Piltzville vs Seeley Lake

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

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

Seeley Lake has the higher population (1,335 vs 605 in Piltzville). Piltzville has the higher median household income ($81,000 vs $46,031 in Seeley Lake). Piltzville has the higher median home value ($457,000 vs $270,400 in Seeley Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Piltzville	Seeley Lake
Population	605	1,335
Median age	35.2 yrs	62.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,000	$46,031
Median home value	$457,000	$270,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,028
Housing units	200	1,197
Homeownership rate	53.5%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piltzville	Seeley Lake
Population	593 → 605 (+2.0%)	1,286 → 1,335 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$83,466 → $81,000 (-3.0%)	$50,469 → $46,031 (-8.8%)
Median home value	$268,700 → $457,000 (+70.1%)	$223,900 → $270,400 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,364 → $1,365 (+0.1%)	$757 → $1,028 (+35.8%)

Piltzville

Population

593605

Median household income

$83,466$81,000

Median home value

$268,700$457,000

Median gross rent

$1,364$1,365

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)

	Piltzville	Seeley Lake
Under 5	1.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	18.8%	7.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	19.7%	8.5%
35 to 44	19.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	19.3%
65 to 74	14.9%	22.4%
75 and over	4.3%	19.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piltzville	Seeley Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piltzville	Seeley Lake
No high school diploma	2.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	52.7%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piltzville	Seeley Lake
Drove alone	97.0%	63.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	31.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piltzville	Seeley Lake
1-unit, detached	93.0%	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	7.0%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Piltzville	Seeley Lake
Poverty rate	13.6%	6.5%
Average household size	3.03	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1938	1992