Grass
No high school diploma	6.3%	9.4%
High school graduate	19.3%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sunburst	Sweet Grass
Drove alone	63.5%	94.3%
Carpooled	10.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	0.0%
Other means	7.9%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sunburst	Sweet Grass
1-unit, detached	85.8%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	39.6%

Poverty & households

	Sunburst	Sweet Grass
Poverty rate	8.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.92	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	12	6
Median year structure built	1958	1966