Lewistown vs Roy

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

Lewistown and Roy 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 133 in Roy). Roy has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $44,195 in Lewistown). Lewistown has the higher median home value ($159,500 vs $48,300 in Roy).

Population, income & housing

	Lewistown	Roy
Population	6,028	133
Median age	46.5 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,195	$50,000
Median home value	$159,500	$48,300
Median gross rent	$896	$871
Housing units	3,047	79
Homeownership rate	61.5%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewistown	Roy
Population	5,885 → 6,028 (+2.4%)	138 → 133 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$38,575 → $44,195 (+14.6%)	$38,676 → $50,000 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$107,100 → $159,500 (+48.9%)	$154,200 → $48,300 (-68.7%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $896 (+14.4%)	$475 → $871 (+83.4%)

Lewistown

Population

5,8856,028

Median household income

$38,575$44,195

Median home value

$107,100$159,500

Median gross rent

$783$896

Roy

Population

138133

Median household income

$38,676$50,000

Median home value

$154,200$48,300

Median gross rent

$475$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewistown	Roy
Under 5	4.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	17.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	17.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	0.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.8%
65 to 74	15.1%	10.5%
75 and over	11.9%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewistown	Roy
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	75.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	3.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	13.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewistown	Roy
No high school diploma	7.6%	4.2%
High school graduate	38.1%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewistown	Roy
Drove alone	75.6%	72.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.3%	10.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	10.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewistown	Roy
1-unit, detached	66.0%	55.7%
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%	44.3%

Poverty & households

	Lewistown	Roy
Poverty rate	20.6%	27.5%
Average household size	2.05	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	15	13
Median year structure built	1949	1973