Chinook vs Lodge Pole

A side-by-side comparison of Chinook and Lodge Pole: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chinook has the higher population (1,460 vs 257 in Lodge Pole). Chinook has the higher median home value ($205,900 vs $110,000 in Lodge Pole). Since 2019, Chinook's population has grown faster (+38.1% vs -16.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Chinook	Lodge Pole
Population	1,460	257
Median age	39.0 yrs	26.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,500	—
Median home value	$205,900	$110,000
Median gross rent	$811	$500
Housing units	728	80
Homeownership rate	73.3%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	30.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chinook	Lodge Pole
Population	1,057 → 1,460 (+38.1%)	308 → 257 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$40,855 → $71,500 (+75.0%)	—
Median home value	$130,100 → $205,900 (+58.3%)	$58,600 → $110,000 (+87.7%)
Median gross rent	$496 → $811 (+63.5%)	$467 → $500 (+7.1%)

Chinook

Population

1,0571,460

Median household income

$40,855$71,500

Median home value

$130,100$205,900

Median gross rent

$496$811

Lodge Pole

Population

308257

Median home value

$58,600$110,000

Median gross rent

$467$500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chinook	Lodge Pole
Under 5	8.7%	10.9%
5 to 17	22.9%	26.5%
18 to 24	2.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	16.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	5.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	8.2%
75 and over	8.6%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chinook	Lodge Pole
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.3%	97.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chinook	Lodge Pole
No high school diploma	5.9%	12.9%
High school graduate	24.6%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chinook	Lodge Pole
Drove alone	64.0%	64.9%
Carpooled	11.2%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	7.4%
Walked	15.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	11.7%
Other means	0.9%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chinook	Lodge Pole
1-unit, detached	84.3%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Chinook	Lodge Pole
Poverty rate	10.4%	29.2%
Average household size	2.28	3.67
Mean commute (minutes)	10	37
Median year structure built	1955	1986