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Libby, MT

3,042 Population
1.8 square miles 1,651.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51 ±6.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Lincoln County: 52.8 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,016 ±$3,772 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $29,958 ±$1,615
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Montana: $41,711 ±$477
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$34,143 ±$12,347 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lincoln County: $47,143 † ±$5,050
  • about half the amount in Montana: $72,509 ±$761
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24% ±8.7% (698  ±254) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lincoln County: 15.4% † 3,234 (±2.8% / ±577)
  • more than double the rate in Montana: 11.5% 125,642 (±0.3% / ±3,688)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

9.2 minutes ±1.9 (7,890  ±2,689) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Lincoln County: 18.5 † 112,530 (±2.6 / ±18,424)
  • about half the figure in Montana: 19.1 9,058,565 (±0.2 / ±128,212)
  • about one-third of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,512 ±150 Number of households
  • Lincoln County: 9,082 ±263
  • Montana: 458,859 ±3,762
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.2 (2,887  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lincoln County: 2.3 20,914 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,087,595
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.6% ±8.9% (69  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Lincoln County: 3.6% † 124 (±2.4% / ±85)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,407 (±0.3% / ±815)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,571 ±143 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln County: 11,006 ±29
  • Montana: 528,419 ±3,257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$257,400 ±$37,828 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $296,500 ±$22,213
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Montana: $375,800 ±$3,433
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.8% ±8% (384  ±239.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 10.6% † 2,216 (±2.4% / ±506.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Montana: 13.5% 148,934 (±0.4% / ±4,359.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.4% ±12% (2,157  ±329.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lincoln County: 90.5% 14,748 (±4.9% / ±798.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Montana: 94.6% 739,351 (±0.7% / ±5,772.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.5% ±6.4% (464  ±156.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 19% † 3,089 (±2.2% / ±358)
  • about half the rate in Montana: 35.2% 274,703 (±0.5% / ±3,522.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.9% ±1.7% (57  ±53) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lincoln County: 2.6% 547
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,679
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

15.5% ±4.8% (390  ±125) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 12.4% † 2,154 (±1.7% / ±296)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 9% 79,357 (±0.2% / ±1,969)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
390 Total veterans ±125 379 Male ±122 11 Female ±18

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