Gardiner vs Hallowell

A side-by-side comparison of Gardiner and Hallowell: population, income, housing, and more.

Gardiner and Hallowell are places in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gardiner has the higher population (6,047 vs 2,570 in Hallowell). Hallowell has the higher median household income ($58,811 vs $58,152 in Gardiner). Hallowell has the higher median home value ($266,700 vs $198,100 in Gardiner).

Population, income & housing

	Gardiner	Hallowell
Population	6,047	2,570
Median age	44.5 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,152	$58,811
Median home value	$198,100	$266,700
Median gross rent	$927	$830
Housing units	3,065	1,436
Homeownership rate	67.6%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	46.4%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardiner	Hallowell
Population	5,657 → 6,047 (+6.9%)	2,445 → 2,570 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$49,627 → $58,152 (+17.2%)	$57,635 → $58,811 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$140,700 → $198,100 (+40.8%)	$192,000 → $266,700 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $927 (+26.5%)	$863 → $830 (-3.8%)

Gardiner

Population

5,6576,047

Median household income

$49,627$58,152

Median home value

$140,700$198,100

Median gross rent

$733$927

Hallowell

Population

2,4452,570

Median household income

$57,635$58,811

Median home value

$192,000$266,700

Median gross rent

$863$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardiner	Hallowell
Under 5	4.5%	1.8%
5 to 17	12.4%	9.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	16.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	14.2%	17.8%
75 and over	7.9%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardiner	Hallowell
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	99.3%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardiner	Hallowell
No high school diploma	6.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	32.4%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardiner	Hallowell
Drove alone	73.1%	78.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	3.1%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	14.7%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardiner	Hallowell
1-unit, detached	60.3%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	20.5%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	11.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Gardiner	Hallowell
Poverty rate	11.3%	12.0%
Average household size	2.19	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	28	15
Median year structure built	1945	1938