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Big Sky, MT

2,445 Population
120 square miles 20.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 34.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Montana: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$88,550 ±$30,947 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: $54,482 ±$1,929
  • more than double the amount in Montana: $41,711 ±$477
  • about double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$138,805 ±$22,893 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: $93,528 ±$3,326
  • nearly double the amount in Montana: $72,509 ±$761
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.7% ±2.5% (116  ±67) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 9.5% † 11,394 (±1% / ±1,240)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Montana: 11.5% 125,642 (±0.3% / ±3,688)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.8 minutes ±12.7 (20,225  ±9,513) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 18.3 1,084,150 (±0.5 / ±42,214)
  • about the same as the figure in Montana: 19.1 9,058,565 (±0.2 / ±128,212)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,087 ±280 Number of households
  • the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 51,215 ±510
  • Montana: 458,859 ±3,762
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.8 (2,312  ±588) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 2.3 119,556 (±0 / ±68)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,087,595
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.9% ±16.5% (71  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 4.5% † 1,465 (±0.9% / ±277)
  • more than double the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,407 (±0.3% / ±815)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,178 ±297 Number of housing units
  • the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 57,568 ±62
  • Montana: 528,419 ±3,257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$1,137,900 ±$254,170 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: $667,600 ±$15,234
  • more than double the amount in Montana: $375,800 ±$3,433
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.2% ±5% (313  ±139.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 17.8% 21,824 (±1.5% / ±1,824.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 13.5% 148,934 (±0.4% / ±4,359.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.6% ±32.5% (2,001  ±412.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 97.2% 78,775 (±2.5% / ±2,043.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Montana: 94.6% 739,351 (±0.7% / ±5,772.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
59.1% ±4.8% (1,212  ±332.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 54.3% 43,990 (±1.8% / ±1,483.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 35.2% 274,703 (±0.5% / ±3,522.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

10.1% ±7.6% (246  ±194) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 4.1% 5,075
  • more than double the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,679
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.2% ±1.2% (25  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Bozeman, MT Metro Area: 5.1% † 5,109 (±0.6% / ±620)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Montana: 9% 79,357 (±0.2% / ±1,969)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
25 Total veterans ±26 25 Male ±26 N/A Female ±11

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