Fort Benton, MT
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Fort Benton, MT: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,789. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet FORT-BENTON-MT · Fort Benton, MT 1 ZIPs · 1,789 pop · #14113/25278 · Chouteau County
INC-MID · RANK-MID · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID
- INC-MID $67,917
- RANK-MID #14113/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Highwood
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 78% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 1,789
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-MID $254,000
Nearest income peer: Highwood, MT (+ $2,333 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 Fort Benton
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Fort Benton 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 · near
Big Sandy · near
$62,109 median HH income
- Fort Benton · this city
Fort Benton · this city
$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, Fort Benton, MT sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 44th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 1,789
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $67,917
- 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 $67,917 and poverty 3.0% concentrate in 59442.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (78.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Fort Benton as a pure owner town.
Within Montana, Joplin is the closest lower-income city and Sand Coulee the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Fort Benton.
ZIP Codes in Fort Benton, MT
These ZIP codes sit in Chouteau County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Fort Benton. See the Chouteau County roll-up →
Fort Benton lands mid-pack among the 5 cities sharing Chouteau County: Highwood and Carter earn more and Big Sandy, Geraldine and Loma earn less. Carter marks the far end of that range at $88,438, 30% above Fort Benton.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59442 | 1,789 | 1 | America/Denver |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Fort Benton, 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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