Lavina, MT · standard
ZIP Code 59046
Golden Valley County, Montana - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 390
- 0/sq mi
- $74,000
- Median income
- $211,400
- Median home value
- 28.9%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Lavina pairs an above-median household income with below-median home values, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 47%
- household income, US ZIPs
- 47th pct
- home value, US ZIPs
- 0
- people per sq mi
- 83%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 59046 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 59046 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Lavina, Golden Valley County, Montana, home to just 390 residents across 1300.0 square miles, a density of 0 people per square mile, in the Denver time zone.
ZIP 59046 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $74,000 (6% above the average Montana ZIP), while per-capita income is $33,108. The poverty rate is 10.1%, with unemployment at 1.1%; those measures add context to the income figure. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $211,400 (35% below the average Montana ZIP), and median rent is $783; owner occupancy is 83.2%.
Educational attainment sits below the national norm: 28.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 44, and the average commute is -. No nearby ZIP peer set is available for this delivery area, so the Montana and national benchmarks above are the appropriate context for 59046.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 59046, Lavina, MT · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
390
Population
1300.0
Area (sq mi)
0
People / sq mi
Denver
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 59046?
44.0
Median Age
47.0%
Male
53.0%
Female
0.2%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$74,000
Median Household Income
+6% vs state ZIP avg
$33,108
Per Capita Income
10.1%
Poverty Rate
1.1%
Unemployment Rate
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
274housing units
274
Total Housing Units
226
Occupied Units
48
Vacant Units
2.55
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$211,400
Median Home Value
-35% vs state ZIP avg
$783
Median Rent
1978
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 8 business establishments in ZIP 59046, employing approximately 27 people with a combined annual payroll of $452,000.
8
Businesses
27
Employees
$452K
Annual Payroll
0
Industry Sectors
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP), 2023. Employment figures may include noise for disclosure avoidance.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 59046, both outside MT so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.