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Pondera County, MT

People
Population6,035B01003
Population, 2020 census5,898P1
Median age42.0B01002
Under 1823.8%B01001
65 and over21.9%B01001
Households2,268B11001
Foreign born1.8%B05002
Money
Median household income$52,338B19013
Median family income$73,125B19113
Per capita income$29,283B19301
Poverty rate21.9%B17001
Unemployment rate5.8%B23025
Civilian labor force2,781B23025
Mean commute (minutes)19.2B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher20.1%B15003
Housing
Housing units2,754B25001
Owner-occupied67.7%B25003
Renters32.3%B25003
Median home value$206,100B25077
Median gross rent$784B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic78.9%B03002
Black0.0%B03002
Hispanic or Latino2.6%B03002
Asian1.0%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native14.6%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 72% of Montana's ($72,509); poverty 21.9% against 11.5%; 0.5% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 9770: 3,712Census Tract 9772: 2,323ConradValierHeart ButteNew Miami ColonyDupuyerBirch Creek ColonyBradyPondera ColonyMidway ColonyKingsbury ColonyZIP 59425: 83 nonprofits, $3,920,835ZIP 59486: 27 nonprofits, $3,364,426ZIP 59416: 10 nonprofits, $169,998ZIP 59448: 5 nonprofitsZIP 59432: 2 nonprofitsPopulation (ACS 2020-2024)up to 2,323over 2,323nonprofits (circle size: how many)

Click an area for its page. Circles are FURP records at their ZIP code's center point, sized by how many. Download this map's areas with their census figures: CSV (center points) · GeoJSON (outlines), ready for Datawrapper, Mapshaper or Google My Maps. Outlines: Census TIGER/Line 2026, simplified.

Places in the county

FURP records in Pondera County, MT

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits127$7,455,259 revenue (latest return)PONDERA COUNTY CANAL & RESERVOIR CO ($3,302,820)
Nonprofit contractors3$78,856,860 paid by nonprofitsSWANK ENTERPRISES ($77,421,793)
Political committees1O'BRIEN FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE
Form 5500 plan sponsors1317 plansSWANK ENTERPRISES INC (3)
Open Payments recipients9$608 industry paymentsASHTON S HOFSTAD ($163)
Food recall firms11 recallsVintage Roots LLC (1)
Patent and trademark owners612 patents and marksUniversal Select-A-Catch, LLC (5)
Federal award recipients925$426,884,897 federal awardsSWANK ENTERPRISES, INC. ($205,592,967)
State business registrations13CURRY CATTLE INC

Cross-reference: 127 nonprofits for 6,035 residents is 210.4 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $7,455,259 is $1,235 per resident, 6.3% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1HEATHER RICEMANAGERPONDERA COUNTY CANAL & RESERVOIR CO$183,69320243.5x
2VERNON STOKESCO-MANAGERPONDERA COUNTY CANAL & RESERVOIR CO$154,40620193.0x
3COLE PEEBLESMANAGERPONDERA COUNTY CANAL & RESERVOIR CO$153,00220232.9x
4Connie HuffmanExecutive DirectorHI-LINES HELP FOR ABUSED SPOUSES INC$101,59020251.9x
5SARAH TILTExecutive Dir.ONE MONTANA$96,27920231.8x
6KARIN ROEHMEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - UNTIL DEC 2020NORTH CENTRAL AREA AGENCY ON AGING$71,69720191.4x
7KIERSTA SULLIVANEXECUTIVE DIRECTORCASA FRONT RANGE GUARDIANS AD LITEM INC$69,35120241.3x
8TROY SHIRLEYADMINISTRATORHORIZON LODGE INC$69,25320181.3x
9Estelle RauscherAdministratorHORIZON LODGE INC$59,74220241.1x
10Sue BenderExecutive Dir.NORTH CENTRAL AREA AGENCY ON AGING$56,48920241.1x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $52,338.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Political committees

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Food recall firms: biggest by recalls

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

All 2 tracts

Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 97703,712$53,12514.7%44.0
Census Tract 97722,323$51,53833.3%39.0

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0