Ballantine vs Lockwood

A side-by-side comparison of Ballantine and Lockwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lockwood has the higher population (7,474 vs 293 in Ballantine). Lockwood has the higher median home value ($250,900 vs $222,400 in Ballantine). Since 2019, Ballantine's population has grown faster (+30.2% vs -7.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Ballantine	Lockwood
Population	293	7,474
Median age	59.0 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$74,451
Median home value	$222,400	$250,900
Median gross rent	—	$995
Housing units	212	2,871
Homeownership rate	73.3%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballantine	Lockwood
Population	225 → 293 (+30.2%)	8,066 → 7,474 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$33,299 → $18,958 (-43.1%)	$57,542 → $74,451 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$214,300 → $222,400 (+3.8%)	$195,900 → $250,900 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$895 → $995 (+11.2%)

Ballantine

Population

225293

Median household income

$33,299$18,958

Median home value

$214,300$222,400

Lockwood

Population

8,0667,474

Median household income

$57,542$74,451

Median home value

$195,900$250,900

Median gross rent

$895$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballantine	Lockwood
Under 5	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	23.5%	17.6%
35 to 44	3.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	3.4%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	6.1%	10.4%
75 and over	33.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballantine	Lockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	81.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	3.6%
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%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballantine	Lockwood
No high school diploma	8.9%	8.8%
High school graduate	57.3%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballantine	Lockwood
Drove alone	100.0%	79.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballantine	Lockwood
1-unit, detached	72.2%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.8%	38.0%

Poverty & households

	Ballantine	Lockwood
Poverty rate	3.8%	14.4%
Average household size	1.57	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1938	1982