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Butte-Silver Bow (balance), MT

35,052 Population
715.8 square miles 49 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT Micro Area: 40.5 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Montana: 40.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,035 ±$2,731 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT Micro Area: $35,951 ±$2,695
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $41,711 ±$477
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,857 ±$3,949 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT Micro Area: $61,754 ±$3,962
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montana: $72,509 ±$761
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.8% ±2.2% (5,031  ±733) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT Micro Area: 14.9% † 5,164 (±2.1% / ±731)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Montana: 11.5% 125,642 (±0.3% / ±3,688)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.9 minutes ±1.5 (256,145  ±25,284) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT Micro Area: 16.9 261,655 (±1.5 / ±25,323)
  • about 90 percent of 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

15,127 ±305 Number of households
  • the Butte-Silver Bow, MT Micro Area: 15,419 ±302
  • Montana: 458,859 ±3,762
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (33,807  ±192) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT Micro Area: 2.2 34,540 (±0 / ±33)
  • a little less than the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,087,595
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2% ±1% (150  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT Micro Area: 2% † 150 (±0.9% / ±72)
  • about one-third of the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,407 (±0.3% / ±815)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

17,158 ±102 Number of housing units
  • the Butte-Silver Bow, MT Micro Area: 17,499 ±52
  • Montana: 528,419 ±3,257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$257,800 ±$14,988 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT Micro Area: $255,200 ±$14,456
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Montana: $375,800 ±$3,433
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±2% (4,328  ±690.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT Micro Area: 12.4% † 4,421 (±1.9% / ±691.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 13.5% 148,934 (±0.4% / ±4,359.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±4.2% (22,719  ±1,020.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT Micro Area: 94% 23,223 (±4.1% / ±1,020.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.6% 739,351 (±0.7% / ±5,772.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.1% ±2.4% (6,785  ±569.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT Micro Area: 28% 6,912 (±2.3% / ±570.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 35.2% 274,703 (±0.5% / ±3,522.6)
  • about 80 percent of 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

1.2% ±0.3% (433  ±111) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT Micro Area: 1.2% 439
  • about half the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,679
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9% ±1.2% (2,518  ±340) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT Micro Area: 9.1% † 2,579 (±1.2% / ±337)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 9% 79,357 (±0.2% / ±1,969)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,518 Total veterans ±340 2,153 Male ±310 365 Female ±148

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