Joliet vs Red Lodge

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

Joliet 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 614 in Joliet). Joliet has the higher median household income ($75,469 vs $43,857 in Red Lodge). Red Lodge has the higher median home value ($374,900 vs $237,100 in Joliet).

Population, income & housing

	Joliet	Red Lodge
Population	614	2,399
Median age	40.3 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,469	$43,857
Median home value	$237,100	$374,900
Median gross rent	—	$805
Housing units	259	1,944
Homeownership rate	90.8%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joliet	Red Lodge
Population	513 → 614 (+19.7%)	2,212 → 2,399 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$46,607 → $75,469 (+61.9%)	$48,311 → $43,857 (-9.2%)
Median home value	$134,100 → $237,100 (+76.8%)	$244,700 → $374,900 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $472 (-42.5%)	$826 → $805 (-2.5%)

Joliet

Population

513614

Median household income

$46,607$75,469

Median home value

$134,100$237,100

Median gross rent

$821$472

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)

	Joliet	Red Lodge
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	15.0%	4.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	22.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	21.1%
75 and over	8.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joliet	Red Lodge
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joliet	Red Lodge
No high school diploma	1.4%	0.8%
High school graduate	37.6%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joliet	Red Lodge
Drove alone	59.4%	61.2%
Carpooled	4.1%	8.7%
Public transit	1.6%	1.0%
Walked	20.1%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.8%
Worked from home	14.8%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joliet	Red Lodge
1-unit, detached	82.6%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Joliet	Red Lodge
Poverty rate	11.2%	7.0%
Average household size	2.57	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	29	16
Median year structure built	1965	1970