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Lame Deer is a small town of 1,872 people in Rosebud County, Montana. It's about 94 miles from Billings, MT and 414 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 44 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $111k and rent runs about $558 a month.
1,872people
$111kTypical home
$558/moRent
85° / 33°Summer / winter
44"Snow
233Sunny days
86Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,872
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 34 people per sq mi
- 414 mi to Denver, CO
- 94 mi to Billings, MT
- 59 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $111k (≈$701/mo)
- Median rent $558/mo
- Median household income $24k
- Property tax about 1.2% of value
- 36.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 33°F
- Dry summers (dew point 47°F)
- 233 sunny days a year (72 totally clear)
- 132 cloudy days a year
- 46 of 90 winter days are gray
- 86 days a year with rain or snow
- 44" of snow a year
- 19 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 4 days a year over 100°F
- 45 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (86 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (147 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 22
- 45% of households have kids
- 10% are 65 or older
- 13% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 12 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 61 mi to SHR airport
- 410 mi to DEN (major hub)
- 178 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 69% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 71% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 3,898 ft
- 754 mi to the ocean
- 131 mi to a big lake
- 59 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 83 mi to the nearest ski area
- 23 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 4 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
- 88 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 1% of Montana districts (reading)
- 18 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 32 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 84 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 49 mi to the nearest vet
- 49 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 92 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Rosebud County: R+37 in 2024
- Montana: R+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk