Lakeview vs Wisdom

A side-by-side comparison of Lakeview and Wisdom: population, income, housing, and more.

Lakeview and Wisdom are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wisdom has the higher population (117 vs 36 in Lakeview). Wisdom has the higher median household income ($58,370 vs $45,500 in Lakeview). Since 2019, Wisdom's population has grown faster (+28.6% vs +9.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeview	Wisdom
Population	36	117
Median age	58.5 yrs	65.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,500	$58,370
Median gross rent	—	$625
Housing units	17	116
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	33.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeview	Wisdom
Population	33 → 36 (+9.1%)	91 → 117 (+28.6%)
Median household income	$39,750 → $45,500 (+14.5%)	$39,792 → $58,370 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$295,000 → $350,000 (+18.6%)	$253,600 → $162,500 (-35.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$820 → $625 (-23.8%)

Lakeview

Population

3336

Median household income

$39,750$45,500

Median home value

$295,000$350,000

Wisdom

Population

91117

Median household income

$39,792$58,370

Median home value

$253,600$162,500

Median gross rent

$820$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeview	Wisdom
Under 5	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	16.7%	4.3%
35 to 44	27.8%	0.9%
45 to 54	5.6%	17.9%
55 to 64	5.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	44.4%	35.9%
75 and over	0.0%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeview	Wisdom
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	16.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeview	Wisdom
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.0%
High school graduate	27.8%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeview	Wisdom
Drove alone	10.0%	45.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	37.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	75.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	12.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeview	Wisdom
1-unit, detached	100.0%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Lakeview	Wisdom
Poverty rate	27.8%	3.4%
Average household size	2.17	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1979	1981