West Kootenai vs Yaak

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

West Kootenai and Yaak are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

West Kootenai has the higher population (397 vs 310 in Yaak). West Kootenai has the higher median household income ($74,722 vs $56,250 in Yaak). Yaak has the higher median home value ($363,600 vs $287,200 in West Kootenai).

Population, income & housing

	West Kootenai	Yaak
Population	397	310
Median age	51.0 yrs	64.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,722	$56,250
Median home value	$287,200	$363,600
Housing units	209	297
Homeownership rate	84.2%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	West Kootenai	Yaak
Population	58 → 397 (+584.5%)	300 → 310 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$23,333 → $74,722 (+220.2%)	$50,000 → $56,250 (+12.5%)
Median home value	—	$265,800 → $363,600 (+36.8%)

West Kootenai

Population

58397

Median household income

$23,333$74,722

Yaak

Population

300310

Median household income

$50,000$56,250

Median home value

$265,800$363,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	West Kootenai	Yaak
Under 5	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	9.0%
18 to 24	15.9%	0.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	7.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	4.2%
55 to 64	25.7%	28.1%
65 to 74	12.3%	29.0%
75 and over	6.8%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	West Kootenai	Yaak
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	West Kootenai	Yaak
No high school diploma	37.9%	6.9%
High school graduate	20.1%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	West Kootenai	Yaak
Drove alone	18.1%	39.2%
Carpooled	19.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	52.3%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	50.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	West Kootenai	Yaak
1-unit, detached	100.0%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	West Kootenai	Yaak
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.5%
Average household size	3.31	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	17	39
Median year structure built	1998	1997