Orchard Homes vs Seeley Lake

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

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

Orchard Homes has the higher population (5,280 vs 1,335 in Seeley Lake). Orchard Homes has the higher median household income ($68,649 vs $46,031 in Seeley Lake). Orchard Homes has the higher median home value ($473,100 vs $270,400 in Seeley Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Orchard Homes	Seeley Lake
Population	5,280	1,335
Median age	44.0 yrs	62.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,649	$46,031
Median home value	$473,100	$270,400
Median gross rent	$962	$1,028
Housing units	2,344	1,197
Homeownership rate	66.3%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orchard Homes	Seeley Lake
Population	5,847 → 5,280 (-9.7%)	1,286 → 1,335 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$67,533 → $68,649 (+1.7%)	$50,469 → $46,031 (-8.8%)
Median home value	$312,000 → $473,100 (+51.6%)	$223,900 → $270,400 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $962 (+0.4%)	$757 → $1,028 (+35.8%)

Orchard Homes

Population

5,8475,280

Median household income

$67,533$68,649

Median home value

$312,000$473,100

Median gross rent

$958$962

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)

	Orchard Homes	Seeley Lake
Under 5	6.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	10.7%	7.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	8.5%
35 to 44	16.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	8.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	19.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	22.4%
75 and over	10.8%	19.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orchard Homes	Seeley Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orchard Homes	Seeley Lake
No high school diploma	1.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	19.2%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orchard Homes	Seeley Lake
Drove alone	70.8%	63.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	9.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	31.5%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orchard Homes	Seeley Lake
1-unit, detached	62.4%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.3%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Orchard Homes	Seeley Lake
Poverty rate	9.7%	6.5%
Average household size	2.26	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	15	25
Median year structure built	1976	1992