Pioneer Junction vs Trego

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

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

Trego has the higher population (856 vs 734 in Pioneer Junction). Trego has the higher median household income ($91,667 vs $42,250 in Pioneer Junction). Trego has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $264,400 in Pioneer Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Pioneer Junction	Trego
Population	734	856
Median age	60.5 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,250	$91,667
Median home value	$264,400	$300,000
Median gross rent	—	$875
Housing units	346	323
Homeownership rate	89.1%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pioneer Junction	Trego
Population	813 → 734 (-9.7%)	569 → 856 (+50.4%)
Median household income	$35,787 → $42,250 (+18.1%)	$36,458 → $91,667 (+151.4%)
Median home value	$161,300 → $264,400 (+63.9%)	$276,700 → $300,000 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$792 → $875 (+10.5%)

Pioneer Junction

Population

813734

Median household income

$35,787$42,250

Median home value

$161,300$264,400

Trego

Population

569856

Median household income

$36,458$91,667

Median home value

$276,700$300,000

Median gross rent

$792$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pioneer Junction	Trego
Under 5	2.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	8.2%	27.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	7.1%	6.4%
35 to 44	7.8%	20.7%
45 to 54	2.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	31.6%	10.7%
65 to 74	24.4%	14.5%
75 and over	7.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pioneer Junction	Trego
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pioneer Junction	Trego
No high school diploma	5.1%	7.5%
High school graduate	61.5%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pioneer Junction	Trego
Drove alone	81.8%	57.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	13.4%
Other means	9.6%	9.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pioneer Junction	Trego
1-unit, detached	55.8%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.9%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Pioneer Junction	Trego
Poverty rate	1.5%	3.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1977	1994