Lodge Grass vs Muddy

A side-by-side comparison of Lodge Grass and Muddy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Muddy has the higher population (641 vs 499 in Lodge Grass). Lodge Grass has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $48,409 in Muddy). Since 2019, Lodge Grass's population has grown faster (+9.4% vs +3.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Lodge Grass	Muddy
Population	499	641
Median age	26.9 yrs	17.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$48,409
Median home value	—	$120,200
Median gross rent	$635	$404
Housing units	130	153
Homeownership rate	69.4%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lodge Grass	Muddy
Population	456 → 499 (+9.4%)	617 → 641 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$25,000 → $50,000 (+100.0%)	$39,531 → $48,409 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $112,500 (+53.1%)	$150,500 → $120,200 (-20.1%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $635 (+8.0%)	$530 → $404 (-23.8%)

Lodge Grass

Population

456499

Median household income

$25,000$50,000

Median home value

$73,500$112,500

Median gross rent

$588$635

Muddy

Population

617641

Median household income

$39,531$48,409

Median home value

$150,500$120,200

Median gross rent

$530$404

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lodge Grass	Muddy
Under 5	6.2%	8.9%
5 to 17	29.1%	46.2%
18 to 24	12.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	16.0%	7.8%
45 to 54	5.6%	7.6%
55 to 64	10.4%	3.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	4.5%
75 and over	2.4%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lodge Grass	Muddy
White (non-Hispanic)	4.8%	7.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	93.8%	92.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lodge Grass	Muddy
No high school diploma	11.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	43.1%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lodge Grass	Muddy
Drove alone	64.7%	78.0%
Carpooled	19.0%	5.4%
Public transit	3.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lodge Grass	Muddy
1-unit, detached	83.1%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Lodge Grass	Muddy
Poverty rate	30.7%	51.2%
Average household size	5.09	5.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1957	1983