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Big Sandy is a tiny town of 784 people in Chouteau County, Montana. It's about 72 miles from Great Falls, MT and 519 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 31°F, with about 46 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $188k and rent runs about $543 a month.
784people
$188kTypical home
$543/moRent
86° / 31°Summer / winter
46"Snow
216Sunny days
53Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 784
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,644 people per sq mi
- 519 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 72 mi to Great Falls, MT
- 72 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $188k (≈$1,182/mo)
- Median rent $543/mo
- Median household income $61k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 31°F
- Dry summers (dew point 47°F)
- 216 sunny days a year (57 totally clear)
- 149 cloudy days a year
- 50 of 90 winter days are gray
- 53 days a year with rain or snow
- 46" of snow a year
- 17 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 53 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (68 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (643 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 43
- 25% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 30 mi to HVR airport
- 346 mi to GEG (major hub)
- 144 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 81% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1958
- 75% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 2,694 ft
- 557 mi to the ocean
- 97 mi to a big lake
- 60 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 20 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 38% of Montana districts (reading)
- 31 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 13 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 176 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 31 mi to the nearest vet
- 35 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 32 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Chouteau County: R+32 in 2024
- Montana: R+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.