Emigrant vs Pine Creek

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

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

Emigrant has the higher population (387 vs 182 in Pine Creek). Pine Creek has the higher median household income ($80,208 vs $44,375 in Emigrant). Since 2019, Pine Creek's population has grown faster (+64.0% vs +42.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Emigrant	Pine Creek
Population	387	182
Median age	55.1 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,375	$80,208
Median home value	—	$788,500
Median gross rent	$824	—
Housing units	244	62
Homeownership rate	74.9%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.0%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emigrant	Pine Creek
Population	271 → 387 (+42.8%)	111 → 182 (+64.0%)
Median household income	$37,958 → $44,375 (+16.9%)	$55,625 → $80,208 (+44.2%)
Median home value	—	$370,000 → $788,500 (+113.1%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $824 (-14.2%)	$967 → $967 (+0.0%)

Emigrant

Population

271387

Median household income

$37,958$44,375

Median gross rent

$960$824

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)

	Emigrant	Pine Creek
Under 5	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	5.2%	25.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	34.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	4.9%	17.0%
45 to 54	4.9%	6.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	30.0%	9.3%
75 and over	10.6%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emigrant	Pine Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emigrant	Pine Creek
No high school diploma	5.7%	2.7%
High school graduate	18.8%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree	51.5%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emigrant	Pine Creek
Drove alone	74.1%	49.3%
Carpooled	10.9%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	31.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emigrant	Pine Creek
1-unit, detached	34.0%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.8%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Emigrant	Pine Creek
Poverty rate	37.2%	23.1%
Average household size	1.65	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	39	56
Median year structure built	1990	1978