Red Lodge vs Rockvale

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

Red Lodge and Rockvale 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 413 in Rockvale). Since 2019, Rockvale's population has grown faster (+145.8% vs +8.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Red Lodge	Rockvale
Population	2,399	413
Median age	57.9 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,857	—
Median home value	$374,900	—
Median gross rent	$805	—
Housing units	1,944	151
Homeownership rate	60.4%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.7%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Lodge	Rockvale
Population	2,212 → 2,399 (+8.5%)	168 → 413 (+145.8%)
Median household income	$48,311 → $43,857 (-9.2%)	—
Median home value	$244,700 → $374,900 (+53.2%)	$338,100 → $314,800 (-6.9%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $805 (-2.5%)	—

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

Rockvale

Population

168413

Median home value

$338,100$314,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Red Lodge	Rockvale
Under 5	0.0%	15.5%
5 to 17	13.2%	8.2%
18 to 24	4.5%	3.1%
25 to 34	4.2%	7.7%
35 to 44	15.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	3.6%
55 to 64	22.4%	6.1%
65 to 74	21.1%	26.9%
75 and over	8.5%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Lodge	Rockvale
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	89.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	3.9%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Red Lodge	Rockvale
No high school diploma	0.8%	5.0%
High school graduate	24.1%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Lodge	Rockvale
Drove alone	61.2%	64.5%
Carpooled	8.7%	27.1%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	4.4%
Other means	2.8%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Red Lodge	Rockvale
1-unit, detached	73.8%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	28.5%

Poverty & households

	Red Lodge	Rockvale
Poverty rate	7.0%	6.5%
Average household size	1.65	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1970	1988