Lame Deer vs Rosebud

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

Lame Deer and Rosebud 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 53 in Rosebud). Rosebud has the higher median household income ($43,899 vs $26,364 in Lame Deer). Since 2019, Lame Deer's population has grown faster (-7.0% vs -26.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Lame Deer	Rosebud
Population	1,939	53
Median age	21.8 yrs	64.4 yrs
Median household income	$26,364	$43,899
Median home value	$117,300	—
Median gross rent	$553	—
Housing units	625	58
Homeownership rate	53.6%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	29.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lame Deer	Rosebud
Population	2,086 → 1,939 (-7.0%)	72 → 53 (-26.4%)
Median household income	$50,795 → $26,364 (-48.1%)	$51,429 → $43,899 (-14.6%)
Median home value	$63,200 → $117,300 (+85.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$643 → $553 (-14.0%)	—

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

Rosebud

Population

7253

Median household income

$51,429$43,899

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lame Deer	Rosebud
Under 5	11.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	30.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	13.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	5.7%
35 to 44	9.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	79.2%
65 to 74	4.8%	0.0%
75 and over	1.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lame Deer	Rosebud
White (non-Hispanic)	1.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	94.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lame Deer	Rosebud
No high school diploma	15.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.5%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lame Deer	Rosebud
1-unit, detached	70.9%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Lame Deer	Rosebud
Poverty rate	51.3%	0.0%
Average household size	4.05	1.08
Mean commute (minutes)	10	—
Median year structure built	1979	1974