Big Sandy, MT
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Big Sandy, MT: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,030. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet BIG-SANDY-MT · Big Sandy, MT 1 ZIPs · 1,030 pop · #16795/25278 · Chouteau County
INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID
- INC-MID $62,109
- RANK-LOWER #16795/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Fort Benton
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 72% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 1,030
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-MID $204,000
Nearest income peer: Fort Benton, MT (+ $5,808 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Big Sandy
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Big Sandy on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Loma · lowest
Loma · lowest
$51,551 median HH income
- Geraldine · near
Geraldine · near
$53,750 median HH income
- Big Sandy · this city
Big Sandy · this city
$62,109 median HH income
- Fort Benton · near
Fort Benton · near
$67,917 median HH income
- Highwood · near
Highwood · near
$70,250 median HH income
- Carter · highest
Carter · highest
$88,438 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Big Sandy, MT sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 34th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 1,030
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $62,109
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $62,109 and poverty 6.7% concentrate in 59520.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Big Sandy as a pure owner town.
Within Montana, Wisdom is the closest lower-income city and Deer Lodge the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Big Sandy.
ZIP Codes in Big Sandy, MT
These ZIP codes sit in Chouteau County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Big Sandy. See the Chouteau County roll-up →
Big Sandy lands mid-pack among the 5 cities sharing Chouteau County: Fort Benton, Highwood and Carter earn more and Geraldine and Loma earn less. Carter marks the far end of that range at $88,438, 42% above Big Sandy.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59520 | 1,030 | 0 | America/Denver |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Big Sandy, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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