Emigrant vs Wilsall

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

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

Emigrant has the higher population (387 vs 221 in Wilsall). Wilsall has the higher median household income ($65,588 vs $44,375 in Emigrant). Since 2019, Emigrant's population has grown faster (+42.8% vs -34.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Emigrant	Wilsall
Population	387	221
Median age	55.1 yrs	67.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,375	$65,588
Median home value	—	$214,500
Median gross rent	$824	$1,100
Housing units	244	145
Homeownership rate	74.9%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.0%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emigrant	Wilsall
Population	271 → 387 (+42.8%)	337 → 221 (-34.4%)
Median household income	$37,958 → $44,375 (+16.9%)	$62,917 → $65,588 (+4.2%)
Median home value	—	$152,700 → $214,500 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $824 (-14.2%)	$690 → $1,100 (+59.4%)

Emigrant

Population

271387

Median household income

$37,958$44,375

Median gross rent

$960$824

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)

	Emigrant	Wilsall
Under 5	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	5.2%	1.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.2%
25 to 34	34.1%	8.6%
35 to 44	4.9%	6.8%
45 to 54	4.9%	3.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	15.8%
65 to 74	30.0%	45.2%
75 and over	10.6%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emigrant	Wilsall
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emigrant	Wilsall
No high school diploma	5.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	18.8%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	51.5%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emigrant	Wilsall
Drove alone	74.1%	77.9%
Carpooled	10.9%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emigrant	Wilsall
1-unit, detached	34.0%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.8%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Emigrant	Wilsall
Poverty rate	37.2%	1.8%
Average household size	1.65	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	39	38
Median year structure built	1990	1971