Lonepine vs Trout Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Lonepine and Trout Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Trout Creek has the higher population (340 vs 130 in Lonepine). Trout Creek has the higher median household income ($62,162 vs $31,750 in Lonepine). Lonepine has the higher median home value ($283,300 vs $226,400 in Trout Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Lonepine	Trout Creek
Population	130	340
Median age	57.0 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$31,750	$62,162
Median home value	$283,300	$226,400
Housing units	78	149
Homeownership rate	52.2%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lonepine	Trout Creek
Population	160 → 130 (-18.8%)	178 → 340 (+91.0%)
Median household income	$58,438 → $31,750 (-45.7%)	$41,471 → $62,162 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $283,300 (+81.3%)	$205,800 → $226,400 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$490 → $817 (+66.7%)	$875 → $833 (-4.8%)

Lonepine

Population

160130

Median household income

$58,438$31,750

Median home value

$156,300$283,300

Median gross rent

$490$817

Trout Creek

Population

178340

Median household income

$41,471$62,162

Median home value

$205,800$226,400

Median gross rent

$875$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lonepine	Trout Creek
Under 5	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	12.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	4.4%
35 to 44	3.8%	28.5%
45 to 54	5.4%	7.9%
55 to 64	15.4%	27.4%
65 to 74	22.3%	10.3%
75 and over	12.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lonepine	Trout Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lonepine	Trout Creek
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	53.3%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lonepine	Trout Creek
Drove alone	82.4%	81.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lonepine	Trout Creek
1-unit, detached	94.9%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Lonepine	Trout Creek
Poverty rate	18.5%	0.9%
Average household size	1.88	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	14	32
Median year structure built	1986	1994