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Lewistown, MT

6,028 Population
5.7 square miles 1,053.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±4.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Fergus County: 45.3 ±1.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,830 ±$3,154 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Fergus County: $34,970 ±$2,480
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Montana: $39,842 ±$444
$44,195 ±$5,976 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Fergus County: $59,731 ±$5,717
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Montana: $69,922 ±$768

20.6% ±6.4% (1,179  ±364) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Fergus County: 14.9% † 1,677 (±3.7% / ±414)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 12.1% 129,998 (±0.3% / ±3,599)

15 minutes ±4.1 (37,090  ±10,865) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Fergus County: 18.6 † 87,640 (±2.7 / ±13,773)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montana: 19.2 9,019,285 (±0.2 / ±114,265)

Families

2,823 ±186 Number of households
  • Fergus County: 5,200 ±186
  • Montana: 452,683 ±1,926
2.1 ±0.1 (5,784  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Fergus County: 2.2 11,207 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,075,777

6.3% ±5.1% (66  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fergus County: 5.7% † 127 (±2.9% / ±65)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,117 (±0.4% / ±852)

Housing

3,047 ±163 Number of housing units
  • Fergus County: 6,008 ±43
  • Montana: 522,939 ±206

$159,500 ±$15,683 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Fergus County: $202,700 † ±$23,646
  • about half the amount in Montana: $338,100 ±$3,741

13.9% ±4.4% (831  ±260.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fergus County: 12.5% † 1,432 (±2.7% / ±313.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 14.2% 155,635 (±0.4% / ±4,606.2)

Social

92.4% ±8.4% (4,097  ±408) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Fergus County: 94.2% 7,994 (±6.1% / ±531.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.6% 728,513 (±0.7% / ±5,628.6)
16.9% ±3.8% (751  ±172.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Fergus County: 23.8% † 2,016 (±3.3% / ±282.7)
  • about half the rate in Montana: 34.5% 266,066 (±0.4% / ±3,434)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.2% ±1.6% (134  ±97) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Fergus County: 1.7% 202
  • a little less than the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,327

16.7% ±3.3% (788  ±160) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Fergus County: 12.2% † 1,117 (±1.8% / ±166)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 9.4% 81,663 (±0.2% / ±1,843)
788 Total veterans ±160 713 Male ±145 75 Female ±58

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