Ponderosa Pines vs Willow Creek

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

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

Ponderosa Pines has the higher population (969 vs 162 in Willow Creek). Ponderosa Pines has the higher median household income ($86,102 vs $68,542 in Willow Creek). Ponderosa Pines has the higher median home value ($264,600 vs $218,800 in Willow Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Ponderosa Pines	Willow Creek
Population	969	162
Median age	42.6 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$86,102	$68,542
Median home value	$264,600	$218,800
Median gross rent	—	$856
Housing units	343	101
Homeownership rate	92.7%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ponderosa Pines	Willow Creek
Population	488 → 969 (+98.6%)	258 → 162 (-37.2%)
Median household income	$39,750 → $86,102 (+116.6%)	$54,286 → $68,542 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$215,300 → $264,600 (+22.9%)	$194,600 → $218,800 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$704 → $856 (+21.6%)

Ponderosa Pines

Population

488969

Median household income

$39,750$86,102

Median home value

$215,300$264,600

Willow Creek

Population

258162

Median household income

$54,286$68,542

Median home value

$194,600$218,800

Median gross rent

$704$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ponderosa Pines	Willow Creek
Under 5	8.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	22.1%	7.4%
18 to 24	3.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	7.7%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	29.4%	8.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	32.7%
65 to 74	2.9%	14.8%
75 and over	0.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ponderosa Pines	Willow Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	4.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ponderosa Pines	Willow Creek
No high school diploma	1.1%	11.3%
High school graduate	36.1%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ponderosa Pines	Willow Creek
Drove alone	83.9%	70.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	24.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ponderosa Pines	Willow Creek
1-unit, detached	75.8%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	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	22.2%	33.7%

Poverty & households

	Ponderosa Pines	Willow Creek
Poverty rate	11.2%	10.5%
Average household size	2.95	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	41	37
Median year structure built	2007	1977