Dillon vs Wisdom

A side-by-side comparison of Dillon and Wisdom: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dillon has the higher population (4,020 vs 117 in Wisdom). Wisdom has the higher median household income ($58,370 vs $51,458 in Dillon). Since 2019, Wisdom's population has grown faster (+28.6% vs -5.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Dillon	Wisdom
Population	4,020	117
Median age	30.7 yrs	65.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,458	$58,370
Median home value	$237,500	—
Median gross rent	$821	$625
Housing units	1,836	116
Homeownership rate	54.8%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dillon	Wisdom
Population	4,261 → 4,020 (-5.7%)	91 → 117 (+28.6%)
Median household income	$32,833 → $51,458 (+56.7%)	$39,792 → $58,370 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$163,600 → $237,500 (+45.2%)	$253,600 → $162,500 (-35.9%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $821 (+30.1%)	$820 → $625 (-23.8%)

Dillon

Population

4,2614,020

Median household income

$32,833$51,458

Median home value

$163,600$237,500

Median gross rent

$631$821

Wisdom

Population

91117

Median household income

$39,792$58,370

Median home value

$253,600$162,500

Median gross rent

$820$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dillon	Wisdom
Under 5	5.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	19.1%	9.4%
25 to 34	16.7%	4.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	0.9%
45 to 54	5.1%	17.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	35.9%
75 and over	6.2%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dillon	Wisdom
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dillon	Wisdom
No high school diploma	8.5%	1.0%
High school graduate	20.7%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dillon	Wisdom
Drove alone	79.8%	45.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	37.1%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	12.9%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dillon	Wisdom
1-unit, detached	64.2%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Dillon	Wisdom
Poverty rate	16.5%	3.4%
Average household size	2.18	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	15	26
Median year structure built	1971	1981