Montana · Census place 3061525

Red Lodge, Montana

Red Lodge is a city in Carbon County, Montana with an estimated 2,686 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 28th largest of 55 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,686
#28 of 55 in Montana
Change since 2020
+18.2%
+413 people
Land area
2.7 sq mi
Density
991 / sq mi
State median 2,232
Orange pin: Red Lodge. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Helena.

Red Lodge population, 2020 to 2024

Red Lodge added 413 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +18.2%. In the latest year it moved by +72.

2,27320202,39020212,52320222,61420232,6862024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,262. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Red Lodge covers 2.71 square miles of land, for 991 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Red Lodge is less dense than the typical town.

What county Red Lodge is in

All of Red Lodge's residents live in Carbon County, which had 11,498 residents in 2024. Red Lodge holds 23.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Red Lodge

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Red Lodge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59068. 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 Red Lodge is

The Census internal point of Red Lodge is at 45.193300, -109.250100. Helena, the capital, is 164.2 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Powell, WY (6,551 people), 38.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 53.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.193300, -109.250100
DMS
45°11'35.88"N 109°15'0.36"W
UTM
12N 637454.2E 5005913.4N
Geohash
c8431gnw0
Plus code
85QG5PVX+8X

Daylight in Red Lodge

At 45.19° N, Red Lodge gets about 15 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Red Lodge

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Columbus, 30.6 miles away, with 1,966 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Red Lodge, MT?

2,686 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 413 (18.2%) from 2,273 in July 2020.

What county is Red Lodge in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Red Lodge?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 59068.

How far is Red Lodge from Helena?

164.2 miles (264.2 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Red Lodge.

What is the nearest larger city to Red Lodge?

Powell, WY, with 6,551 residents, 38.3 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.