Denton vs Lewistown

A side-by-side comparison of Denton and Lewistown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lewistown has the higher population (6,028 vs 198 in Denton). Denton has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $44,195 in Lewistown). Lewistown has the higher median home value ($159,500 vs $118,800 in Denton).

Population, income & housing

	Denton	Lewistown
Population	198	6,028
Median age	48.7 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$44,195
Median home value	$118,800	$159,500
Median gross rent	$1,058	$896
Housing units	128	3,047
Homeownership rate	67.4%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denton	Lewistown
Population	296 → 198 (-33.1%)	5,885 → 6,028 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $57,500 (+17.9%)	$38,575 → $44,195 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$78,900 → $118,800 (+50.6%)	$107,100 → $159,500 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $1,058 (+55.8%)	$783 → $896 (+14.4%)

Denton

Population

296198

Median household income

$48,750$57,500

Median home value

$78,900$118,800

Median gross rent

$679$1,058

Lewistown

Population

5,8856,028

Median household income

$38,575$44,195

Median home value

$107,100$159,500

Median gross rent

$783$896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denton	Lewistown
Under 5	3.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	23.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	1.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	3.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	20.2%	15.1%
75 and over	8.6%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denton	Lewistown
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denton	Lewistown
No high school diploma	4.3%	7.6%
High school graduate	24.8%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	51.8%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denton	Lewistown
Drove alone	61.9%	75.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.4%	11.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	4.0%
Other means	5.2%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denton	Lewistown
1-unit, detached	84.4%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Denton	Lewistown
Poverty rate	5.6%	20.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1938	1949