Frenchtown vs Lolo

A side-by-side comparison of Frenchtown and Lolo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lolo has the higher population (4,378 vs 1,629 in Frenchtown). Frenchtown has the higher median household income ($90,767 vs $73,700 in Lolo). Frenchtown has the higher median home value ($391,600 vs $353,700 in Lolo).

Population, income & housing

	Frenchtown	Lolo
Population	1,629	4,378
Median age	33.5 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$90,767	$73,700
Median home value	$391,600	$353,700
Median gross rent	$1,458	$1,126
Housing units	591	1,826
Homeownership rate	88.0%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frenchtown	Lolo
Population	1,949 → 1,629 (-16.4%)	3,961 → 4,378 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$68,036 → $90,767 (+33.4%)	$58,688 → $73,700 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$297,300 → $391,600 (+31.7%)	$230,200 → $353,700 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$852 → $1,458 (+71.1%)	$714 → $1,126 (+57.7%)

Frenchtown

Population

1,9491,629

Median household income

$68,036$90,767

Median home value

$297,300$391,600

Median gross rent

$852$1,458

Lolo

Population

3,9614,378

Median household income

$58,688$73,700

Median home value

$230,200$353,700

Median gross rent

$714$1,126

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frenchtown	Lolo
Under 5	15.7%	11.5%
5 to 17	22.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	1.8%	10.6%
25 to 34	15.1%	16.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	6.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	6.4%	11.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	4.0%
75 and over	9.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frenchtown	Lolo
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	90.9%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frenchtown	Lolo
No high school diploma	1.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	28.2%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frenchtown	Lolo
Drove alone	90.0%	77.2%
Carpooled	4.6%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.3%
Other means	4.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frenchtown	Lolo
1-unit, detached	87.5%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Frenchtown	Lolo
Poverty rate	13.4%	7.2%
Average household size	3.00	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1993	1995