Dayton vs Turtle Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Dayton and Turtle Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dayton has the higher population (103 vs 61 in Turtle Lake). Since 2019, Dayton's population has grown faster (+6.2% vs -80.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Turtle Lake
Population	103	61
Median age	65.8 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,688	—
Median home value	$875,000	—
Housing units	110	46
Homeownership rate	58.5%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.8%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Turtle Lake
Population	97 → 103 (+6.2%)	318 → 61 (-80.8%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $84,688 (+61.3%)	—
Median home value	$310,000 → $875,000 (+182.3%)	—

Dayton

Population

97103

Median household income

$52,500$84,688

Median home value

$310,000$875,000

Turtle Lake

Population

31861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Turtle Lake
Under 5	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	11.7%	24.6%
25 to 34	5.8%	9.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	2.9%	29.5%
55 to 64	18.4%	16.4%
65 to 74	32.0%	19.7%
75 and over	20.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Turtle Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.8%	83.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Turtle Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.2%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	34.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Turtle Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Turtle Lake
1-unit, detached	85.5%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	21.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Turtle Lake
Poverty rate	3.9%	16.4%
Average household size	1.94	1.33
Mean commute (minutes)	46	—
Median year structure built	1973	—