Basin vs Cardwell

A side-by-side comparison of Basin and Cardwell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Basin has the higher population (360 vs 43 in Cardwell). Cardwell has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $228,600 in Basin). Since 2019, Basin's population has grown faster (+55.2% vs -58.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Basin	Cardwell
Population	360	43
Median age	54.1 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,167	—
Median home value	$228,600	$250,000
Housing units	168	21
Homeownership rate	83.1%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	60.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basin	Cardwell
Population	232 → 360 (+55.2%)	104 → 43 (-58.7%)
Median household income	$45,682 → $49,167 (+7.6%)	$87,969 → $59,500 (-32.4%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $228,600 (+46.3%)	$170,200 → $250,000 (+46.9%)

Basin

Population

232360

Median household income

$45,682$49,167

Median home value

$156,300$228,600

Cardwell

Population

10443

Median household income

$87,969$59,500

Median home value

$170,200$250,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basin	Cardwell
Under 5	1.4%	2.3%
5 to 17	12.2%	39.5%
18 to 24	11.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	23.3%
45 to 54	17.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.3%	9.3%
65 to 74	20.3%	0.0%
75 and over	2.8%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basin	Cardwell
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basin	Cardwell
No high school diploma	14.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	40.7%	12.0%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	60.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basin	Cardwell
Drove alone	82.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basin	Cardwell
1-unit, detached	91.1%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Basin	Cardwell
Poverty rate	4.5%	9.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	43	44
Median year structure built	1976	1966