Birney vs Lame Deer

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

Birney 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 81 in Birney). Since 2019, Lame Deer's population has grown faster (-7.0% vs -26.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Birney	Lame Deer
Population	81	1,939
Median age	26.1 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$26,364
Median home value	—	$117,300
Median gross rent	—	$553
Housing units	20	625
Homeownership rate	20.0%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	29.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birney	Lame Deer
Population	110 → 81 (-26.4%)	2,086 → 1,939 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$52,750 → $62,813 (+19.1%)	$50,795 → $26,364 (-48.1%)
Median home value	—	$63,200 → $117,300 (+85.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$643 → $553 (-14.0%)

Birney

Population

11081

Median household income

$52,750$62,813

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)

	Birney	Lame Deer
Under 5	39.5%	11.4%
5 to 17	9.9%	30.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.8%
25 to 34	48.1%	10.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	2.5%	4.8%
75 and over	0.0%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birney	Lame Deer
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	1.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	100.0%	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	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birney	Lame Deer
No high school diploma	63.4%	15.5%
High school graduate	17.1%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birney	Lame Deer
Drove alone	100.0%	88.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birney	Lame Deer
1-unit, detached	60.0%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	40.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Birney	Lame Deer
Poverty rate	0.0%	51.3%
Average household size	8.10	4.05
Mean commute (minutes)	—	10
Median year structure built	1974	1979