Dell vs Wise River

A side-by-side comparison of Dell and Wise River: population, income, housing, and more.

Dell and Wise River are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dell has the higher population (33 vs 24 in Wise River). Since 2019, Dell's population has grown faster (+560.0% vs -29.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Dell	Wise River
Population	33	24
Median age	60.7 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$54,375
Median home value	—	$421,400
Housing units	12	39
Homeownership rate	33.3%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dell	Wise River
Population	5 → 33 (+560.0%)	34 → 24 (-29.4%)
Median household income	—	$80,625 → $54,375 (-32.6%)
Median home value	—	$225,000 → $421,400 (+87.3%)

Dell

Population

533

Wise River

Population

3424

Median household income

$80,625$54,375

Median home value

$225,000$421,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dell	Wise River
Under 5	6.1%	12.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	8.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	42.4%	20.8%
65 to 74	39.4%	33.3%
75 and over	0.0%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dell	Wise River
White (non-Hispanic)	39.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	60.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dell	Wise River
No high school diploma	29.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.7%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dell	Wise River
Drove alone	100.0%	50.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	41.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dell	Wise River
1-unit, detached	100.0%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Dell	Wise River
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.75	1.85
Median year structure built	—	1970