Ravalli vs Swan Lake

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

Ravalli 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 174 in Ravalli). Swan Lake has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $76,582 in Ravalli). Since 2019, Ravalli's population has grown faster (+93.3% vs +34.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Ravalli	Swan Lake
Population	174	226
Median age	37.8 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,582	$78,125
Median home value	—	$492,900
Housing units	90	195
Homeownership rate	100.0%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ravalli	Swan Lake
Population	90 → 174 (+93.3%)	168 → 226 (+34.5%)
Median household income	$66,302 → $76,582 (+15.5%)	$65,250 → $78,125 (+19.7%)
Median home value	—	$310,000 → $492,900 (+59.0%)

Ravalli

Population

90174

Median household income

$66,302$76,582

Swan Lake

Population

168226

Median household income

$65,250$78,125

Median home value

$310,000$492,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ravalli	Swan Lake
Under 5	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	4.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	28.2%	25.2%
35 to 44	27.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	5.7%	4.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.6%
65 to 74	23.6%	11.9%
75 and over	4.0%	19.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ravalli	Swan Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.3%	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	5.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ravalli	Swan Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.1%
High school graduate	27.0%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	52.9%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ravalli	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)

	Ravalli	Swan Lake
1-unit, detached	45.6%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	54.4%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Ravalli	Swan Lake
Poverty rate	5.7%	16.4%
Average household size	2.12	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1974	1987