Saco, MT

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Saco, MT: 1 USPS ZIP, population 520. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet SACO-MT · Saco, MT 1 ZIPs · 520 pop · #20667/25278 · Phillips County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $53,158
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20667/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Malta
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 520
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $143,300

Nearest income peer: Malta, MT (+ $3,939 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 Saco

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Saco on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

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.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Saco, MT sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

18th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
520
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$53,158
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.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($53,158 average) · poverty 23.8%. The primary code (59261) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Saco as a pure owner town.

Within Montana, Crow Agency is the closest lower-income city and Ballantine the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Saco.

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ZIP Codes in Saco, MT

These ZIP codes sit in Phillips County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Saco. See the Phillips County roll-up →

Saco sits in the upper half of Phillips County on income: Dodson, Whitewater and Zortman report less, while Malta reports more. Whitewater marks the far end of that range at $39,583, 26% below Saco.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
59261 520 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 Saco, 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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