Mullan vs Wardner

A side-by-side comparison of Mullan and Wardner: population, income, housing, and more.

Mullan and Wardner are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mullan has the higher population (758 vs 300 in Wardner). Wardner has the higher median home value ($302,900 vs $169,000 in Mullan). Since 2019, Wardner's population has grown faster (+58.7% vs -6.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Mullan	Wardner
Population	758	300
Median age	50.0 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,094	—
Median home value	$169,000	$302,900
Median gross rent	$936	$1,119
Housing units	464	157
Homeownership rate	81.3%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mullan	Wardner
Population	810 → 758 (-6.4%)	189 → 300 (+58.7%)
Median household income	$43,269 → $51,094 (+18.1%)	$45,000 → $34,643 (-23.0%)
Median home value	$83,500 → $169,000 (+102.4%)	$111,300 → $302,900 (+172.1%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $936 (+33.0%)	$645 → $1,119 (+73.5%)

Mullan

Population

810758

Median household income

$43,269$51,094

Median home value

$83,500$169,000

Median gross rent

$704$936

Wardner

Population

189300

Median household income

$45,000$34,643

Median home value

$111,300$302,900

Median gross rent

$645$1,119

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mullan	Wardner
Under 5	10.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	10.6%	12.7%
18 to 24	2.5%	2.3%
25 to 34	11.7%	34.7%
35 to 44	9.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	17.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	15.0%	12.0%
75 and over	11.3%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mullan	Wardner
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	93.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mullan	Wardner
No high school diploma	4.1%	0.4%
High school graduate	48.0%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mullan	Wardner
Drove alone	77.3%	93.6%
Carpooled	16.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mullan	Wardner
1-unit, detached	89.7%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Mullan	Wardner
Poverty rate	17.7%	6.7%
Average household size	2.18	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938