| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 406 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:52 PM |
| Population: | 8,790 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 30021 |
| Land Area: | 2,290 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 9 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 47.3648, -105.0092 |
| Quick Link: |
8,790 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 2,290 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 9,188 to 8,790 from 2014 to 2024 — a -4.3% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 59339 (Lindsay, $88,594 median) and poorest ZIP 59315 (Bloomfield, $68,750) are 24.6 miles apart — a 1.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.7× across this county — from $130,400 in 59259 (Richey) to $227,600 in 59339 (Lindsay).
Density varies 20× across the county — from 0 people/sq mi in 59315 (Bloomfield) to 8 in 59330 (Glendive).
Educational attainment ranges from 15.2% bachelor's+ in 59339 (Lindsay) to 24.9% in 59259 (Richey) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Montana, this is the #26 most populous of 56 counties and ranks #11 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $71,843 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
21.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,327 of 6,123 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.