Elmo vs Swan Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Elmo and Swan Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Swan Lake has the higher population (226 vs 183 in Elmo). Since 2019, Swan Lake's population has grown faster (+34.5% vs +10.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Elmo	Swan Lake
Population	183	226
Median age	53.2 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$78,125
Median home value	—	$492,900
Housing units	112	195
Homeownership rate	38.8%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	58.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmo	Swan Lake
Population	165 → 183 (+10.9%)	168 → 226 (+34.5%)
Median household income	—	$65,250 → $78,125 (+19.7%)
Median home value	—	$310,000 → $492,900 (+59.0%)

Elmo

Population

165183

Swan Lake

Population

168226

Median household income

$65,250$78,125

Median home value

$310,000$492,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmo	Swan Lake
Under 5	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 17	39.9%	4.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	25.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.2%	4.9%
55 to 64	4.9%	10.6%
65 to 74	26.2%	11.9%
75 and over	12.0%	19.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmo	Swan Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	12.6%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	87.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmo	Swan Lake
No high school diploma	50.0%	3.1%
High school graduate	13.6%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmo	Swan Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	67.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	22.9%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmo	Swan Lake
1-unit, detached	35.7%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	24.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	21.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Elmo	Swan Lake
Poverty rate	30.1%	16.4%
Average household size	2.15	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1994	1987