Seeley Lake vs Wye

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

Seeley Lake and Wye 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 1,222 in Wye). Wye has the higher median household income ($106,667 vs $46,031 in Seeley Lake). Wye has the higher median home value ($520,700 vs $270,400 in Seeley Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Seeley Lake	Wye
Population	1,335	1,222
Median age	62.6 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,031	$106,667
Median home value	$270,400	$520,700
Median gross rent	$1,028	$1,804
Housing units	1,197	419
Homeownership rate	89.0%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	48.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seeley Lake	Wye
Population	1,286 → 1,335 (+3.8%)	788 → 1,222 (+55.1%)
Median household income	$50,469 → $46,031 (-8.8%)	$72,826 → $106,667 (+46.5%)
Median home value	$223,900 → $270,400 (+20.8%)	$275,400 → $520,700 (+89.1%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $1,028 (+35.8%)	$1,156 → $1,804 (+56.1%)

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

Wye

Population

7881,222

Median household income

$72,826$106,667

Median home value

$275,400$520,700

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Seeley Lake	Wye
Under 5	3.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	7.3%	24.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.3%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	27.5%
45 to 54	8.2%	2.5%
55 to 64	19.3%	9.0%
65 to 74	22.4%	2.3%
75 and over	19.4%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seeley Lake	Wye
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seeley Lake	Wye
No high school diploma	5.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	27.3%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seeley Lake	Wye
Drove alone	63.7%	69.0%
Carpooled	4.9%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.5%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seeley Lake	Wye
1-unit, detached	84.7%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	19.6%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Seeley Lake	Wye
Poverty rate	6.5%	4.3%
Average household size	1.87	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	25	15
Median year structure built	1992	2013