Lewistown vs Winifred

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

Lewistown and Winifred 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 207 in Winifred). Winifred has the higher median household income ($75,089 vs $44,195 in Lewistown). Since 2019, Winifred's population has grown faster (+86.5% vs +2.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Lewistown	Winifred
Population	6,028	207
Median age	46.5 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,195	$75,089
Median home value	$159,500	—
Median gross rent	$896	$557
Housing units	3,047	108
Homeownership rate	61.5%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewistown	Winifred
Population	5,885 → 6,028 (+2.4%)	111 → 207 (+86.5%)
Median household income	$38,575 → $44,195 (+14.6%)	$57,188 → $75,089 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$107,100 → $159,500 (+48.9%)	$80,600 → $103,400 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $896 (+14.4%)	$525 → $557 (+6.1%)

Lewistown

Population

5,8856,028

Median household income

$38,575$44,195

Median home value

$107,100$159,500

Median gross rent

$783$896

Winifred

Population

111207

Median household income

$57,188$75,089

Median home value

$80,600$103,400

Median gross rent

$525$557

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewistown	Winifred
Under 5	4.0%	13.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	8.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	3.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.9%
35 to 44	9.0%	6.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	5.8%
55 to 64	13.9%	16.9%
65 to 74	15.1%	24.6%
75 and over	11.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewistown	Winifred
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	96.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
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%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewistown	Winifred
No high school diploma	7.6%	1.3%
High school graduate	38.1%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewistown	Winifred
Drove alone	75.6%	41.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.3%	15.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	34.3%
Other means	2.6%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewistown	Winifred
1-unit, detached	66.0%	76.9%
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%	23.1%

Poverty & households

	Lewistown	Winifred
Poverty rate	20.6%	1.0%
Average household size	2.05	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	15	15
Median year structure built	1949	1972