Darby vs Pinesdale

A side-by-side comparison of Darby and Pinesdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pinesdale has the higher population (847 vs 575 in Darby). Pinesdale has the higher median household income ($70,694 vs $40,943 in Darby). Darby has the higher median home value ($263,200 vs $198,100 in Pinesdale).

Population, income & housing

	Darby	Pinesdale
Population	575	847
Median age	53.5 yrs	22.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,943	$70,694
Median home value	$263,200	$198,100
Median gross rent	$883	$1,292
Housing units	354	199
Homeownership rate	45.5%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darby	Pinesdale
Population	745 → 575 (-22.8%)	955 → 847 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$27,097 → $40,943 (+51.1%)	$45,625 → $70,694 (+54.9%)
Median home value	$146,900 → $263,200 (+79.2%)	$207,900 → $198,100 (-4.7%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $883 (+51.7%)	$571 → $1,292 (+126.3%)

Darby

Population

745575

Median household income

$27,097$40,943

Median home value

$146,900$263,200

Median gross rent

$582$883

Pinesdale

Population

955847

Median household income

$45,625$70,694

Median home value

$207,900$198,100

Median gross rent

$571$1,292

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darby	Pinesdale
Under 5	1.6%	10.2%
5 to 17	6.6%	27.9%
18 to 24	2.6%	17.9%
25 to 34	24.9%	14.5%
35 to 44	7.8%	8.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	7.3%
55 to 64	26.3%	7.4%
65 to 74	16.0%	3.4%
75 and over	4.5%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darby	Pinesdale
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	4.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darby	Pinesdale
No high school diploma	9.9%	16.1%
High school graduate	53.4%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darby	Pinesdale
Drove alone	76.3%	59.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	14.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	21.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darby	Pinesdale
1-unit, detached	50.3%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.0%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Darby	Pinesdale
Poverty rate	14.6%	14.4%
Average household size	1.95	4.39
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1976	1978