Gardiner vs Pray

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

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

Pray has the higher population (1,018 vs 791 in Gardiner). Pray has the higher median household income ($102,143 vs $57,835 in Gardiner). Gardiner has the higher median home value ($609,200 vs $601,400 in Pray).

Population, income & housing

	Gardiner	Pray
Population	791	1,018
Median age	43.9 yrs	59.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,835	$102,143
Median home value	$609,200	$601,400
Median gross rent	$795	—
Housing units	528	601
Homeownership rate	48.7%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardiner	Pray
Population	879 → 791 (-10.0%)	749 → 1,018 (+35.9%)
Median household income	$52,708 → $57,835 (+9.7%)	$65,972 → $102,143 (+54.8%)
Median home value	$279,700 → $609,200 (+117.8%)	$421,900 → $601,400 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $795 (+15.2%)	$1,184 → $1,071 (-9.5%)

Gardiner

Population

879791

Median household income

$52,708$57,835

Median home value

$279,700$609,200

Median gross rent

$690$795

Pray

Population

7491,018

Median household income

$65,972$102,143

Median home value

$421,900$601,400

Median gross rent

$1,184$1,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardiner	Pray
Under 5	2.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	13.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	2.9%
25 to 34	15.8%	3.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	18.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	27.3%
65 to 74	13.8%	24.1%
75 and over	4.9%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardiner	Pray
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	85.6%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	12.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardiner	Pray
No high school diploma	4.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	24.1%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	38.4%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardiner	Pray
Drove alone	73.0%	64.7%
Carpooled	10.2%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	4.7%
Walked	3.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardiner	Pray
1-unit, detached	66.7%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Gardiner	Pray
Poverty rate	15.7%	5.2%
Average household size	1.84	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	17	32
Median year structure built	1986	1998