Emigrant vs Gardiner

A side-by-side comparison of Emigrant and Gardiner: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gardiner has the higher population (791 vs 387 in Emigrant). Gardiner has the higher median household income ($57,835 vs $44,375 in Emigrant). Since 2019, Emigrant's population has grown faster (+42.8% vs -10.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Emigrant	Gardiner
Population	387	791
Median age	55.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,375	$57,835
Median home value	—	$609,200
Median gross rent	$824	$795
Housing units	244	528
Homeownership rate	74.9%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.0%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emigrant	Gardiner
Population	271 → 387 (+42.8%)	879 → 791 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$37,958 → $44,375 (+16.9%)	$52,708 → $57,835 (+9.7%)
Median home value	—	$279,700 → $609,200 (+117.8%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $824 (-14.2%)	$690 → $795 (+15.2%)

Emigrant

Population

271387

Median household income

$37,958$44,375

Median gross rent

$960$824

Gardiner

Population

879791

Median household income

$52,708$57,835

Median home value

$279,700$609,200

Median gross rent

$690$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emigrant	Gardiner
Under 5	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	5.2%	14.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	34.1%	15.8%
35 to 44	4.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	4.9%	18.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	30.0%	13.8%
75 and over	10.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emigrant	Gardiner
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.9%
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	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emigrant	Gardiner
No high school diploma	5.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	18.8%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	51.5%	38.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emigrant	Gardiner
Drove alone	74.1%	73.0%
Carpooled	10.9%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emigrant	Gardiner
1-unit, detached	34.0%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	41.8%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Emigrant	Gardiner
Poverty rate	37.2%	15.7%
Average household size	1.65	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	39	17
Median year structure built	1990	1986