Lewistown vs Lewistown Heights

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

Lewistown and Lewistown Heights 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 484 in Lewistown Heights). Lewistown Heights has the higher median household income ($86,930 vs $44,195 in Lewistown). Lewistown Heights has the higher median home value ($277,300 vs $159,500 in Lewistown).

Population, income & housing

	Lewistown	Lewistown Heights
Population	6,028	484
Median age	46.5 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,195	$86,930
Median home value	$159,500	$277,300
Median gross rent	$896	—
Housing units	3,047	173
Homeownership rate	61.5%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewistown	Lewistown Heights
Population	5,885 → 6,028 (+2.4%)	266 → 484 (+82.0%)
Median household income	$38,575 → $44,195 (+14.6%)	$69,196 → $86,930 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$107,100 → $159,500 (+48.9%)	$201,700 → $277,300 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $896 (+14.4%)	—

Lewistown

Population

5,8856,028

Median household income

$38,575$44,195

Median home value

$107,100$159,500

Median gross rent

$783$896

Lewistown Heights

Population

266484

Median household income

$69,196$86,930

Median home value

$201,700$277,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewistown	Lewistown Heights
Under 5	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	9.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	35.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	17.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.0%
65 to 74	15.1%	1.7%
75 and over	11.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewistown	Lewistown Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	89.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	10.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewistown	Lewistown Heights
No high school diploma	7.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.1%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewistown	Lewistown Heights
Drove alone	75.6%	59.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	25.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.3%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	7.8%
Worked from home	4.0%	3.7%
Other means	2.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewistown	Lewistown Heights
1-unit, detached	66.0%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Lewistown	Lewistown Heights
Poverty rate	20.6%	6.2%
Average household size	2.05	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	15	30
Median year structure built	1949	1991