| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 406 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:54 PM |
| Population: | 3,624 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 30097 |
| Land Area: | 1,937 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 7 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 45.8053, -109.9490 |
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3,624 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 1,937 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 3,601 to 3,624 from 2014 to 2024 — a +0.6% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 59011 (Big Timber, $78,000 median) and poorest ZIP 59052 (Mc Leod, $60,547) are 35.7 miles apart — a 1.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 3.4× across this county — from $328,100 in 59011 (Big Timber) to $1,107,100 in 59052 (Mc Leod).
Density varies 35× across the county — from 0 people/sq mi in 59052 (Mc Leod) to 9 in 59033 (Greycliff).
Educational attainment ranges from 13.2% bachelor's+ in 59033 (Greycliff) to 62.5% in 59052 (Mc Leod) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Montana, this is the #40 most populous of 56 counties and ranks #3 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $77,645 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
26.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (705 of 2,624 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.