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Country around Brady is a rural area of about 425 people in Pondera County, Montana, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 38 miles from Great Falls, MT and 502 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 45 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $184k and rent runs about $940 a month.
425people
$184kTypical home
$940/moRent
83° / 33°Summer / winter
45"Snow
216Sunny days
72Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 425 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1 people per sq mi
- 502 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 38 mi to Great Falls, MT
- 38 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $184k (≈$1,162/mo)
- Median rent $940/mo
- Median household income $89k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 12.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 33°F
- Dry summers (dew point 45°F)
- 216 sunny days a year (57 totally clear)
- 149 cloudy days a year
- 50 of 90 winter days are gray
- 72 days a year with rain or snow
- 45" of snow a year
- 16 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 44 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (215 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (398 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 45
- 25% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 22% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 8% walk or take transit to work
- 39 mi to GTF airport
- 280 mi to GEG (major hub)
- 83 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 82% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1954
- 78% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 3,386 ft
- 492 mi to the ocean
- 95 mi to a big lake
- 38 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 60 mi to the nearest ski area
- 23 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course 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
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 66 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 9% of Montana districts (reading)
- 21 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 20 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 136 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 34 mi to the nearest vet
- 38 mi to the nearest dog park
- 17 congregations per 10k people
- 40 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Pondera County: R+42 in 2024
- Montana: R+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- 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.