Lolo vs Missoula

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

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

Missoula has the higher population (75,600 vs 4,378 in Lolo). Lolo has the higher median household income ($73,700 vs $65,329 in Missoula). Missoula has the higher median home value ($427,400 vs $353,700 in Lolo).

Population, income & housing

	Lolo	Missoula
Population	4,378	75,600
Median age	32.7 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,700	$65,329
Median home value	$353,700	$427,400
Median gross rent	$1,126	$1,120
Housing units	1,826	36,310
Homeownership rate	76.6%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lolo	Missoula
Population	3,961 → 4,378 (+10.5%)	73,710 → 75,600 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$58,688 → $73,700 (+25.6%)	$47,426 → $65,329 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$230,200 → $353,700 (+53.6%)	$279,700 → $427,400 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $1,126 (+57.7%)	$859 → $1,120 (+30.4%)

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

Missoula

Population

73,71075,600

Median household income

$47,426$65,329

Median home value

$279,700$427,400

Median gross rent

$859$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lolo	Missoula
Under 5	11.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	13.2%
18 to 24	10.6%	16.1%
25 to 34	16.1%	18.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	4.0%	9.2%
75 and over	4.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lolo	Missoula
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	1.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lolo	Missoula
No high school diploma	5.9%	3.2%
High school graduate	18.4%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lolo	Missoula
Drove alone	77.2%	67.5%
Carpooled	14.1%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	1.3%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.1%
Worked from home	7.3%	13.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lolo	Missoula
1-unit, detached	69.6%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	14.3%
20 or more units	3.3%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Lolo	Missoula
Poverty rate	7.2%	12.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1995	1981