Avon vs Deer Lodge

A side-by-side comparison of Avon and Deer Lodge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Deer Lodge has the higher population (3,035 vs 145 in Avon). Avon has the higher median household income ($97,656 vs $53,676 in Deer Lodge). Deer Lodge has the higher median home value ($196,400 vs $187,500 in Avon).

Population, income & housing

	Avon	Deer Lodge
Population	145	3,035
Median age	30.2 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$97,656	$53,676
Median home value	$187,500	$196,400
Median gross rent	$786	$781
Housing units	52	1,651
Homeownership rate	42.2%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.8%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon	Deer Lodge
Population	156 → 145 (-7.1%)	2,934 → 3,035 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$64,306 → $97,656 (+51.9%)	$46,799 → $53,676 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $187,500 (+25.0%)	$114,900 → $196,400 (+70.9%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $786 (-3.3%)	$756 → $781 (+3.3%)

Avon

Population

156145

Median household income

$64,306$97,656

Median home value

$150,000$187,500

Median gross rent

$813$786

Deer Lodge

Population

2,9343,035

Median household income

$46,799$53,676

Median home value

$114,900$196,400

Median gross rent

$756$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avon	Deer Lodge
Under 5	11.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	26.9%	11.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	2.0%
25 to 34	17.9%	8.1%
35 to 44	8.3%	16.0%
45 to 54	2.8%	9.7%
55 to 64	6.9%	18.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	18.4%
75 and over	10.3%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon	Deer Lodge
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon	Deer Lodge
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.6%
High school graduate	8.5%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon	Deer Lodge
Drove alone	72.2%	88.1%
Carpooled	13.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon	Deer Lodge
1-unit, detached	88.5%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	19.3%

Poverty & households

	Avon	Deer Lodge
Poverty rate	1.4%	8.1%
Average household size	3.22	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	35	16
Median year structure built	1965	1954