Cooke City vs Wilsall

A side-by-side comparison of Cooke City and Wilsall: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wilsall has the higher population (221 vs 94 in Cooke City). Wilsall has the higher median household income ($65,588 vs $41,750 in Cooke City). Cooke City has the higher median home value ($362,500 vs $214,500 in Wilsall).

Population, income & housing

	Cooke City	Wilsall
Population	94	221
Median age	45.5 yrs	67.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,750	$65,588
Median home value	$362,500	$214,500
Median gross rent	$1,225	$1,100
Housing units	139	145
Homeownership rate	50.9%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooke City	Wilsall
Population	63 → 94 (+49.2%)	337 → 221 (-34.4%)
Median household income	$36,875 → $41,750 (+13.2%)	$62,917 → $65,588 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$281,300 → $362,500 (+28.9%)	$152,700 → $214,500 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $1,225 (+47.6%)	$690 → $1,100 (+59.4%)

Cooke City

Population

6394

Median household income

$36,875$41,750

Median home value

$281,300$362,500

Median gross rent

$830$1,225

Wilsall

Population

337221

Median household income

$62,917$65,588

Median home value

$152,700$214,500

Median gross rent

$690$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cooke City	Wilsall
Under 5	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	6.4%	1.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	3.2%
25 to 34	7.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	27.7%	6.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	3.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	15.8%
65 to 74	16.0%	45.2%
75 and over	9.6%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooke City	Wilsall
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	91.4%
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	3.2%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooke City	Wilsall
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.1%
High school graduate	20.0%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooke City	Wilsall
Drove alone	20.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	73.3%	12.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooke City	Wilsall
1-unit, detached	91.4%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Cooke City	Wilsall
Poverty rate	13.8%	1.8%
Average household size	1.77	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	5	38
Median year structure built	1982	1971