Fortine vs Pioneer Junction

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

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

Pioneer Junction has the higher population (734 vs 378 in Fortine). Fortine has the higher median household income ($64,427 vs $42,250 in Pioneer Junction). Fortine has the higher median home value ($270,000 vs $264,400 in Pioneer Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Fortine	Pioneer Junction
Population	378	734
Median age	45.7 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,427	$42,250
Median home value	$270,000	$264,400
Housing units	217	346
Homeownership rate	85.0%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fortine	Pioneer Junction
Population	421 → 378 (-10.2%)	813 → 734 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$68,036 → $64,427 (-5.3%)	$35,787 → $42,250 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$172,200 → $270,000 (+56.8%)	$161,300 → $264,400 (+63.9%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $1,058 (+41.6%)	—

Fortine

Population

421378

Median household income

$68,036$64,427

Median home value

$172,200$270,000

Median gross rent

$747$1,058

Pioneer Junction

Population

813734

Median household income

$35,787$42,250

Median home value

$161,300$264,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fortine	Pioneer Junction
Under 5	7.1%	2.5%
5 to 17	10.8%	8.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	7.1%
35 to 44	15.3%	7.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	2.5%
55 to 64	20.1%	31.6%
65 to 74	19.8%	24.4%
75 and over	2.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fortine	Pioneer Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	99.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	2.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fortine	Pioneer Junction
No high school diploma	4.9%	5.1%
High school graduate	45.3%	61.5%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fortine	Pioneer Junction
Drove alone	53.9%	81.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.9%	8.6%
Other means	4.6%	9.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fortine	Pioneer Junction
1-unit, detached	84.8%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	43.9%

Poverty & households

	Fortine	Pioneer Junction
Poverty rate	7.7%	1.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	50	21
Median year structure built	1999	1977