Deer Lodge vs Helmville

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

Deer Lodge and Helmville 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 58 in Helmville). Helmville has the higher median household income ($148,304 vs $53,676 in Deer Lodge). Helmville has the higher median home value ($266,100 vs $196,400 in Deer Lodge).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Lodge	Helmville
Population	3,035	58
Median age	53.2 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,676	$148,304
Median home value	$196,400	$266,100
Median gross rent	$781	—
Housing units	1,651	36
Homeownership rate	64.7%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Lodge	Helmville
Population	2,934 → 3,035 (+3.4%)	109 → 58 (-46.8%)
Median household income	$46,799 → $53,676 (+14.7%)	$73,750 → $148,304 (+101.1%)
Median home value	$114,900 → $196,400 (+70.9%)	$162,500 → $266,100 (+63.8%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $781 (+3.3%)	—

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

Helmville

Population

10958

Median household income

$73,750$148,304

Median home value

$162,500$266,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Lodge	Helmville
Under 5	4.8%	17.2%
5 to 17	11.0%	10.3%
18 to 24	2.0%	15.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	1.7%
35 to 44	16.0%	3.4%
45 to 54	9.7%	34.5%
55 to 64	18.0%	8.6%
65 to 74	18.4%	8.6%
75 and over	12.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

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

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Lodge	Helmville
No high school diploma	4.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.4%	12.1%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Lodge	Helmville
Drove alone	88.1%	71.4%
Carpooled	3.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	14.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	14.3%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Lodge	Helmville
1-unit, detached	67.4%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Deer Lodge	Helmville
Poverty rate	8.1%	3.4%
Average household size	1.98	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1954	1951