Frenchtown vs Seeley Lake

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

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

Frenchtown has the higher population (1,629 vs 1,335 in Seeley Lake). Frenchtown has the higher median household income ($90,767 vs $46,031 in Seeley Lake). Frenchtown has the higher median home value ($391,600 vs $270,400 in Seeley Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Frenchtown	Seeley Lake
Population	1,629	1,335
Median age	33.5 yrs	62.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,767	$46,031
Median home value	$391,600	$270,400
Median gross rent	$1,458	$1,028
Housing units	591	1,197
Homeownership rate	88.0%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frenchtown	Seeley Lake
Population	1,949 → 1,629 (-16.4%)	1,286 → 1,335 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$68,036 → $90,767 (+33.4%)	$50,469 → $46,031 (-8.8%)
Median home value	$297,300 → $391,600 (+31.7%)	$223,900 → $270,400 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$852 → $1,458 (+71.1%)	$757 → $1,028 (+35.8%)

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

Seeley Lake

Population

1,2861,335

Median household income

$50,469$46,031

Median home value

$223,900$270,400

Median gross rent

$757$1,028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frenchtown	Seeley Lake
Under 5	15.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	22.0%	7.3%
18 to 24	1.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.1%	8.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	6.4%	8.2%
55 to 64	6.4%	19.3%
65 to 74	12.8%	22.4%
75 and over	9.6%	19.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frenchtown	Seeley Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	91.2%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frenchtown	Seeley Lake
No high school diploma	1.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	28.2%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frenchtown	Seeley Lake
Drove alone	90.0%	63.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	31.5%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frenchtown	Seeley Lake
1-unit, detached	87.5%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Frenchtown	Seeley Lake
Poverty rate	13.4%	6.5%
Average household size	3.00	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1993	1992