Cardwell vs Rader Creek

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

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

Rader Creek has the higher population (373 vs 43 in Cardwell). Rader Creek has the higher median home value ($379,700 vs $250,000 in Cardwell). Since 2019, Rader Creek's population has grown faster (+32.3% vs -58.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Cardwell	Rader Creek
Population	43	373
Median age	30.3 yrs	55.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$83,171
Median home value	$250,000	$379,700
Housing units	21	214
Homeownership rate	87.5%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.0%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cardwell	Rader Creek
Population	104 → 43 (-58.7%)	282 → 373 (+32.3%)
Median household income	$87,969 → $59,500 (-32.4%)	$68,563 → $83,171 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$170,200 → $250,000 (+46.9%)	$282,800 → $379,700 (+34.3%)

Cardwell

Population

10443

Median household income

$87,969$59,500

Median home value

$170,200$250,000

Rader Creek

Population

282373

Median household income

$68,563$83,171

Median home value

$282,800$379,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cardwell	Rader Creek
Under 5	2.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	39.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	23.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	18.2%
55 to 64	9.3%	33.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	15.5%
75 and over	14.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cardwell	Rader Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cardwell	Rader Creek
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	12.0%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree	60.0%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cardwell	Rader Creek
Drove alone	100.0%	68.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cardwell	Rader Creek
1-unit, detached	85.7%	86.9%
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	14.3%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Cardwell	Rader Creek
Poverty rate	9.3%	5.4%
Average household size	2.69	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	44	46
Median year structure built	1966	2003