† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBozeman, MTMontanaUnited States
German22.3%22.9%12.5%
English14.6%13.1%9.5%
Irish13.7%13.5%9.4%
Norwegian6.4%7.5%—
American4.7%5.4%5.3%
Scottish3.7%2.6%1.3%
Italian3.5%3.2%4.8%
Dutch3.0%——
Mexican2.8%2.9%11.3%
Spanish0.4%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.3%0.2%1.8%
Spaniard0.3%0.3%—
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
Peruvian0.2%——
Chinese0.6%—1.3%
Korean0.2%—0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Bozeman, MT
Montana
United States
Median age
34.2
40.8
39.1
Age 18–24
15.9%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.6%
20.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bozeman, MT
Montana
United States
Median household income
$93,528
$72,509
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.5%
11.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
54.3%
35.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bozeman, MT
Montana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.2%
4.2%
22.3%
Spanish
2.8%
1.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bozeman, MT
Montana
United States
Catholic
8.6%
10.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
11.0%
13.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
70.5%
65.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Bozeman, MT
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+6.3%
1896
+58.2%
1900
+6.0%
1904
−18.7%
1908
−1.1%
1912
+22.3%
1916
+18.0%
1920
−14.7%
1924
−16.5%
1928
−22.8%
1932
+25.5%
1936
+35.5%
1940
+15.7%
1944
+5.4%
1948
−8.5%
1952
−44.2%
1956
−34.4%
1960
−29.2%
1964
−0.2%
1968
−30.2%
1972
−34.6%
1976
−27.8%
1980
−32.2%
1984
−31.0%
1988
−15.9%
1992
−5.5%
1996
−12.3%
2000
−27.5%
2004
−15.0%
2008
+3.4%
2012
−5.0%
2016
+0.8%
2020
+7.5%
2024
+3.2%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
50.0%Harris34,938
46.8%Trump32,695
1.9%Kennedy1,308 +2
D+3.2
R+4.3
D+4.7
69,897
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic50.0%34,938
Donald J TrumpRepublican46.8%32,695
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.9%1,308
Chase OliverLibertarian0.8%579
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%377
D
52.2%Biden37,044
44.7%Trump31,696
3.2%
D+7.5
D+6.7
D+3.1
70,979
D
45.1%Clinton24,246
44.2%Trump23,802
10.7%
D+0.8
D+5.8
R+1.3
53,819
R
45.8%Obama21,961
50.8%Romney24,358
3.3%
R+5.0
R+8.4
R+8.9
47,908
D
50.3%Obama24,205
46.9%McCain22,578
2.8%
D+3.4
D+18.4
R+3.9
48,155
R
41.2%Kerry16,405
56.2%Bush22,392
2.6%
R+15.0
D+12.5
R+12.6
39,842
R
31.2%Gore10,009
58.8%Bush18,833
10.0%
R+27.5
R+15.2
R+28.1
32,040
R
37.7%Clinton10,972
50.1%Dole14,559
12.2%
R+12.3
R+6.9
R+20.9
29,078
R
33.1%Clinton9,535
38.6%Bush11,109
28.3%
R+5.5
D+10.4
R+11.0
28,779
R
41.1%Dukakis9,527
56.9%Bush13,214
2.0%
R+15.9
D+15.1
R+8.2
23,205
R
33.8%Mondale8,163
64.8%Reagan15,643
1.4%
R+31.0
D+1.2
R+12.8
24,140
R
26.5%Carter5,747
58.6%Reagan12,738
14.9%
R+32.2
R+4.4
R+22.4
21,726
R
35.6%Carter6,215
63.4%Ford11,062
1.0%
R+27.8
D+6.8
R+29.8
17,460
R
31.7%McGovern5,096
66.3%Nixon10,663
2.0%
R+34.6
R+4.4
R+11.5
16,088
R
31.9%Humphrey3,818
62.1%Nixon7,433
6.1%
R+30.2
R+30.0
R+29.5
11,978
R
49.8%Johnson5,600
50.0%Goldwater5,621
0.2%
R+0.2
D+29.0
R+22.8
11,248
R
35.3%Kennedy3,761
64.5%Nixon6,870
0.2%
R+29.2
D+5.2
R+29.3
10,652
R
32.8%Stevenson3,260
67.2%Eisenhower6,680
