Colstrip vs Lame Deer

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

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

Colstrip has the higher population (2,156 vs 1,939 in Lame Deer). Colstrip has the higher median household income ($86,000 vs $26,364 in Lame Deer). Colstrip has the higher median home value ($193,700 vs $117,300 in Lame Deer).

Population, income & housing

	Colstrip	Lame Deer
Population	2,156	1,939
Median age	43.5 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,000	$26,364
Median home value	$193,700	$117,300
Median gross rent	$632	$553
Housing units	980	625
Homeownership rate	80.8%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	29.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colstrip	Lame Deer
Population	2,448 → 2,156 (-11.9%)	2,086 → 1,939 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$86,797 → $86,000 (-0.9%)	$50,795 → $26,364 (-48.1%)
Median home value	$119,000 → $193,700 (+62.8%)	$63,200 → $117,300 (+85.6%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $632 (-22.0%)	$643 → $553 (-14.0%)

Colstrip

Population

2,4482,156

Median household income

$86,797$86,000

Median home value

$119,000$193,700

Median gross rent

$810$632

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)

	Colstrip	Lame Deer
Under 5	4.8%	11.4%
5 to 17	20.9%	30.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	13.8%
25 to 34	2.8%	10.5%
35 to 44	18.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	16.5%	7.2%
55 to 64	18.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	4.8%
75 and over	2.7%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colstrip	Lame Deer
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	1.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	18.0%	94.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colstrip	Lame Deer
No high school diploma	3.3%	15.5%
High school graduate	27.0%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colstrip	Lame Deer
Drove alone	92.2%	88.1%
Carpooled	5.6%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colstrip	Lame Deer
1-unit, detached	57.7%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	22.6%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Colstrip	Lame Deer
Poverty rate	9.1%	51.3%
Average household size	2.43	4.05
Mean commute (minutes)	11	10
Median year structure built	1983	1979