Libby vs Pioneer Junction

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

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

Libby has the higher population (2,948 vs 734 in Pioneer Junction). Pioneer Junction has the higher median household income ($42,250 vs $39,261 in Libby). Pioneer Junction has the higher median home value ($264,400 vs $218,500 in Libby).

Population, income & housing

	Libby	Pioneer Junction
Population	2,948	734
Median age	49.0 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,261	$42,250
Median home value	$218,500	$264,400
Median gross rent	$679	—
Housing units	1,535	346
Homeownership rate	59.5%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Libby	Pioneer Junction
Population	2,703 → 2,948 (+9.1%)	813 → 734 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$37,802 → $39,261 (+3.9%)	$35,787 → $42,250 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$132,200 → $218,500 (+65.3%)	$161,300 → $264,400 (+63.9%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $679 (+7.6%)	—

Libby

Population

2,7032,948

Median household income

$37,802$39,261

Median home value

$132,200$218,500

Median gross rent

$631$679

Pioneer Junction

Population

813734

Median household income

$35,787$42,250

Median home value

$161,300$264,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Libby	Pioneer Junction
Under 5	2.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	8.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	7.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	7.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	2.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	31.6%
65 to 74	12.6%	24.4%
75 and over	14.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Libby	Pioneer Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	99.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Libby	Pioneer Junction
No high school diploma	7.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	35.8%	61.5%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Libby	Pioneer Junction
Drove alone	66.4%	81.8%
Carpooled	16.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	9.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Libby	Pioneer Junction
1-unit, detached	67.0%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	43.9%

Poverty & households

	Libby	Pioneer Junction
Poverty rate	26.1%	1.5%
Average household size	1.96	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1959	1977