Pioneer Junction vs West Kootenai

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

Pioneer Junction and West Kootenai 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 397 in West Kootenai). West Kootenai has the higher median household income ($74,722 vs $42,250 in Pioneer Junction). West Kootenai has the higher median home value ($287,200 vs $264,400 in Pioneer Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Pioneer Junction	West Kootenai
Population	734	397
Median age	60.5 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,250	$74,722
Median home value	$264,400	$287,200
Housing units	346	209
Homeownership rate	89.1%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pioneer Junction	West Kootenai
Population	813 → 734 (-9.7%)	58 → 397 (+584.5%)
Median household income	$35,787 → $42,250 (+18.1%)	$23,333 → $74,722 (+220.2%)
Median home value	$161,300 → $264,400 (+63.9%)	—

Pioneer Junction

Population

813734

Median household income

$35,787$42,250

Median home value

$161,300$264,400

West Kootenai

Population

58397

Median household income

$23,333$74,722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pioneer Junction	West Kootenai
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	15.9%
25 to 34	7.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.8%	9.1%
45 to 54	2.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	31.6%	25.7%
65 to 74	24.4%	12.3%
75 and over	7.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pioneer Junction	West Kootenai
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	100.0%
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	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pioneer Junction	West Kootenai
No high school diploma	5.1%	37.9%
High school graduate	61.5%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pioneer Junction	West Kootenai
Drove alone	81.8%	18.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	52.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	10.3%
Other means	9.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pioneer Junction	West Kootenai
1-unit, detached	55.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pioneer Junction	West Kootenai
Poverty rate	1.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.28	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1977	1998