Gardner vs Leominster

A side-by-side comparison of Gardner and Leominster: population, income, housing, and more.

Gardner and Leominster are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Leominster has the higher population (43,697 vs 21,075 in Gardner). Leominster has the higher median household income ($81,556 vs $62,948 in Gardner). Leominster has the higher median home value ($345,000 vs $271,300 in Gardner).

Population, income & housing

	Gardner	Leominster
Population	21,075	43,697
Median age	43.5 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,948	$81,556
Median home value	$271,300	$345,000
Median gross rent	$1,071	$1,282
Housing units	9,487	18,957
Homeownership rate	56.7%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardner	Leominster
Population	20,610 → 21,075 (+2.3%)	41,606 → 43,697 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$49,679 → $62,948 (+26.7%)	$61,825 → $81,556 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$185,700 → $271,300 (+46.1%)	$241,800 → $345,000 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,071 (+27.8%)	$973 → $1,282 (+31.8%)

Gardner

Population

20,61021,075

Median household income

$49,679$62,948

Median home value

$185,700$271,300

Median gross rent

$838$1,071

Leominster

Population

41,60643,697

Median household income

$61,825$81,556

Median home value

$241,800$345,000

Median gross rent

$973$1,282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardner	Leominster
Under 5	5.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	17.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.7%
75 and over	7.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardner	Leominster
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	68.3%
Black or African American	3.6%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardner	Leominster
No high school diploma	12.6%	9.7%
High school graduate	33.9%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardner	Leominster
Drove alone	69.5%	79.4%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.9%
Public transit	2.2%	1.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.0%	10.7%
Other means	3.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardner	Leominster
1-unit, detached	47.5%	48.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	23.9%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	14.3%
20 or more units	13.9%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Gardner	Leominster
Poverty rate	14.3%	10.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1953	1966