Bridger vs Red Lodge

A side-by-side comparison of Bridger and Red Lodge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Red Lodge has the higher population (2,399 vs 850 in Bridger). Red Lodge has the higher median household income ($43,857 vs $35,893 in Bridger). Red Lodge has the higher median home value ($374,900 vs $232,900 in Bridger).

Population, income & housing

	Bridger	Red Lodge
Population	850	2,399
Median age	40.6 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$35,893	$43,857
Median home value	$232,900	$374,900
Median gross rent	$657	$805
Housing units	375	1,944
Homeownership rate	67.5%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridger	Red Lodge
Population	775 → 850 (+9.7%)	2,212 → 2,399 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$45,875 → $35,893 (-21.8%)	$48,311 → $43,857 (-9.2%)
Median home value	$126,400 → $232,900 (+84.3%)	$244,700 → $374,900 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $657 (-5.5%)	$826 → $805 (-2.5%)

Bridger

Population

775850

Median household income

$45,875$35,893

Median home value

$126,400$232,900

Median gross rent

$695$657

Red Lodge

Population

2,2122,399

Median household income

$48,311$43,857

Median home value

$244,700$374,900

Median gross rent

$826$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridger	Red Lodge
Under 5	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	13.9%	4.5%
25 to 34	12.8%	4.2%
35 to 44	6.9%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	19.9%	22.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	21.1%
75 and over	5.9%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridger	Red Lodge
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridger	Red Lodge
No high school diploma	4.6%	0.8%
High school graduate	41.2%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridger	Red Lodge
Drove alone	76.3%	61.2%
Carpooled	13.7%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	5.2%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.8%
Worked from home	4.7%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridger	Red Lodge
1-unit, detached	74.9%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bridger	Red Lodge
Poverty rate	16.6%	7.0%
Average household size	2.54	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1963	1970