Ronan vs Woods Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Ronan and Woods Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ronan has the higher population (1,962 vs 696 in Woods Bay). Woods Bay has the higher median household income ($95,781 vs $41,429 in Ronan). Woods Bay has the higher median home value ($395,700 vs $201,700 in Ronan).

Population, income & housing

	Ronan	Woods Bay
Population	1,962	696
Median age	35.3 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,429	$95,781
Median home value	$201,700	$395,700
Median gross rent	$798	—
Housing units	875	477
Homeownership rate	56.6%	93.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	55.3%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ronan	Woods Bay
Population	1,955 → 1,962 (+0.4%)	810 → 696 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$32,986 → $41,429 (+25.6%)	$80,625 → $95,781 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$140,800 → $201,700 (+43.3%)	$258,600 → $395,700 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $798 (+25.1%)	$1,115 → $1,167 (+4.7%)

Ronan

Population

1,9551,962

Median household income

$32,986$41,429

Median home value

$140,800$201,700

Median gross rent

$638$798

Woods Bay

Population

810696

Median household income

$80,625$95,781

Median home value

$258,600$395,700

Median gross rent

$1,115$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ronan	Woods Bay
Under 5	7.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	3.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	1.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	21.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.1%	3.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	25.3%
65 to 74	9.1%	14.8%
75 and over	8.9%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ronan	Woods Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	46.3%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	26.7%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.7%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ronan	Woods Bay
No high school diploma	9.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.4%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	37.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ronan	Woods Bay
Drove alone	66.8%	74.7%
Carpooled	20.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	20.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ronan	Woods Bay
1-unit, detached	61.8%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Ronan	Woods Bay
Poverty rate	24.1%	3.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	15	25
Median year structure built	1974	1995