| ZIP Codes: | 6 ZIP Codes (6 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 406 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:54 PM |
| Population: | 4,462 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 30071 |
| Land Area: | 5,255 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 72 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 48.3746, -107.9684 |
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4,462 residents live across 6 ZIPs covering 5,255 sq mi, served by 6 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 4,639 to 4,462 from 2014 to 2024 — a -3.8% change. 4 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 59538 (Malta, $57,097 median) and poorest ZIP 59544 (Whitewater, $39,583) are 53.0 miles apart — a 1.4× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 4.0× across this county — from $62,100 in 59524 (Dodson) to $250,000 in 59544 (Whitewater).
Educational attainment ranges from 11.5% bachelor's+ in 59524 (Dodson) to 37.2% in 59537 (Loring) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Montana, this is the #38 most populous of 56 counties and ranks #55 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $54,060 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
25.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (788 of 3,127 reporting).
6 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.