Gardner vs Whitinsville

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

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

Gardner has the higher population (21,075 vs 7,250 in Whitinsville). Whitinsville has the higher median household income ($93,504 vs $62,948 in Gardner). Whitinsville has the higher median home value ($440,100 vs $271,300 in Gardner).

Population, income & housing

	Gardner	Whitinsville
Population	21,075	7,250
Median age	43.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,948	$93,504
Median home value	$271,300	$440,100
Median gross rent	$1,071	$1,271
Housing units	9,487	3,146
Homeownership rate	56.7%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardner	Whitinsville
Population	20,610 → 21,075 (+2.3%)	7,220 → 7,250 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$49,679 → $62,948 (+26.7%)	$77,340 → $93,504 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$185,700 → $271,300 (+46.1%)	$319,200 → $440,100 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,071 (+27.8%)	$1,031 → $1,271 (+23.3%)

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

Whitinsville

Population

7,2207,250

Median household income

$77,340$93,504

Median home value

$319,200$440,100

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardner	Whitinsville
Under 5	5.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.4%	16.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.6%
75 and over	7.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardner	Whitinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	84.4%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardner	Whitinsville
No high school diploma	12.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	33.9%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardner	Whitinsville
Drove alone	69.5%	76.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	6.4%
Public transit	2.2%	1.6%
Walked	2.3%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	13.4%
Other means	3.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardner	Whitinsville
1-unit, detached	47.5%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	20.4%
2 to 4 units	23.9%	24.0%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	7.6%
20 or more units	13.9%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gardner	Whitinsville
Poverty rate	14.3%	10.2%
Average household size	2.23	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1953	1963