Montana · Census place 3019825

Deer Lodge, Montana

Deer Lodge is a city in Powell County, Montana with an estimated 3,006 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 26th largest of 55 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,006
#26 of 55 in Montana
Change since 2020
-0.5%
-16 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
1,939 / sq mi
State median 2,232
Orange pin: Deer Lodge. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Helena.

Deer Lodge population, 2020 to 2024

Deer Lodge lost 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by -19.

3,02220203,04720213,04020223,02520233,0062024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,026. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Deer Lodge covers 1.55 square miles of land, for 1,939 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Deer Lodge is less dense than the typical town.

What county Deer Lodge is in

All of Deer Lodge's residents live in Powell County, which had 7,120 residents in 2024. Deer Lodge holds 42.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Deer Lodge

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Deer Lodge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59722. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Deer Lodge is

The Census internal point of Deer Lodge is at 46.398300, -112.733300. Helena, the capital, is 36.5 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MT (9,811 people), 28.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 204.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.398300, -112.733300
DMS
46°23'53.88"N 112°43'59.88"W
UTM
12N 366753.8E 5139762.6N
Geohash
c2pzfww1e
Plus code
85R997X8+8M

Daylight in Deer Lodge

At 46.40° N, Deer Lodge gets about 15 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Deer Lodge

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, 28.6 miles away, with 9,811 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Deer Lodge, MT?

3,006 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 16 (0.5%) from 3,022 in July 2020.

What county is Deer Lodge in?

Powell County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Deer Lodge?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 59722.

How far is Deer Lodge from Helena?

36.5 miles (58.7 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Deer Lodge.

What is the nearest larger city to Deer Lodge?

Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MT, with 9,811 residents, 28.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.