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Lodge Grass is a tiny town of 429 people in Big Horn County, Montana. It's about 66 miles from Billings, MT and 389 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 38°F, with about 54 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $103k and rent runs about $850 a month.
429people
$103kTypical home
$850/moRent
90° / 38°Summer / winter
54"Snow
233Sunny days
80Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 429
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,663 people per sq mi
- 389 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 66 mi to Billings, MT
- 41 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $103k (≈$648/mo)
- Median rent $850/mo
- Median household income $49k
- Property tax about 1.1% of value
- 13.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 38°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
- 80 days a year with rain or snow
- 54" of snow a year
- 18 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 5 days a year over 100°F
- 48 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (613 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,171 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 21
- 50% of households have kids
- 11% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 8% walk or take transit to work
- 42 mi to SHR airport
- 390 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 202 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 73% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1965
- 79% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 3,373 ft
- 726 mi to the ocean
- 136 mi to a big lake
- 40 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 49 mi to the nearest ski area
- 28 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
- No museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 62 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 4% of Montana districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 18 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 51 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 32 mi to the nearest vet
- 32 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 63 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Big Horn County: Purple — split almost evenly
- 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.