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Country around White Sulphur Springs is a rural area of about 1,611 people in Meagher County, Montana, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 46 miles from Helena, MT and 411 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 130 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $288k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,611people
$288kTypical home
$1,269/moRent
80° / 32°Summer / winter
130"Snow
212Sunny days
102Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 1,611 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1 people per sq mi
- 411 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 46 mi to Helena, MT
- 46 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $288k (≈$1,815/mo)
- Median rent $1,269/mo
- Median household income $77k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 0.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Dry summers (dew point 44°F)
- 212 sunny days a year (65 totally clear)
- 153 cloudy days a year
- 47 of 90 winter days are gray
- 102 days a year with rain or snow
- 130" of snow a year
- 38 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 47 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (100 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (299 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 56
- 10% of households have kids
- 36% are 65 or older
- 26% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 44 mi to HLN airport
- 311 mi to GEG (major hub)
- 158 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 79% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1983
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 5,397 ft
- 529 mi to the ocean
- 25 mi to a big lake
- 21 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 19 mi to the nearest ski area
- 13 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 7 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
- No museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 63 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 11% of Montana districts (reading)
- 12 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 69 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 46 mi to the nearest vet
- 43 mi to the nearest dog park
- 56 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Meagher County: R+54 in 2024
- Montana: R+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk