Kalispell vs Lakeside

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

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

Kalispell has the higher population (26,830 vs 2,730 in Lakeside). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($83,958 vs $61,590 in Kalispell). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($589,500 vs $381,400 in Kalispell).

Population, income & housing

	Kalispell	Lakeside
Population	26,830	2,730
Median age	35.6 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,590	$83,958
Median home value	$381,400	$589,500
Median gross rent	$1,019	—
Housing units	11,650	1,634
Homeownership rate	59.9%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kalispell	Lakeside
Population	23,241 → 26,830 (+15.4%)	2,249 → 2,730 (+21.4%)
Median household income	$50,294 → $61,590 (+22.5%)	$66,372 → $83,958 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$233,500 → $381,400 (+63.3%)	$398,000 → $589,500 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$805 → $1,019 (+26.6%)	$599 → $1,130 (+88.6%)

Kalispell

Population

23,24126,830

Median household income

$50,294$61,590

Median home value

$233,500$381,400

Median gross rent

$805$1,019

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)

	Kalispell	Lakeside
Under 5	7.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	2.1%
25 to 34	17.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.5%	20.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	19.6%
75 and over	8.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kalispell	Lakeside
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kalispell	Lakeside
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	26.8%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kalispell	Lakeside
Drove alone	76.5%	65.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	2.7%	9.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	16.5%
Other means	1.2%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kalispell	Lakeside
1-unit, detached	62.0%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	10.8%
20 or more units	8.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Kalispell	Lakeside
Poverty rate	10.3%	12.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	14	28
Median year structure built	1984	1991