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SheetMT-LITTLE-BITTERROOT-LAKE-MT · Little Bitterroot Lake, MT 153 pop · income 81st 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 Little Bitterroot Lake
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Little Bitterroot Lake on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Vidette · lowest
24,070
Vidette · lowest
24,070 median HH income
16.8% of the leader · rank #1
East Whittier · near
105,104
East Whittier · near
105,104 median HH income
73.3% of the leader · rank #2
Little Bitter… · this city
105,114
Little Bitter… · this city
105,114 median HH income
73.3% of the leader · rank #3
Gages Lake · near
105,114
Gages Lake · near
105,114 median HH income
73.3% of the leader · rank #4
Greenvale · near
105,114
Greenvale · near
105,114 median HH income
73.3% of the leader · rank #5
Surrey · near
105,125
Surrey · near
105,125 median HH income
73.3% of the leader · rank #6
Maxville · highest
143,462
Maxville · highest
143,462 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 Little Bitterroot Lake 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: 153.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Little Bitterroot Lake lands in the 81st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
81st
percentile, household income
94th
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: Little Bitterroot Lake, MT
153 people live in Little Bitterroot Lake, Montana - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Little Bitterroot Lake brings in $105,114 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Little Bitterroot Lake's housing stock carries a median value of $775,000, and the median resident age is 51.3 years. 20.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 46.2% 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). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,336 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Montana's average monthly utility costs around $175 (state average). Commute times here average 26.5 minutes, with 65.6% driving alone and 34.4% working from home, per Census ACS commuting 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 Little Bitterroot Lake'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 comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Little Bitterroot Lake, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits; 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 Little Bitterroot Lake?
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 7.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Little Bitterroot Lake?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 65.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 26.5 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. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Which cities make useful reference points for Little Bitterroot Lake?
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 Broadview (152 residents, $66,250 income); Saco (154 residents, $51,250 income); Custer (155 residents, $70,000 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Cold Bay, AK (153 residents); Kaktovik, AK (153 residents); Oak Shores, CA (153 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
B
City profile score · Little Bitterroot Lake, MT
73/100
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+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B+
$105,114
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
20.7%
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).
Little Bitterroot Lake profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Household income: 79/100 (B+) · $105,114
Cost of living: 66/100 (B-) · 94.6 index
Bachelor's+ share: 36/100 (F) · 20.7%
How does Little Bitterroot Lake compare to other US cities?
Where Little Bitterroot Lake sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income81% higher than other cities
Home value94% 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 Little Bitterroot Lake 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 Little Bitterroot Lake near the bottom of Montana's cities
Among the 317 Montana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Little Bitterroot Lake ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Little Bitterroot Lake only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#18 of 282
94th percentile in Montana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 317
0th percentile in Montana
Median Home Value
#8 of 279
97th percentile in Montana
Poverty Rate
#230 of 315
0th percentile in Montana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#173 of 317
45th 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
81st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Little Bitterroot Lake's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$775,0006th percentilemore affordable than 6% 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
Little Bitterroot Lake's home-value-to-income ratio: 7.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,844 of 15,516
More affordable than 4% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,903 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 7.4×, Little Bitterroot Lake sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,844 of 15,516 and #10,903 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$105,114Little Bitterroot Lake, MT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Little Bitterroot Lake, 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 Little Bitterroot Lake, MT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)20.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)46.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
153
Median Income
$105,114
Median Home Value
$775,000
Median Age
51.3
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
46.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
20.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
26.5 minutes
Drive Alone
65.6%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
34.4%
Based on 61 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 Little Bitterroot Lake. 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 Little Bitterroot Lake 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 Little Bitterroot Lake sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Little Bitterroot Lake 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.