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Big Sky, MT

2,388 Population
120 square miles 19.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 33.8 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Montana: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$68,243 ±$19,398 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: $51,148 ±$2,019
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Montana: $39,842 ±$444
$103,625 ±$50,175 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: $87,454 ±$3,078
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Montana: $69,922 ±$768

6.9% ±3.1% (163  ±79) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 10.2% † 12,025 (±1.2% / ±1,415)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montana: 12.1% 129,998 (±0.3% / ±3,599)

21.6 minutes ±11.2 (23,435  ±8,429) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 18.8 1,101,935 (±0.6 / ±45,801)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 19.2 9,019,285 (±0.2 / ±114,265)

Families

1,093 ±236 Number of households
  • the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 50,031 ±585
  • Montana: 452,683 ±1,926
2 ±0.6 (2,194  ±456) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 2.4 117,520 (±0 / ±62)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,075,777

10.6% ±13.2% (67  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 3.7% † 1,183 (±1% / ±307)
  • nearly double the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,117 (±0.4% / ±852)

Housing

3,118 ±270 Number of housing units
  • the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 55,589 ±109
  • Montana: 522,939 ±206

$884,700 ±$258,744 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: $604,900 ±$15,083
  • more than double the amount in Montana: $338,100 ±$3,741

18.5% ±6% (427  ±158.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 18.5% 22,424 (±1.6% / ±1,894.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Montana: 14.2% 155,635 (±0.4% / ±4,606.2)

Social

96.7% ±25.7% (1,897  ±352.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 97.2% 76,920 (±2.6% / ±2,033.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.6% 728,513 (±0.7% / ±5,628.6)
58.3% ±8.8% (1,144  ±277.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 53.1% 42,070 (±1.8% / ±1,410.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 34.5% 266,066 (±0.4% / ±3,434)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.5% ±4.9% (179  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 4.1% 4,959
  • more than double the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,327

3.4% ±2.6% (69  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 5.4% † 5,353 (±0.6% / ±601)
  • about one-third of the rate in Montana: 9.4% 81,663 (±0.2% / ±1,843)
69 Total veterans ±54 69 Male ±54 N/A Female ±11

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