Butte-Silver Bow (balance)

Population & Demographics

Butte-Silver Bow (balance), MT

Butte-Silver Bow (balance) is home to 35,052 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 17,438 resident workers commute each day.

MontanaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
35,052
people
Population

35,052 residents

Median age 40.6 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Butte-Silver Bow (balance) population & demographics

Who lives in Butte-Silver Bow (balance) — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
35,052
Median age
40.6yrs
Median household income
$61,857
Median home value
$257,800
Median gross rent
$856/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
28.1%
Poverty rate
14.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Butte-Silver Bow (balance)

How Butte-Silver Bow (balance) breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White89.0%
Hispanic or Latino4.7%
Two or more races4.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.4%
Asian0.4%
Some other race0.2%
Black0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Butte-Silver Bow (balance)

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Butte-Silver Bow (balance).

Butte-Silver Bow (balance) at a glance
Employed Residents
17,438
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
51.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
63.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
7.6%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Missoula
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Butte-Silver Bow (balance) proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Butte-Silver Bow (balance) commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

84
Commute Score

84 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Butte-Silver Bow (balance)

17,438 commutes, one dot at a time

Butte-Silver Bow (balance)

Where 17,438 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Butte-Silver Bow (balance), by worker count.

1Butte-Silver Bow (balance)0.0 mi11,016
2Missoula93.4 mi950
3Helena51.1 mi884
4Bozeman75.3 mi645
5Anaconda-Deer Lodge County21.9 mi509
6Billings194.4 mi437
7Great Falls122.8 mi361
8Deer Lodge31.3 mi95

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Butte-Silver Bow (balance).

1Butte-Silver Bow (balance)0.0 mi11,016
2Anaconda-Deer Lodge County21.9 mi709
3Missoula93.4 mi421
4Billings194.4 mi360
5Helena51.1 mi348
6Bozeman75.3 mi316
7Great Falls122.8 mi269
8Walkerville5.1 mi213

Top industries

The sectors that employ Butte-Silver Bow (balance)’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance17.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services13.8%
RTRetail Trade11.6%
EDEducational Services7.9%
PAPublic Administration5.3%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.2%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.6%
MFManufacturing4.3%
UTUtilities4.3%
Connectivity

Internet options for Butte-Silver Bow (balance)

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

9 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps36%
5 Gbps31%
8 Gbps31%
See all internet providers in Butte-Silver Bow (balance)

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