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The median home value in Lake County, MT is $603,585 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.49% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$603,585
Year-over-Year
+1.49%
National Rank
#117 of 3071
Lake County ranks 6th out of 56 counties in MT by median home price, and is +157.6% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within MT, the typical county has a median home value of $295,182, making Lake County +104.5% above the MT state median.
Households here earn a median of $63,360 a year against a typical home value of $603,585 — a price-to-income ratio of 9.5×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That makes it one of the least affordable counties in the country relative to local wages. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Lake County recorded a violent crime rate of 861 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 3,008 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 8,013 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Lake County is $603,585. That's up 1.49% from a year earlier. That is about 157.6% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Lake County the 6th most expensive of 56 counties in Montana.
Median household income here is $63,360, so a typical home costs about 9.5× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Lake County recorded 861 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 8,013 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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