Gardiner vs Livingston

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

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

Livingston has the higher population (8,635 vs 791 in Gardiner). Livingston has the higher median household income ($65,187 vs $57,835 in Gardiner). Gardiner has the higher median home value ($609,200 vs $348,700 in Livingston).

Population, income & housing

	Gardiner	Livingston
Population	791	8,635
Median age	43.9 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,835	$65,187
Median home value	$609,200	$348,700
Median gross rent	$795	$987
Housing units	528	4,220
Homeownership rate	48.7%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardiner	Livingston
Population	879 → 791 (-10.0%)	7,575 → 8,635 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$52,708 → $57,835 (+9.7%)	$46,097 → $65,187 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$279,700 → $609,200 (+117.8%)	$224,200 → $348,700 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $795 (+15.2%)	$813 → $987 (+21.4%)

Gardiner

Population

879791

Median household income

$52,708$57,835

Median home value

$279,700$609,200

Median gross rent

$690$795

Livingston

Population

7,5758,635

Median household income

$46,097$65,187

Median home value

$224,200$348,700

Median gross rent

$813$987

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardiner	Livingston
Under 5	2.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	12.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.8%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	18.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	13.8%	12.0%
75 and over	4.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardiner	Livingston
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	93.4%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardiner	Livingston
No high school diploma	4.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	24.1%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	38.4%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardiner	Livingston
Drove alone	73.0%	70.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	13.0%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardiner	Livingston
1-unit, detached	66.7%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	8.1%
20 or more units	1.9%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Gardiner	Livingston
Poverty rate	15.7%	15.1%
Average household size	1.84	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1986	1954