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SheetMT-ANACONDA-DEER-LODGE-COUNTY-MT · Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MT 9,512 pop · income 19th pct · 3 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Anaconda-Deer Lodge County
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Anaconda-Deer Lodge County on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Pryor Creek · lowest
42,500
Pryor Creek · lowest
42,500 median HH income
41.0% of the leader · rank #1
Dewy Rose · near
49,531
Dewy Rose · near
49,531 median HH income
47.8% of the leader · rank #2
Long · near
49,531
Long · near
49,531 median HH income
47.8% of the leader · rank #3
Scranton · near
49,531
Scranton · near
49,531 median HH income
47.8% of the leader · rank #4
Anaconda-Deer… · this city
49,533
Anaconda-Deer… · this city
49,533 median HH income
47.8% of the leader · rank #5
Rainbow Sprin… · near
49,535
Rainbow Sprin… · near
49,535 median HH income
47.8% of the leader · rank #6
Amityville · highest
103,684
Amityville · highest
103,684 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Anaconda-Deer Lodge County on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 9,512.
Nationally, Anaconda-Deer Lodge County sits in the 19th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
19th
percentile, household income
45th
percentile, home value
61st
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MT
Anaconda-Deer Lodge County is a small town in Montana, home to 9,512 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Anaconda-Deer Lodge County households earn a median of $49,533 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 12.9%. Anaconda-Deer Lodge County's housing stock carries a median value of $209,700, and the median resident age is 49.6 years. About 22.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 52.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Montana run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Montana at 94.6 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,336 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Montana's average monthly utility costs around $175 (state average). Commute times here average 19.5 minutes, with 76.2% driving alone and 7.7% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 33.3 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Anaconda-Deer Lodge County's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to work and mobility to within-city variation to comparison shortlist to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, city-specific coverage includes within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Anaconda-Deer Lodge County?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 12.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Anaconda-Deer Lodge County?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 76.2%. The reported mean trip to work is 19.5 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
What can 3 Census tracts reveal inside Anaconda-Deer Lodge County?
PlainCities matches 3 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
Which cities make useful reference points for Anaconda-Deer Lodge County?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Montana, the closest population matches are Helena Valley Southeast (9,533 residents, $63,824 income); Havre (9,333 residents, $58,000 income); Evergreen (8,908 residents, $73,015 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Amityville, NY (9,513 residents); Bluefield, WV (9,511 residents); St. Anthony city (Hennepin and Ramsey Counties), MN (9,516 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Population change
Is Anaconda-Deer Lodge County growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +284 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +3.0% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
2020 estimate
9,425
2025 estimate
9,709
Period change
+3.0%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Montana average
F
City profile score · Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MT
37/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living B-
94.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share D
22.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
12.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$49,533
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Anaconda-Deer Lodge County profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 66/100 (B-) · 94.6 index
Bachelor's+ share: 41/100 (D) · 22.3%
Poverty rate: 28/100 (F) · 12.9%
Household income: 20/100 (F) · $49,533
How does Anaconda-Deer Lodge County compare to other US cities?
Here's how Anaconda-Deer Lodge County stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income19% higher than other cities
Home value45% pricier than other cities
Median rent61% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Anaconda-Deer Lodge County against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Montana only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Montana-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Anaconda-Deer Lodge County near the bottom of Montana's cities
Among the 317 Montana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Anaconda-Deer Lodge County ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Anaconda-Deer Lodge County only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#200 of 282
29th percentile in Montana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 317
0th percentile in Montana
Median Home Value
#157 of 279
44th percentile in Montana
Poverty Rate
#86 of 315
73rd percentile in Montana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#154 of 317
51st percentile in Montana
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Montana only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
19th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Anaconda-Deer Lodge County's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$209,700Among the most affordablemore affordable than 55% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,339 of 15,516
More affordable than 27% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,773 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.2×, Anaconda-Deer Lodge County sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,339 of 15,516 and #8,773 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$49,533Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MT median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)22.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)12.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)52.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
9,512
Median Income
$49,533
Median Home Value
$209,700
Median Age
49.6
Poverty Rate
12.9%
Labor force participation
52.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
22.3%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Anaconda-Deer Lodge County's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
9,425 residents
2021
9,522 residents
2022
9,529 residents
2023
9,658 residents
2024
9,766 residents
2025
9,709 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
19.5 minutes
Drive Alone
76.2%
Carpool
6.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
5.7%
Work from Home
7.7%
Other
4.2%
Based on 4,353 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Montana statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $175
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Montana at $175 (electricity about $80 , water and sewer about $40 ).
These are Montana statewide averages, not a meter reading for Anaconda-Deer Lodge County. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Montana's BEA cost-of-living index is 94.6 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Anaconda-Deer Lodge County is $1,336/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Montana statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 33.3 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Montana statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Anaconda-Deer Lodge County sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Anaconda-Deer Lodge County compares to similar-size Montana cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.