Crane vs Fox Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Crane and Fox Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crane has the higher population (185 vs 173 in Fox Lake). Fox Lake has the higher median household income ($81,458 vs $76,007 in Crane). Since 2019, Fox Lake's population has grown faster (+73.0% vs -0.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Crane	Fox Lake
Population	185	173
Median age	16.9 yrs	23.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,007	$81,458
Median home value	—	$140,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,100
Housing units	65	78
Homeownership rate	100.0%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.6%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crane	Fox Lake
Population	186 → 185 (-0.5%)	100 → 173 (+73.0%)
Median household income	$104,018 → $76,007 (-26.9%)	$51,250 → $81,458 (+58.9%)
Median home value	$366,700 → $196,300 (-46.5%)	$187,500 → $140,600 (-25.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$468 → $1,100 (+135.0%)

Crane

Population

186185

Median household income

$104,018$76,007

Median home value

$366,700$196,300

Fox Lake

Population

100173

Median household income

$51,250$81,458

Median home value

$187,500$140,600

Median gross rent

$468$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crane	Fox Lake
Under 5	9.7%	15.0%
5 to 17	41.6%	29.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	8.6%	2.9%
35 to 44	5.4%	15.6%
45 to 54	19.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	4.6%
65 to 74	15.1%	6.9%
75 and over	0.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crane	Fox Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	73.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	16.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crane	Fox Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	11.1%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	45.6%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crane	Fox Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	85.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crane	Fox Lake
1-unit, detached	90.8%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	23.1%

Poverty & households

	Crane	Fox Lake
Poverty rate	9.7%	2.9%
Average household size	2.85	3.68
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1988	1986