Deer Lodge County vs Stillwater County

A side-by-side comparison of Deer Lodge County and Stillwater County: population, income, housing, and more.

Deer Lodge County and Stillwater County are counties in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Deer Lodge County has the higher population (9,512 vs 9,052 in Stillwater County). Stillwater County has the higher median household income ($81,503 vs $49,533 in Deer Lodge County). Stillwater County has the higher median home value ($355,600 vs $209,700 in Deer Lodge County).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Lodge County	Stillwater County
Population	9,512	9,052
Median age	49.6 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,533	$81,503
Median home value	$209,700	$355,600
Median gross rent	$661	$968
Housing units	5,506	4,657
Homeownership rate	69.5%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Lodge County	Stillwater County
Population	9,106 → 9,512 (+4.5%)	9,466 → 9,052 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$41,820 → $49,533 (+18.4%)	$64,645 → $81,503 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $209,700 (+59.7%)	$255,500 → $355,600 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$557 → $661 (+18.7%)	$791 → $968 (+22.4%)

Deer Lodge County

Population

9,1069,512

Median household income

$41,820$49,533

Median home value

$131,300$209,700

Median gross rent

$557$661

Stillwater County

Population

9,4669,052

Median household income

$64,645$81,503

Median home value

$255,500$355,600

Median gross rent

$791$968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Lodge County	Stillwater County
Under 5	3.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	8.9%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	17.0%	15.7%
65 to 74	16.4%	16.2%
75 and over	9.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Lodge County	Stillwater County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.4%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Lodge County	Stillwater County
No high school diploma	7.2%	6.9%
High school graduate	38.2%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Lodge County	Stillwater County
Drove alone	76.2%	61.9%
Carpooled	6.2%	21.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.3%
Walked	5.7%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.7%	7.9%
Other means	4.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Lodge County	Stillwater County
1-unit, detached	77.8%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	1.1%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Deer Lodge County	Stillwater County
Poverty rate	18.1%	8.3%
Average household size	1.91	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1954	1985