Lakeside vs Somers

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

Lakeside and Somers 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 1,181 in Somers). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($83,958 vs $56,501 in Somers). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($589,500 vs $477,300 in Somers).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeside	Somers
Population	2,730	1,181
Median age	54.5 yrs	64.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,958	$56,501
Median home value	$589,500	$477,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,129
Housing units	1,634	709
Homeownership rate	79.0%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeside	Somers
Population	2,249 → 2,730 (+21.4%)	1,095 → 1,181 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$66,372 → $83,958 (+26.5%)	$76,016 → $56,501 (-25.7%)
Median home value	$398,000 → $589,500 (+48.1%)	$218,400 → $477,300 (+118.5%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $1,130 (+88.6%)	$905 → $1,129 (+24.8%)

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

Somers

Population

1,0951,181

Median household income

$76,016$56,501

Median home value

$218,400$477,300

Median gross rent

$905$1,129

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeside	Somers
Under 5	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	11.3%
18 to 24	2.1%	1.5%
25 to 34	7.1%	0.8%
35 to 44	8.9%	6.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	8.4%
55 to 64	20.7%	40.1%
65 to 74	19.6%	22.6%
75 and over	7.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeside	Somers
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeside	Somers
No high school diploma	3.5%	23.1%
High school graduate	22.7%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeside	Somers
Drove alone	65.2%	45.9%
Carpooled	0.6%	0.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	54.1%
Other means	6.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeside	Somers
1-unit, detached	79.9%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakeside	Somers
Poverty rate	12.6%	4.9%
Average household size	2.20	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1991	1980