Homestead vs Medicine Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Homestead and Medicine Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Homestead and Medicine Lake are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Medicine Lake has the higher population (190 vs 13 in Homestead). Homestead has the higher median household income ($151,250 vs $41,000 in Medicine Lake). Homestead has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $95,000 in Medicine Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Homestead	Medicine Lake
Population	13	190
Median age	62.1 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$151,250	$41,000
Median home value	$162,500	$95,000
Median gross rent	—	$492
Housing units	19	143
Homeownership rate	100.0%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homestead	Medicine Lake
Population	10 → 13 (+30.0%)	242 → 190 (-21.5%)
Median household income	$146,875 → $151,250 (+3.0%)	$46,563 → $41,000 (-11.9%)
Median home value	—	$103,300 → $95,000 (-8.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$700 → $492 (-29.7%)

Homestead

Population

1013

Median household income

$146,875$151,250

Medicine Lake

Population

242190

Median household income

$46,563$41,000

Median home value

$103,300$95,000

Median gross rent

$700$492

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Homestead	Medicine Lake
Under 5	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	46.2%	7.4%
55 to 64	38.5%	25.3%
65 to 74	15.4%	11.6%
75 and over	0.0%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homestead	Medicine Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homestead	Medicine Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	15.4%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	46.2%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homestead	Medicine Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	66.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homestead	Medicine Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Homestead	Medicine Lake
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.3%
Average household size	1.86	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1944	1968