Gardiner vs Wilsall

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

Gardiner and Wilsall 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 221 in Wilsall). Wilsall has the higher median household income ($65,588 vs $57,835 in Gardiner). Gardiner has the higher median home value ($609,200 vs $214,500 in Wilsall).

Population, income & housing

	Gardiner	Wilsall
Population	791	221
Median age	43.9 yrs	67.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,835	$65,588
Median home value	$609,200	$214,500
Median gross rent	$795	$1,100
Housing units	528	145
Homeownership rate	48.7%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardiner	Wilsall
Population	879 → 791 (-10.0%)	337 → 221 (-34.4%)
Median household income	$52,708 → $57,835 (+9.7%)	$62,917 → $65,588 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$279,700 → $609,200 (+117.8%)	$152,700 → $214,500 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $795 (+15.2%)	$690 → $1,100 (+59.4%)

Gardiner

Population

879791

Median household income

$52,708$57,835

Median home value

$279,700$609,200

Median gross rent

$690$795

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)

	Gardiner	Wilsall
Under 5	2.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	1.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	3.2%
25 to 34	15.8%	8.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	6.8%
45 to 54	18.0%	3.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	15.8%
65 to 74	13.8%	45.2%
75 and over	4.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardiner	Wilsall
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	91.4%
Black or African American	2.9%	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	2.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardiner	Wilsall
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.1%
High school graduate	24.1%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	38.4%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardiner	Wilsall
Drove alone	73.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	10.2%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	12.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardiner	Wilsall
1-unit, detached	66.7%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Gardiner	Wilsall
Poverty rate	15.7%	1.8%
Average household size	1.84	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	17	38
Median year structure built	1986	1971