Fox Lake vs Sidney

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

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

Sidney has the higher population (6,235 vs 173 in Fox Lake). Fox Lake has the higher median household income ($81,458 vs $62,992 in Sidney). Sidney has the higher median home value ($249,100 vs $140,600 in Fox Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Fox Lake	Sidney
Population	173	6,235
Median age	23.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,458	$62,992
Median home value	$140,600	$249,100
Median gross rent	$1,100	$890
Housing units	78	3,260
Homeownership rate	51.1%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fox Lake	Sidney
Population	100 → 173 (+73.0%)	6,416 → 6,235 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $81,458 (+58.9%)	$59,125 → $62,992 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$187,500 → $140,600 (-25.0%)	$233,800 → $249,100 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	$468 → $1,100 (+135.0%)	$840 → $890 (+6.0%)

Fox Lake

Population

100173

Median household income

$51,250$81,458

Median home value

$187,500$140,600

Median gross rent

$468$1,100

Sidney

Population

6,4166,235

Median household income

$59,125$62,992

Median home value

$233,800$249,100

Median gross rent

$840$890

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fox Lake	Sidney
Under 5	15.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	29.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	2.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	4.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.7%
75 and over	6.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fox Lake	Sidney
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	5.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.6%
Some other race	4.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.2%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fox Lake	Sidney
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	42.5%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fox Lake	Sidney
Drove alone	85.9%	86.2%
Carpooled	10.9%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fox Lake	Sidney
1-unit, detached	61.5%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	23.1%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Fox Lake	Sidney
Poverty rate	2.9%	8.6%
Average household size	3.68	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1986	1980