Pony vs Virginia City

A side-by-side comparison of Pony and Virginia City: population, income, housing, and more.

Pony and Virginia City are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Virginia City has the higher population (148 vs 101 in Pony). Virginia City has the higher median home value ($288,600 vs $242,900 in Pony).

Population, income & housing

	Pony	Virginia City
Population	101	148
Median age	66.3 yrs	65.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,538	—
Median home value	$242,900	$288,600
Median gross rent	—	$875
Housing units	66	140
Homeownership rate	91.7%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pony	Virginia City
Population	141 → 101 (-28.4%)	207 → 148 (-28.5%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $46,538 (-3.7%)	$48,125 → $75,625 (+57.1%)
Median home value	$187,500 → $242,900 (+29.5%)	$203,900 → $288,600 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,000 → $875 (-12.5%)

Pony

Population

141101

Median household income

$48,333$46,538

Median home value

$187,500$242,900

Virginia City

Population

207148

Median household income

$48,125$75,625

Median home value

$203,900$288,600

Median gross rent

$1,000$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pony	Virginia City
Under 5	2.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	4.0%	1.4%
35 to 44	17.8%	16.9%
45 to 54	23.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	2.0%	5.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	28.4%
75 and over	38.6%	22.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pony	Virginia City
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	98.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pony	Virginia City
No high school diploma	2.0%	22.4%
High school graduate	32.3%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pony	Virginia City
Drove alone	95.7%	71.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	16.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pony	Virginia City
1-unit, detached	84.8%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pony	Virginia City
Poverty rate	5.9%	7.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	45	18
Median year structure built	1962	1938