Batavia vs Lakeside

A side-by-side comparison of Batavia and Lakeside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakeside has the higher population (2,730 vs 740 in Batavia). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($83,958 vs $61,346 in Batavia). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($589,500 vs $310,000 in Batavia).

Population, income & housing

	Batavia	Lakeside
Population	740	2,730
Median age	39.5 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,346	$83,958
Median home value	$310,000	$589,500
Median gross rent	$1,152	—
Housing units	260	1,634
Homeownership rate	80.8%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batavia	Lakeside
Population	436 → 740 (+69.7%)	2,249 → 2,730 (+21.4%)
Median household income	$45,909 → $61,346 (+33.6%)	$66,372 → $83,958 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$229,700 → $310,000 (+35.0%)	$398,000 → $589,500 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,152 (+37.5%)	$599 → $1,130 (+88.6%)

Batavia

Population

436740

Median household income

$45,909$61,346

Median home value

$229,700$310,000

Median gross rent

$838$1,152

Lakeside

Population

2,2492,730

Median household income

$66,372$83,958

Median home value

$398,000$589,500

Median gross rent

$599$1,130

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batavia	Lakeside
Under 5	6.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	22.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	2.8%	2.1%
25 to 34	6.9%	7.1%
35 to 44	32.2%	8.9%
45 to 54	1.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	20.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	19.6%
75 and over	1.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batavia	Lakeside
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batavia	Lakeside
No high school diploma	2.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	42.9%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batavia	Lakeside
Drove alone	67.0%	65.2%
Carpooled	13.5%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	9.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	16.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batavia	Lakeside
1-unit, detached	59.6%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.4%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Batavia	Lakeside
Poverty rate	17.4%	12.6%
Average household size	2.85	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1979	1991