Lodge Pole, MT

Census Place

2024 Population

170

US Senator

Steve Daines

Republican Party

US Senator

Tim Sheehy

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

28.7

7.09% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

32.9%

12.9% 1-year increase

2022 Median Household Income

$33,000

2023 Median Property Value

Housing & Living

The median property value in Lodge Pole, MT was $110,000 in 2023, which is 0.331 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2022 and 2023 the median property value increased from $103,100 to $110,000, a 6.69% increase. The homeownership rate in Lodge Pole, MT is 71.2%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Lodge Pole, MT have an average commute time of 36.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Lodge Pole, MT is higher than the national average, with an average of 4 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$110,000

Median Property Value 2023

±$62,105

$42

Median Property Taxes

±$47

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Lodge Pole, MT the largest share of households pay taxes in the None range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Lodge Pole, MT compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$33,000

Median Household Income

± $29,563

Number of Households

± 51

The following chart displays the households in Lodge Pole, MT distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $25k - $30k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Lodge Pole, MT is from Montana.

0.458

2024 Wage GINI in Montana

0.46

2023 Wage GINI in Montana

In 2024, the income inequality in Montana was 0.458 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.613% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Montana was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Montana in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Montana across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (41.1%)
Carpooled (35.6%)
Worked At Home (23.3%)

In 2024, 41.1% of workers in Lodge Pole, MT drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (35.6%) and those who worked at home (23.3%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

36.6 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Lodge Pole, MT have a longer commute time (36.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 16.1% of the workforce in Lodge Pole, MT have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Lodge Pole, MT compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

4 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Lodge Pole, MT distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Lodge Pole, MT have 4 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

32.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Lodge Pole, MT (56 out of 170 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 35 - 44, followed by Males 15 and then Females 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Lodge Pole, MT is Native American, followed by White and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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