COMPARING TWO PLACES
Butte-Silver Bow vs Cambridge
PLACE A
Butte-Silver Bow, MT
VS
PLACE B
Cambridge, MD
Butte-Silver Bow is 7% larger than Cambridge. their median incomes are within a few thousand dollars.
BUTTE-SILVER BOWCAMBRIDGEDIFFERENCE
Total population36,11833,628+7% vs Cambridge
Population density5062−12
Population growth2.7%-0.3%+3.0 pts
Median age40.543.5−3.0
Male51.6%46.1%+5.5 pts
Female48.4%53.9%−5.5 pts
Foreign-born1.2%4.5%−3.3 pts
White, non-Hispanic89.1%60.7%+28.4 pts
Black0.1%24.8%−24.7 pts
Hispanic / Latino4.6%6.1%−1.5 pts
Asian0.4%1.2%−0.8 pts
Other5.8%7.2%−1.4 pts
Median household income$61,754$61,839−$85
Per capita income$35,951$35,605+$346
Poverty rate14.8%17.1%−2.3 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.4700.470Even
Bachelor's degree or higher28.0%19.4%+8.6 pts
Graduate degree9.0%7.4%+1.6 pts
Unemployment rate4.1%5.7%−1.6 pts
Labor force participation60.8%58.7%+2.1 pts
Median home value$255,200$262,400−$7,200
Median gross rent$863$1,032−$169
Owner-occupied70.8%65.6%+5.3 pts
Housing vacancy rate11.9%17.6%−5.7 pts
Rent-burdened households40.5%49.9%−9.4 pts
Average commute16.926.9−9.9
Worked from home7.6%7.3%+0.4 pts
Public transit to work0.7%0.0%+0.7 pts
Uninsured6.0%5.5%+0.5 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025