Churchill vs Ponderosa Pines

A side-by-side comparison of Churchill and Ponderosa Pines: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Churchill has the higher population (1,120 vs 969 in Ponderosa Pines). Churchill has the higher median household income ($95,550 vs $86,102 in Ponderosa Pines). Churchill has the higher median home value ($588,800 vs $264,600 in Ponderosa Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Churchill	Ponderosa Pines
Population	1,120	969
Median age	42.1 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$95,550	$86,102
Median home value	$588,800	$264,600
Median gross rent	$1,479	—
Housing units	407	343
Homeownership rate	82.8%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Churchill	Ponderosa Pines
Population	1,035 → 1,120 (+8.2%)	488 → 969 (+98.6%)
Median household income	$68,542 → $95,550 (+39.4%)	$39,750 → $86,102 (+116.6%)
Median home value	$332,700 → $588,800 (+77.0%)	$215,300 → $264,600 (+22.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,479 (+34.6%)	—

Churchill

Population

1,0351,120

Median household income

$68,542$95,550

Median home value

$332,700$588,800

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,479

Ponderosa Pines

Population

488969

Median household income

$39,750$86,102

Median home value

$215,300$264,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Churchill	Ponderosa Pines
Under 5	6.1%	8.8%
5 to 17	22.7%	22.1%
18 to 24	3.9%	3.3%
25 to 34	5.1%	7.7%
35 to 44	16.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	16.3%	29.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	2.9%
75 and over	5.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Churchill	Ponderosa Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Churchill	Ponderosa Pines
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.1%
High school graduate	27.9%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Churchill	Ponderosa Pines
Drove alone	71.8%	83.9%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Churchill	Ponderosa Pines
1-unit, detached	84.3%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Churchill	Ponderosa Pines
Poverty rate	6.3%	11.2%
Average household size	2.75	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	23	41
Median year structure built	1987	2007