Hot Springs vs Lonepine

A side-by-side comparison of Hot Springs and Lonepine: population, income, housing, and more.

Hot Springs and Lonepine are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hot Springs has the higher population (558 vs 130 in Lonepine). Lonepine has the higher median household income ($31,750 vs $21,319 in Hot Springs). Lonepine has the higher median home value ($283,300 vs $139,100 in Hot Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Hot Springs	Lonepine
Population	558	130
Median age	53.9 yrs	57.0 yrs
Median household income	$21,319	$31,750
Median home value	$139,100	$283,300
Median gross rent	$683	—
Housing units	357	78
Homeownership rate	61.2%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hot Springs	Lonepine
Population	558 → 558 (+0.0%)	160 → 130 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$20,972 → $21,319 (+1.7%)	$58,438 → $31,750 (-45.7%)
Median home value	$96,000 → $139,100 (+44.9%)	$156,300 → $283,300 (+81.3%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $683 (+32.1%)	$490 → $817 (+66.7%)

Hot Springs

Population

558558

Median household income

$20,972$21,319

Median home value

$96,000$139,100

Median gross rent

$517$683

Lonepine

Population

160130

Median household income

$58,438$31,750

Median home value

$156,300$283,300

Median gross rent

$490$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hot Springs	Lonepine
Under 5	2.3%	8.5%
5 to 17	9.0%	8.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	12.3%
25 to 34	6.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	6.1%	3.8%
45 to 54	17.6%	5.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	15.4%
65 to 74	21.1%	22.3%
75 and over	12.4%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hot Springs	Lonepine
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.8%	3.8%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hot Springs	Lonepine
No high school diploma	13.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	43.9%	53.3%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hot Springs	Lonepine
Drove alone	48.7%	82.4%
Carpooled	20.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	17.6%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hot Springs	Lonepine
1-unit, detached	73.7%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Hot Springs	Lonepine
Poverty rate	23.7%	18.5%
Average household size	1.93	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	15	14
Median year structure built	1953	1986