Laurel vs Lockwood

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

Laurel 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 7,198 in Laurel). Lockwood has the higher median household income ($74,451 vs $66,382 in Laurel). Lockwood has the higher median home value ($250,900 vs $232,700 in Laurel).

Population, income & housing

	Laurel	Lockwood
Population	7,198	7,474
Median age	36.6 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,382	$74,451
Median home value	$232,700	$250,900
Median gross rent	$953	$995
Housing units	3,250	2,871
Homeownership rate	57.4%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurel	Lockwood
Population	6,834 → 7,198 (+5.3%)	8,066 → 7,474 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$55,503 → $66,382 (+19.6%)	$57,542 → $74,451 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$174,000 → $232,700 (+33.7%)	$195,900 → $250,900 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$832 → $953 (+14.5%)	$895 → $995 (+11.2%)

Laurel

Population

6,8347,198

Median household income

$55,503$66,382

Median home value

$174,000$232,700

Median gross rent

$832$953

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)

	Laurel	Lockwood
Under 5	4.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.8%	17.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	10.4%
75 and over	7.8%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurel	Lockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	81.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	3.6%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurel	Lockwood
No high school diploma	5.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	40.2%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurel	Lockwood
Drove alone	67.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	17.5%	12.5%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	6.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurel	Lockwood
1-unit, detached	59.4%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	38.0%

Poverty & households

	Laurel	Lockwood
Poverty rate	12.3%	14.4%
Average household size	2.31	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1973	1982