Cooke City vs Pine Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Cooke City and Pine Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pine Creek has the higher population (182 vs 94 in Cooke City). Pine Creek has the higher median household income ($80,208 vs $41,750 in Cooke City). Pine Creek has the higher median home value ($788,500 vs $362,500 in Cooke City).

Population, income & housing

	Cooke City	Pine Creek
Population	94	182
Median age	45.5 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,750	$80,208
Median home value	$362,500	$788,500
Median gross rent	$1,225	—
Housing units	139	62
Homeownership rate	50.9%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooke City	Pine Creek
Population	63 → 94 (+49.2%)	111 → 182 (+64.0%)
Median household income	$36,875 → $41,750 (+13.2%)	$55,625 → $80,208 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$281,300 → $362,500 (+28.9%)	$370,000 → $788,500 (+113.1%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $1,225 (+47.6%)	$967 → $967 (+0.0%)

Cooke City

Population

6394

Median household income

$36,875$41,750

Median home value

$281,300$362,500

Median gross rent

$830$1,225

Pine Creek

Population

111182

Median household income

$55,625$80,208

Median home value

$370,000$788,500

Median gross rent

$967$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cooke City	Pine Creek
Under 5	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	6.4%	25.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	27.7%	17.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	6.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	16.0%	9.3%
75 and over	9.6%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooke City	Pine Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	86.8%
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	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooke City	Pine Creek
No high school diploma	3.8%	2.7%
High school graduate	20.0%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooke City	Pine Creek
Drove alone	20.0%	49.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	73.3%	11.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	31.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooke City	Pine Creek
1-unit, detached	91.4%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Cooke City	Pine Creek
Poverty rate	13.8%	23.1%
Average household size	1.77	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	5	56
Median year structure built	1982	1978