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Pablo, Montana.

A community in Lake County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Lake County’s.

Living in Pablo, Lake County, Montana

Pablo, in Lake County, had 2,138 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $36,400 a year and half less, against $63,360 across Lake County. Unemployment in Lake County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Lake County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,138 in the 2020 census
Household income $36,400 the median, give or take $6,587 · Lake County: $63,360
Unemployment 3.3% Lake County, August 2026; 4.2% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Pablo for the Census survey to measure.
  • 632households
  • 9%of adults have a degree
  • 13%work from home

What people in Lake County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Building trades8%
  • Government7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lake County had 9,694 jobs in 2025, 0.8% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 33° and 22°; warmest in July, 83° and 53° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 83° 53° A S O N D 33° 22°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 33° and 22°; warmest in July, 83° and 53° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 83° 53° A S O N D 33° 22°

Coldest in December, with highs near 33° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 53°. About 15 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Polson weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Lake County

  1. Rocky Mountain TwistBits, drill, metalworking, manufacturing263
  2. St Luke Community HospitalCritical access hospital257FTE
  3. Salish Kootenai CollegeUniversity or college249
  4. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters211
  5. Providence St Joseph Medical CTRCritical access hospital178FTE
  6. Ronan Elem SchoolsSchool district160FTE
  7. Polson Elem SchoolsSchool district150FTE
  8. SafewaySupermarkets and other grocery stores92

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,045 people in all across the county; Pablo has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherVery high
  2. Cold wavesVery high
  3. EarthquakesRelatively high
  4. WildfireRelatively moderate
  5. AvalanchesRelatively moderate
  6. Ice stormsRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Pablo’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Lake County.