0.0%
R+34.4
D+9.8
R+19.0
9,940
R
27.7%Stevenson2,697
71.9%Eisenhower6,998
0.3%
R+44.2
R+35.8
R+33.5
9,729
R
44.6%Truman3,548
53.1%Dewey4,220
2.3%
R+8.5
R+13.9
R+12.9
7,950
D
52.5%Roosevelt3,479
47.0%Dewey3,120
0.5%
D+5.4
R+10.3
R+2.1
6,632
D
57.6%Roosevelt4,718
41.8%Willkie3,430
0.6%
D+15.7
R+19.8
D+5.8
8,198
D
65.5%Roosevelt4,697
30.0%Landon2,151
4.5%
D+35.5
D+10.1
D+11.3
7,168
D
61.4%Roosevelt4,359
36.0%Hoover2,553
2.6%
D+25.5
D+48.2
D+7.7
7,095
R
38.4%Smith2,423
61.1%Hoover3,861
0.5%
R+22.8
R+6.2
R+5.3
6,318
R
27.8%Davis1,564
44.4%Coolidge2,494
27.8%
R+16.5
R+1.9
D+8.6
5,623
R
40.0%Cox2,370
54.7%Harding3,238
5.3%
R+14.7
R+32.6
D+11.5
5,920
D
58.1%Wilson3,661
40.1%Hughes2,527
1.9%
D+18.0
R+4.4
D+14.8
6,306
D
43.4%Wilson1,407
21.1%Taft683
35.5%
D+22.3
D+23.4
D+2.8
3,241
R
46.1%Bryan1,485
47.2%Taft1,519
6.7%
R+1.1
D+17.6
D+8.5
3,219
R
37.1%Parker1,130
55.8%Roosevelt1,700
7.2%
R+18.7
R+24.7
D+1.0
3,048
D
51.5%Bryan1,297
45.5%McKinley1,146
2.9%
D+6.0
R+52.2
D+13.5
2,517
D
78.2%Bryan1,649
20.1%McKinley423
1.7%
D+58.2
D+51.8
D+64.2
2,108
D
49.7%Cleveland1,144
43.3%Harrison998
7.0%
D+6.3
—
D+4.7
2,304
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
55.4%39,094
43.3%30,537
70,555
2020
D
55.4%39,540
44.6%31,829
71,369
2018
D
59.4%33,251
38.0%21,248
55,933
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Bozeman, MT
Year
Total registered
2016
75,481
2018
79,576
2020
88,148
2022
91,056
2024
97,412
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+545 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +22,872 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Bozeman, MT in Bozeman, MT: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,107
2012
+539
2013
+1,251
2014
+1,765
2015
+2,606
2016
+2,923
2017
+2,976
2018
+2,297
2019
+1,973
2021
+2,944
2022
+883
2023
+639
2024
+424
2025
+545
Gallatin County has shifted toward competitive margins over the past decade as remote workers and university growth pushed population up roughly 40%, diluting the region's historically Republican baseline without fully flipping it.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 58.2 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 44.2 points in 1952. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.2 points.
A population of 124,074, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $93,528 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fort Collins-Loveland, CO and Jackson, WY-ID.
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In 2024, Bozeman, MT, Montana voted Democratic by 3.2 points (D+3.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 69,897 votes cast, 34,938 went Democratic and 32,695 went Republican.
When did Bozeman, MT, Montana last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Bozeman, MT, Montana voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in Bozeman, MT, Montana?
Bozeman, MT, Montana has a population of 124,074 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bozeman, MT, Montana?
Median household income in Bozeman, MT, Montana is $93,528 — above the national median of $80,734. The Montana state median is $72,509.
What is the political history of Bozeman, MT, Montana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Bozeman, MT, Montana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
