Lakeside vs Marion

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

Lakeside and Marion 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 1,149 in Marion). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($83,958 vs $52,105 in Marion). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($589,500 vs $370,900 in Marion).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeside	Marion
Population	2,730	1,149
Median age	54.5 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,958	$52,105
Median home value	$589,500	$370,900
Housing units	1,634	484
Homeownership rate	79.0%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeside	Marion
Population	2,249 → 2,730 (+21.4%)	966 → 1,149 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$66,372 → $83,958 (+26.5%)	$60,469 → $52,105 (-13.8%)
Median home value	$398,000 → $589,500 (+48.1%)	$253,900 → $370,900 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $1,130 (+88.6%)	$900 → $736 (-18.2%)

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

Marion

Population

9661,149

Median household income

$60,469$52,105

Median home value

$253,900$370,900

Median gross rent

$900$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeside	Marion
Under 5	5.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	19.8%
18 to 24	2.1%	5.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	7.2%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	20.7%	22.8%
65 to 74	19.6%	15.1%
75 and over	7.7%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeside	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeside	Marion
No high school diploma	3.5%	5.5%
High school graduate	22.7%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeside	Marion
Drove alone	65.2%	70.3%
Carpooled	0.6%	6.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	23.7%
Other means	6.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeside	Marion
1-unit, detached	79.9%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Lakeside	Marion
Poverty rate	12.6%	12.3%
Average household size	2.20	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1991	2003