Box Elder vs Gildford Colony

A side-by-side comparison of Box Elder and Gildford Colony: population, income, housing, and more.

Box Elder and Gildford Colony are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gildford Colony has the higher population (41 vs 39 in Box Elder). Since 2019, Gildford Colony's population has grown faster (+64.0% vs -17.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Box Elder	Gildford Colony
Population	39	41
Median age	24.8 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median home value	$157,800	—
Housing units	20	4
Homeownership rate	64.7%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Box Elder	Gildford Colony
Population	47 → 39 (-17.0%)	25 → 41 (+64.0%)
Median household income	$29,167 → $38,958 (+33.6%)	$43,750 → $29,375 (-32.9%)
Median home value	$66,700 → $157,800 (+136.6%)	—

Box Elder

Population

4739

Median household income

$29,167$38,958

Median home value

$66,700$157,800

Gildford Colony

Population

2541

Median household income

$43,750$29,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Box Elder	Gildford Colony
Under 5	23.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	28.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.4%	46.3%
55 to 64	28.2%	43.9%
65 to 74	5.1%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Box Elder	Gildford Colony
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	53.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	51.3%	46.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Box Elder	Gildford Colony
No high school diploma	0.0%	48.8%
High school graduate	84.2%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Box Elder	Gildford Colony
Drove alone	34.8%	0.0%
Carpooled	60.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	100.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Box Elder	Gildford Colony
1-unit, detached	65.0%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	100.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Box Elder	Gildford Colony
Poverty rate	0.0%	51.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.25
Median year structure built	1965	—