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Lake County, MT

32,561 Population
1,490.5 square miles 21.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,177 ±$2,090 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $41,711 ±$477
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,360 ±$3,063 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $72,509 ±$761
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.2% ±2.3% (5,551  ±746) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 11.5% 125,642 (±0.3% / ±3,688)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.9 minutes ±1.4 (263,940  ±19,625) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 19.1 9,058,565 (±0.2 / ±128,212)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,576 ±252 Number of households
  • Montana: 458,859 ±3,762
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (32,151  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,087,595
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±1.6% (280  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,407 (±0.3% / ±815)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

16,468 ±35 Number of housing units
  • Montana: 528,419 ±3,257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$421,800 ±$19,570 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Montana: $375,800 ±$3,433
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.3% ±1.3% (3,309  ±432.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montana: 13.5% 148,934 (±0.4% / ±4,359.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.9% ±3.2% (21,439  ±749.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.6% 739,351 (±0.7% / ±5,772.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.5% ±1.9% (7,276  ±443.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 35.2% 274,703 (±0.5% / ±3,522.6)
  • about 90 percent of 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

2.3% (758  ±158) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,679
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.5% ±0.9% (2,418  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Montana: 9% 79,357 (±0.2% / ±1,969)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,418 Total veterans ±221 2,227 Male ±196 191 Female ±74

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