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Southwest Montana--Butte-Silver Bow & Hamilton City PUMA, MT

124,613 Population
17,029.7 square miles 7.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 41.3 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,975 ±$3,027 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $43,254 ±$1,178
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$69,204 ±$2,720 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $75,340 ±$1,635
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11% ±2.1% (13,293  ±2,561) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 10.2% 113,684 (±0.7% / ±7,954)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.2 minutes ±1.5 (1,139,370  ±98,842) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 19.5 9,745,630 (±0.6 / ±349,401)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

50,740 ±1,808 Number of households
  • Montana: 468,981 ±3,571
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (119,804  ±171) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,107,898
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.6% ±2.1% (1,056  ±483) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 4.7% † 11,639 (±0.7% / ±1,765)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

61,720 ±75 Number of housing units
  • Montana: 539,622 ±174
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$400,500 ±$25,157 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Montana: $425,400 ±$10,246
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.6% ±2.2% (14,383  ±2,730.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 12.8% 143,795 (±0.8% / ±9,275.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.8% ±4.9% (87,271  ±4,635) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.6% 760,097 (±1.6% / ±13,210.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31.4% ±2.7% (28,900  ±2,540.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 36.3% 292,044 (±1% / ±8,345.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

3.1% ±0.5% (3,623  ±519.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montana: 4.2% 44,381 (±0.2% / ±2,081.9)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

1.6% (1,976  ±671) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montana: 2.1% 24,386
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.8% ±1.6% (9,069  ±1,644) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Montana: 8.4% 76,266 (±0.5% / ±4,696)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
9,069 Total veterans ±1,644 8,141 Male ±1,521 928 Female ±447

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