Wallace vs Wardner

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

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

Wallace has the higher population (1,127 vs 300 in Wardner). Wardner has the higher median home value ($302,900 vs $219,200 in Wallace). Since 2019, Wardner's population has grown faster (+58.7% vs +19.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Wallace	Wardner
Population	1,127	300
Median age	40.7 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,526	—
Median home value	$219,200	$302,900
Median gross rent	$731	$1,119
Housing units	647	157
Homeownership rate	52.6%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wallace	Wardner
Population	946 → 1,127 (+19.1%)	189 → 300 (+58.7%)
Median household income	$36,000 → $50,526 (+40.4%)	$45,000 → $34,643 (-23.0%)
Median home value	$119,000 → $219,200 (+84.2%)	$111,300 → $302,900 (+172.1%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $731 (+4.3%)	$645 → $1,119 (+73.5%)

Wallace

Population

9461,127

Median household income

$36,000$50,526

Median home value

$119,000$219,200

Median gross rent

$701$731

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)

	Wallace	Wardner
Under 5	8.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.0%	12.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	2.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	34.7%
35 to 44	18.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	12.1%	12.0%
75 and over	3.5%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wallace	Wardner
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wallace	Wardner
No high school diploma	6.8%	0.4%
High school graduate	33.1%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wallace	Wardner
Drove alone	68.3%	93.6%
Carpooled	7.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	2.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wallace	Wardner
1-unit, detached	67.5%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Wallace	Wardner
Poverty rate	20.2%	6.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938