| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 406 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:54:11 PM |
| Population: | 1,480 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 30019 |
| Land Area: | 1,338 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 48.7982, -105.4339 |
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1,480 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 1,338 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 1,791 to 1,480 from 2014 to 2024 — a -17.4% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 59253 (Peerless, $140,938 median) and poorest ZIP 59263 (Scobey, $53,875) are 16.7 miles apart — a 2.6× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.7× across this county — from $110,300 in 59222 (Flaxville) to $190,600 in 59263 (Scobey).
Density varies 12× across the county — from 0 people/sq mi in 59253 (Peerless) to 2 in 59263 (Scobey).
Educational attainment ranges from 22.9% bachelor's+ in 59263 (Scobey) to 40.0% in 59222 (Flaxville) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Montana, this is the #47 most populous of 56 counties and ranks #5 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $58,484 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
24.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (275 of 1,146 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.
Daniels County lost 17.4% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: