Billings vs Lockwood

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

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

Billings has the higher population (118,321 vs 7,474 in Lockwood). Lockwood has the higher median household income ($74,451 vs $71,855 in Billings). Billings has the higher median home value ($311,800 vs $250,900 in Lockwood).

Population, income & housing

	Billings	Lockwood
Population	118,321	7,474
Median age	38.1 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,855	$74,451
Median home value	$311,800	$250,900
Median gross rent	$1,097	$995
Housing units	53,537	2,871
Homeownership rate	64.8%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Billings	Lockwood
Population	109,595 → 118,321 (+8.0%)	8,066 → 7,474 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$59,656 → $71,855 (+20.4%)	$57,542 → $74,451 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$221,100 → $311,800 (+41.0%)	$195,900 → $250,900 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$899 → $1,097 (+22.0%)	$895 → $995 (+11.2%)

Billings

Population

109,595118,321

Median household income

$59,656$71,855

Median home value

$221,100$311,800

Median gross rent

$899$1,097

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)

	Billings	Lockwood
Under 5	5.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	17.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	15.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.4%
75 and over	8.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Billings	Lockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	81.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.2%	3.6%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Billings	Lockwood
No high school diploma	4.5%	8.8%
High school graduate	27.6%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Billings	Lockwood
Drove alone	78.5%	79.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	12.5%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	6.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Billings	Lockwood
1-unit, detached	63.1%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	38.0%

Poverty & households

	Billings	Lockwood
Poverty rate	10.6%	14.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1979	1982