Did You Know - 1930 Census
The 1930 Federal Census listed 98 people living in Gardiner, WA. There were 30 individual households, of which 23 households owned their homes and 7 households rented their homes. 8 heads-of-the-house were foreign born, 10 heads were first-generation American and 12 heads were second-generation American. Non-family members of households, such as servants, boarders, roomers, etc., were listed as 1 foreign born, 4 first-generation, and 3 second-generation Americans. Of the 98 residents, 38 were children.

41 people had their occupation listed. 17 people were in farming; either as an owner, farmer, or laborer. 6 were in logging as logger, steam donkey engineer, or laborer. 5 were involved in raising chickens as owner, rancher, or farmer. There were 3 servants in private homes, 2 teachers in grade school, and 2 carpenters in the building trade. One each in the clergy (Presbyterian Church), a bookkeeping (Gen‘l Store), a cook (Hospital), an odd job laborer, a fisherman, and a traveling salesman (Electric Appliances). Women in a family did not list their occupation as home makers, rather it was listed as “none“.