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SheetMT-LEWISTOWN-HEIGHTS-MT · Lewistown Heights, MT 484 pop · income 68th pct
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 Lewistown Heights
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lewistown Heights on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Harrisville · lowest
36,089
Harrisville · lowest
36,089 median HH income
18.4% of the leader · rank #1
Lewistown Hei… · this city
86,930
Lewistown Hei… · this city
86,930 median HH income
44.3% of the leader · rank #2
Oroville East · near
86,932
Oroville East · near
86,932 median HH income
44.3% of the leader · rank #3
Sherrard · near
86,932
Sherrard · near
86,932 median HH income
44.3% of the leader · rank #4
St. Leon · near
86,932
St. Leon · near
86,932 median HH income
44.3% of the leader · rank #5
Dresbach · near
86,932
Dresbach · near
86,932 median HH income
44.3% of the leader · rank #6
Westwood Hills · highest
196,250
Westwood Hills · highest
196,250 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 Lewistown Heights 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: 484.
Lewistown Heights ranks in the 68th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
68th
percentile, household income
61st
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: Lewistown Heights, MT
484 people live in Lewistown Heights, Montana - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Lewistown Heights brings in $86,930 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 2.4%. Typical homes in Lewistown Heights are valued around $277,300, and the median resident age is 27.5 years. Educational attainment runs 12.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 85.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Montana run below the national norm: the state registers 94.6 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,336 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Montana run around $175, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 33.3 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Lewistown Heights'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 work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Lewistown Heights, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Lewistown Heights?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 59.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
How far does income reach against housing in Lewistown Heights?
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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Lewistown Heights?
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 Busby (483 residents, $62,222 income); Evaro (479 residents, $68,977 income); The Silos (474 residents, $54,245 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Mesquite Creek, AZ (484 residents); Bishop, GA (484 residents); Packwood, IA (484 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.
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Montana average
C+
City profile score · Lewistown Heights, MT
60/100
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.
Poverty rate A-
2.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B-
$86,930
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
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 F
12.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Lewistown Heights profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 83/100 (A-) · 2.4%
Household income: 66/100 (B-) · $86,930
Cost of living: 66/100 (B-) · 94.6 index
Bachelor's+ share: 13/100 (F) · 12.4%
How does Lewistown Heights compare to other US cities?
Where Lewistown Heights sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income68% higher than other cities
Home value61% 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 Lewistown Heights 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 Lewistown Heights near the bottom of Montana's cities
Among the 317 Montana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Lewistown Heights ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lewistown Heights only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#45 of 282
84th percentile in Montana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 317
0th percentile in Montana
Median Home Value
#106 of 279
62nd percentile in Montana
Poverty Rate
#213 of 315
32nd percentile in Montana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#256 of 317
19th 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
68th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Lewistown Heights's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$277,30039th percentilemore affordable than 39% 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
#7,641 of 15,516
More affordable than 51% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,323 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.2×, Lewistown Heights sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,641 of 15,516 and #6,323 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
$86,930Lewistown Heights, MT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Lewistown Heights, 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 Lewistown Heights, MT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)12.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)85.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
484
Median Income
$86,930
Median Home Value
$277,300
Median Age
27.5
Poverty Rate
2.4%
Labor force participation
85.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
12.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
59.9%
Carpool
25.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
2.4%
Work from Home
3.7%
Other
8.3%
Based on 374 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 Lewistown Heights. 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 Lewistown Heights 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 Lewistown Heights sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Lewistown Heights 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.