Cardwell vs South Hills

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

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

South Hills has the higher population (634 vs 43 in Cardwell). South Hills has the higher median home value ($652,400 vs $250,000 in Cardwell). Since 2019, South Hills's population has grown faster (-5.5% vs -58.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Cardwell	South Hills
Population	43	634
Median age	30.3 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$160,417
Median home value	$250,000	$652,400
Housing units	21	226
Homeownership rate	87.5%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.0%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cardwell	South Hills
Population	104 → 43 (-58.7%)	671 → 634 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$87,969 → $59,500 (-32.4%)	$146,875 → $160,417 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$170,200 → $250,000 (+46.9%)	$457,100 → $652,400 (+42.7%)

Cardwell

Population

10443

Median household income

$87,969$59,500

Median home value

$170,200$250,000

South Hills

Population

671634

Median household income

$146,875$160,417

Median home value

$457,100$652,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cardwell	South Hills
Under 5	2.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	39.5%	23.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	1.9%
35 to 44	23.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	21.3%
55 to 64	9.3%	22.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.4%
75 and over	14.0%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cardwell	South Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	92.7%
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	9.3%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cardwell	South Hills
No high school diploma	4.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	12.0%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	60.0%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cardwell	South Hills
Drove alone	100.0%	70.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cardwell	South Hills
1-unit, detached	85.7%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cardwell	South Hills
Poverty rate	9.3%	0.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	44	12
Median year structure built	1966	2000