A town of 1,284. A typical home worth about $348K.
The 3 things Boulder does most differently from other towns.
1936 · 1936XXXX-FS-Helena-KDS-413713In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
What neighbors are saying. Town Square →
I was thinking about what makes Boulder feel like home for so many of us, and it struck me that our relatively low median home value of $212,300…
Nothing on the calendar.
Ordered by what stands out in Boulder. Another town gets a different order.
Most working residents leave Boulder for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Helena (32%), Montana City (10%) and Bozeman (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 77% of U.S. communities.
The typical Boulder home is worth about $348,000, up 2.4% in a year, 26% below the Montana typical home.
Boulder tracks Montana closely on all 32 CDC measures.
Boulder has cold winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 82°, a January night drops to 12°.
The public schools Boulder’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 54% of Montana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Elementary School | PK–6 | 166 | B |
| Boulder 7-8 | 7–8 | 49 | C |
| Jefferson High School | 9–12 | 306 | C+ |
Where Boulder’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
12 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 3 places on the National Register.
3 places in Boulder on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Montana, United States
Boulder is a town in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Montana, United States. It is on the north bank of the Boulder River between Butte and Helena, slightly east of the Continental Divide, at the intersection of Interstate 15 and Montana Highway 69. The population was 1,201 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Helena Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Lewis and Clark and Jefferson counties; its population is 83,058 according to the 2020 Census. Established in the 19th century as a stagecoach station, Boulder grew into a regional trading center for farmers, ranchers, and miners and, by the end of that century, home to state schools for the deaf, blind and developm…
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