
Montana · FIPS 30049
Lewis and Clark ZIP codes — Lewis and Clark County, Montana
Quick answer
Lewis and Clark County is home to 72,580 residents with a median household income of $74,543 and a median home value of $358,200. 69.7% of households own their home and 8.7% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Lewis and Clark ZIP code? 11 ZIP code areas fall inside Lewis and Clark County, Montana, listed in full below.
- Population
- 72,580Lewis and Clark County residents
- Median household income
- $74,543Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $358,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,062Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 41.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 69.7%Owner-occupied households
Lewis and Clark County, MT in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Lewis and Clark County is a small city in Montana, with 72,580 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 41.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.
Households in Lewis and Clark County earn a median of $74,543 a year, 5.1% below the national figure of $78,538. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 8.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Lewis and Clark County is valued at $358,200, 18.1% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,062 a month, 24.5% below the national figure, or roughly $12,744 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 69.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
ZIP codes in Lewis and Clark County
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Lewis and Clark County.
How to read this page
What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in Montana
Largest Census places in Montana by population.
- Billings city 118,321
- Missoula city 75,600
- Great Falls city 60,412
- Bozeman city 55,042
- Butte-Silver Bow (balance) 34,929
- Helena city 33,126
- Kalispell city 26,830
- Belgrade city 11,425
- Helena Valley Southeast CDP 9,533
- Anaconda-Deer Lodge County 9,512
- Havre city 9,333
- Evergreen CDP 8,908
Nearby counties
Other counties in Montana.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Lewis and Clark County?
- Lewis and Clark County has 72,580 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in Lewis and Clark County?
- Median household income in Lewis and Clark County is $74,543 a year, 5.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lewis and Clark County?
- Median gross rent is $1,062 a month and the median home value is $358,200, so rent absorbs about 17.1% of median household income.
- Is Lewis and Clark County affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 4.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lewis and Clark County is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Lewis and Clark County data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.