Medicine Lake vs Westby

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

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

Westby has the higher population (253 vs 190 in Medicine Lake). Medicine Lake has the higher median household income ($41,000 vs $24,583 in Westby). Medicine Lake has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $61,900 in Westby).

Population, income & housing

	Medicine Lake	Westby
Population	190	253
Median age	49.8 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,000	$24,583
Median home value	$95,000	$61,900
Median gross rent	$492	$575
Housing units	143	132
Homeownership rate	71.8%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Medicine Lake	Westby
Population	242 → 190 (-21.5%)	134 → 253 (+88.8%)
Median household income	$46,563 → $41,000 (-11.9%)	$67,321 → $24,583 (-63.5%)
Median home value	$103,300 → $95,000 (-8.0%)	$95,000 → $61,900 (-34.8%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $492 (-29.7%)	$675 → $575 (-14.8%)

Medicine Lake

Population

242190

Median household income

$46,563$41,000

Median home value

$103,300$95,000

Median gross rent

$700$492

Westby

Population

134253

Median household income

$67,321$24,583

Median home value

$95,000$61,900

Median gross rent

$675$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Medicine Lake	Westby
Under 5	1.1%	0.4%
5 to 17	12.1%	4.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	4.7%
25 to 34	9.5%	3.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	6.3%
45 to 54	7.4%	36.4%
55 to 64	25.3%	24.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	8.7%
75 and over	12.1%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Medicine Lake	Westby
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.3%	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	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Medicine Lake	Westby
No high school diploma	7.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	29.1%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Medicine Lake	Westby
Drove alone	66.1%	85.3%
Carpooled	17.4%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.4%	13.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Medicine Lake	Westby
1-unit, detached	65.0%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Medicine Lake	Westby
Poverty rate	12.3%	10.3%
Average household size	1.73	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1968	1962