Ponderosa Pines vs West Yellowstone

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

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

West Yellowstone has the higher population (1,457 vs 969 in Ponderosa Pines). Ponderosa Pines has the higher median household income ($86,102 vs $57,167 in West Yellowstone). West Yellowstone has the higher median home value ($402,600 vs $264,600 in Ponderosa Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Ponderosa Pines	West Yellowstone
Population	969	1,457
Median age	42.6 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,102	$57,167
Median home value	$264,600	$402,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,035
Housing units	343	956
Homeownership rate	92.7%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ponderosa Pines	West Yellowstone
Population	488 → 969 (+98.6%)	936 → 1,457 (+55.7%)
Median household income	$39,750 → $86,102 (+116.6%)	$38,306 → $57,167 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$215,300 → $264,600 (+22.9%)	$275,000 → $402,600 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$645 → $1,035 (+60.5%)

Ponderosa Pines

Population

488969

Median household income

$39,750$86,102

Median home value

$215,300$264,600

West Yellowstone

Population

9361,457

Median household income

$38,306$57,167

Median home value

$275,000$402,600

Median gross rent

$645$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ponderosa Pines	West Yellowstone
Under 5	8.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	22.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	3.3%	11.8%
25 to 34	7.7%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	29.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	2.9%	5.5%
75 and over	0.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ponderosa Pines	West Yellowstone
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	54.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	41.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ponderosa Pines	West Yellowstone
No high school diploma	1.1%	15.2%
High school graduate	36.1%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ponderosa Pines	West Yellowstone
Drove alone	83.9%	46.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	27.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	15.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	9.3%
Worked from home	5.9%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ponderosa Pines	West Yellowstone
1-unit, detached	75.8%	37.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	26.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Ponderosa Pines	West Yellowstone
Poverty rate	11.2%	12.1%
Average household size	2.95	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	41	7
Median year structure built	2007	1984