Essex vs Pinnacle

A side-by-side comparison of Essex and Pinnacle: population, income, housing, and more.

Essex and Pinnacle are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Essex has the higher population (57 vs 43 in Pinnacle). Essex has the higher median household income ($73,393 vs $56,154 in Pinnacle). Pinnacle has the higher median home value ($433,300 vs $329,200 in Essex).

Population, income & housing

	Essex	Pinnacle
Population	57	43
Median age	63.1 yrs	64.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,393	$56,154
Median home value	$329,200	$433,300
Housing units	109	135
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	28.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex	Pinnacle
Population	61 → 57 (-6.6%)	48 → 43 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $73,393 (+43.2%)	$28,889 → $56,154 (+94.4%)
Median home value	$350,000 → $329,200 (-5.9%)	$262,500 → $433,300 (+65.1%)

Essex

Population

6157

Median household income

$51,250$73,393

Median home value

$350,000$329,200

Pinnacle

Population

4843

Median household income

$28,889$56,154

Median home value

$262,500$433,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essex	Pinnacle
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	21.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	57.9%	67.4%
65 to 74	7.0%	27.9%
75 and over	14.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex	Pinnacle
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex	Pinnacle
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	19.3%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	35.1%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex	Pinnacle
Drove alone	15.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	37.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	46.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex	Pinnacle
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Essex	Pinnacle
Poverty rate	12.3%	11.6%
Average household size	1.73	2.15
Median year structure built	1989	2001