Alder vs Sheridan

A side-by-side comparison of Alder and Sheridan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sheridan has the higher population (788 vs 108 in Alder). Sheridan has the higher median household income ($83,264 vs $39,167 in Alder). Alder has the higher median home value ($436,400 vs $298,600 in Sheridan).

Population, income & housing

	Alder	Sheridan
Population	108	788
Median age	58.0 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,167	$83,264
Median home value	$436,400	$298,600
Median gross rent	$717	—
Housing units	75	377
Homeownership rate	72.4%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alder	Sheridan
Population	109 → 108 (-0.9%)	843 → 788 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$32,813 → $39,167 (+19.4%)	$57,500 → $83,264 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$161,300 → $436,400 (+170.6%)	$186,400 → $298,600 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$623 → $725 (+16.4%)

Alder

Population

109108

Median household income

$32,813$39,167

Median home value

$161,300$436,400

Sheridan

Population

843788

Median household income

$57,500$83,264

Median home value

$186,400$298,600

Median gross rent

$623$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alder	Sheridan
Under 5	3.7%	1.9%
5 to 17	10.2%	9.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	5.6%	3.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	16.4%
55 to 64	16.7%	16.9%
65 to 74	23.1%	15.4%
75 and over	17.6%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alder	Sheridan
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
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%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alder	Sheridan
No high school diploma	5.4%	7.1%
High school graduate	33.3%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alder	Sheridan
Drove alone	52.0%	74.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.0%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alder	Sheridan
1-unit, detached	78.7%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Alder	Sheridan
Poverty rate	13.9%	5.7%
Average household size	1.86	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	11	21
Median year structure built	1955	1975