Evergreen vs Lakeside

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

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

Evergreen has the higher population (8,908 vs 2,730 in Lakeside). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($83,958 vs $73,015 in Evergreen). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($589,500 vs $271,700 in Evergreen).

Population, income & housing

	Evergreen	Lakeside
Population	8,908	2,730
Median age	38.4 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,015	$83,958
Median home value	$271,700	$589,500
Median gross rent	$1,140	—
Housing units	3,235	1,634
Homeownership rate	72.8%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evergreen	Lakeside
Population	8,002 → 8,908 (+11.3%)	2,249 → 2,730 (+21.4%)
Median household income	$50,488 → $73,015 (+44.6%)	$66,372 → $83,958 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$192,400 → $271,700 (+41.2%)	$398,000 → $589,500 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$984 → $1,140 (+15.9%)	$599 → $1,130 (+88.6%)

Evergreen

Population

8,0028,908

Median household income

$50,488$73,015

Median home value

$192,400$271,700

Median gross rent

$984$1,140

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)

	Evergreen	Lakeside
Under 5	5.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.3%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	2.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	7.1%
35 to 44	16.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	20.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	19.6%
75 and over	5.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evergreen	Lakeside
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	7.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evergreen	Lakeside
No high school diploma	9.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	37.3%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evergreen	Lakeside
Drove alone	78.9%	65.2%
Carpooled	11.8%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	2.1%	9.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	16.5%
Other means	1.5%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evergreen	Lakeside
1-unit, detached	54.7%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.3%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Evergreen	Lakeside
Poverty rate	11.9%	12.6%
Average household size	2.77	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1979	1991