Ashland vs Lame Deer

A side-by-side comparison of Ashland and Lame Deer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lame Deer has the higher population (1,939 vs 956 in Ashland). Ashland has the higher median household income ($39,429 vs $26,364 in Lame Deer). Ashland has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $117,300 in Lame Deer).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland	Lame Deer
Population	956	1,939
Median age	33.7 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,429	$26,364
Median home value	$137,500	$117,300
Median gross rent	$638	$553
Housing units	475	625
Homeownership rate	23.4%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	29.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland	Lame Deer
Population	957 → 956 (-0.1%)	2,086 → 1,939 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$42,443 → $39,429 (-7.1%)	$50,795 → $26,364 (-48.1%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $137,500 (+68.9%)	$63,200 → $117,300 (+85.6%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $638 (+11.9%)	$643 → $553 (-14.0%)

Ashland

Population

957956

Median household income

$42,443$39,429

Median home value

$81,400$137,500

Median gross rent

$570$638

Lame Deer

Population

2,0861,939

Median household income

$50,795$26,364

Median home value

$63,200$117,300

Median gross rent

$643$553

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland	Lame Deer
Under 5	5.1%	11.4%
5 to 17	23.4%	30.7%
18 to 24	9.4%	13.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	10.5%
35 to 44	14.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	7.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	4.8%
75 and over	5.9%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland	Lame Deer
White (non-Hispanic)	22.4%	1.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	71.2%	94.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland	Lame Deer
No high school diploma	9.4%	15.5%
High school graduate	39.5%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland	Lame Deer
Drove alone	67.9%	88.1%
Carpooled	14.4%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	3.2%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	5.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland	Lame Deer
1-unit, detached	55.4%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.8%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashland	Lame Deer
Poverty rate	28.8%	51.3%
Average household size	2.48	4.05
Mean commute (minutes)	18	10
Median year structure built	1980	1979