Kila vs Little Bitterroot Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Kila and Little Bitterroot Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Kila and Little Bitterroot Lake are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kila has the higher population (406 vs 153 in Little Bitterroot Lake). Little Bitterroot Lake has the higher median home value ($775,000 vs $355,600 in Kila). Since 2019, Kila's population has grown faster (+5.5% vs -0.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Kila	Little Bitterroot Lake
Population	406	153
Median age	44.1 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$105,114
Median home value	$355,600	$775,000
Median gross rent	$1,125	—
Housing units	136	233
Homeownership rate	77.9%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kila	Little Bitterroot Lake
Population	385 → 406 (+5.5%)	154 → 153 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$40,972 → $39,911 (-2.6%)	$37,083 → $105,114 (+183.5%)
Median home value	$267,600 → $355,600 (+32.9%)	$450,000 → $775,000 (+72.2%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $1,125 (+77.7%)	—

Kila

Population

385406

Median household income

$40,972$39,911

Median home value

$267,600$355,600

Median gross rent

$633$1,125

Little Bitterroot Lake

Population

154153

Median household income

$37,083$105,114

Median home value

$450,000$775,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kila	Little Bitterroot Lake
Under 5	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.4%	20.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.2%	7.2%
35 to 44	18.5%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	16.3%	24.2%
75 and over	6.9%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kila	Little Bitterroot Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	96.7%
Black or African American	14.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.3%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kila	Little Bitterroot Lake
No high school diploma	11.9%	7.4%
High school graduate	37.5%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kila	Little Bitterroot Lake
Drove alone	93.7%	65.6%
Carpooled	2.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	34.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kila	Little Bitterroot Lake
1-unit, detached	72.8%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kila	Little Bitterroot Lake
Poverty rate	25.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.99	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1992	1997