Medicine Lake vs Reserve

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

Medicine Lake and Reserve 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 23 in Reserve). Reserve has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $41,000 in Medicine Lake). Medicine Lake has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $90,000 in Reserve).

Population, income & housing

	Medicine Lake	Reserve
Population	190	23
Median age	49.8 yrs	64.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,000	$51,250
Median home value	$95,000	$90,000
Median gross rent	$492	—
Housing units	143	18
Homeownership rate	71.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Medicine Lake	Reserve
Population	242 → 190 (-21.5%)	35 → 23 (-34.3%)
Median household income	$46,563 → $41,000 (-11.9%)	$32,083 → $51,250 (+59.7%)
Median home value	$103,300 → $95,000 (-8.0%)	$29,700 → $90,000 (+203.0%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $492 (-29.7%)	—

Medicine Lake

Population

242190

Median household income

$46,563$41,000

Median home value

$103,300$95,000

Median gross rent

$700$492

Reserve

Population

3523

Median household income

$32,083$51,250

Median home value

$29,700$90,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Medicine Lake	Reserve
Under 5	1.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	4.3%
45 to 54	7.4%	4.3%
55 to 64	25.3%	17.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	30.4%
75 and over	12.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Medicine Lake	Reserve
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.3%	4.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Medicine Lake	Reserve
No high school diploma	7.4%	5.6%
High school graduate	29.1%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Medicine Lake	Reserve
Drove alone	66.1%	75.0%
Carpooled	17.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	25.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Medicine Lake	Reserve
1-unit, detached	65.0%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	27.8%

Poverty & households

	Medicine Lake	Reserve
Poverty rate	12.3%	43.5%
Average household size	1.73	1.64
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1968	1955