Eureka vs Pioneer Junction

A side-by-side comparison of Eureka and Pioneer Junction: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eureka has the higher population (2,009 vs 734 in Pioneer Junction). Eureka has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $42,250 in Pioneer Junction). Pioneer Junction has the higher median home value ($264,400 vs $172,300 in Eureka).

Population, income & housing

	Eureka	Pioneer Junction
Population	2,009	734
Median age	37.7 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$42,250
Median home value	$172,300	$264,400
Median gross rent	$1,012	—
Housing units	694	346
Homeownership rate	78.6%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eureka	Pioneer Junction
Population	1,645 → 2,009 (+22.1%)	813 → 734 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$32,934 → $43,750 (+32.8%)	$35,787 → $42,250 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$173,400 → $172,300 (-0.6%)	$161,300 → $264,400 (+63.9%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $1,012 (+37.9%)	—

Eureka

Population

1,6452,009

Median household income

$32,934$43,750

Median home value

$173,400$172,300

Median gross rent

$734$1,012

Pioneer Junction

Population

813734

Median household income

$35,787$42,250

Median home value

$161,300$264,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eureka	Pioneer Junction
Under 5	7.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	24.5%	8.2%
18 to 24	3.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	7.1%
35 to 44	15.9%	7.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	2.5%
55 to 64	8.8%	31.6%
65 to 74	7.4%	24.4%
75 and over	8.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eureka	Pioneer Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	99.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	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	6.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eureka	Pioneer Junction
No high school diploma	11.5%	5.1%
High school graduate	44.4%	61.5%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eureka	Pioneer Junction
Drove alone	51.7%	81.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.3%	8.6%
Other means	2.8%	9.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eureka	Pioneer Junction
1-unit, detached	57.2%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.2%	43.9%

Poverty & households

	Eureka	Pioneer Junction
Poverty rate	29.3%	1.5%
Average household size	3.16	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1976	1977