59716 Zip Code (Big Sky, MT) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 2,204
Zip code population in 2010: 1,798
Zip code population in 2000: 577

Houses and condos: 3,265
Renter-occupied apartments: 347
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 59716: 96.7 (near average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 400.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.

Population density: 6 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,966 (0.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $4,569 (0.4%)

For population 25 years and over in 59716:

• High school or higher: 96.6%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 54.3%
• Graduate or professional degree: 23.6%
• Unemployed: 1.1%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 17.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 59716:

• Never married: 36.3%
• Now married: 50.2%
• Separated: 0.5%
• Widowed: 2.5%
• Divorced: 10.5%

• 
• • 1,78981.2%White
  • 35216.0%Hispanic or Latino
  • 371.7%Two or more races
  • 200.9%American Indian
  • 50.2%Black

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 59716, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $59,875 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$59,875
State:	$37,845

Salary/wage: $36,185 (reported on 89.2% of returns)

Here:	$36,185
State:	$31,190

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2318.6% for AGIs below $10k, 89.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 83.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 70.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 50.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 34.9% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $2,594 (reported on 39.6% of returns)

This zip code:	$2,594
Montana:	$1,879

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 60.5% for AGIs below $10k, 0.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.9% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $5,814 (reported on 28.3% of returns)

Here:	$5,814
State:	$3,070

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 67.4% for AGIs below $10k, 0.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$32,947 (reported on 25.5% of returns)

Here:	+$32,947
State:	+$10,237

(% of AGI for various income ranges: -37.2% for AGIs below $10k, 0.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 21.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$21,733 (reported on 22.2% of returns)

Here:	+$21,733
State:	+$8,849

(% of AGI for various income ranges: -7.0% for AGIs below $10k, 4.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 3.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 4.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 6.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 10.7% for AGIs over 100k)

IRA payment deduction: $3,451 (reported on 4.9% of returns)

59716:	$3,451
Montana:	$2,958

Self-employed pension: $20,294 (reported on 1.6% of returns)

Here:	$20,294
Montana:	$13,795

Total itemized deductions: $27,068 (21% of AGI, reported on 35.1% of returns)

Here:	$27,068
State:	$17,258

Here:	21.5% of AGI
State:	23.1% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 9.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 15.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 22.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 21.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 15.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $3,354 (2% of AGI, reported on 26.8% of returns)

Here:	$3,354
State:	$2,921

Here:	2.3% of AGI
State:	3.7% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $10,753 (reported on 88.4% of returns)

59716:	$10,753
State:	$5,485

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 48.8% for AGIs below $10k, 6.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 8.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 9.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 21.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $481 (reported on 7.4% of returns)

Here:	$481
State:	$1,604

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 57.3%

Here:	57%
State:	63%

(% for various income ranges: 44.7% for AGIs below $10k, 43.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 56.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 75.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 77.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 90.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 59729, 59720, 59730, 59758, 59755, 59740.
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No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 0
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 1,027

Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 689 (318 now married, 370 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 59716 with a mortgage: 427
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $2,270
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $940

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 59716 household income distribution in 2022

• 14Less than $10,000
• 46$15,000 to $19,999
• 19$20,000 to $24,999
• 17$25,000 to $29,999
• 24$35,000 to $39,999
• 78$40,000 to $44,999
• 116$45,000 to $49,999
• 55$50,000 to $59,999
• 44$60,000 to $74,999
• 105$75,000 to $99,999
• 47$100,000 to $124,999
• 238$125,000 to $149,999
• 87$150,000 to $199,999
• 108$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 59716

• 8$200,000 to $249,999
• 151$300,000 to $399,999
• 34$400,000 to $499,999
• 174$500,000 to $749,999
• 68$750,000 to $999,999
• 325$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
• 147$1,500,000 to $1,999,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 59716

• 22$200 to $249
• 27$400 to $449
• 30$750 to $799
• 52$900 to $999
• 26$1,000 to $1,249
• 63$1,250 to $1,499
• 87$1,500 to $1,999
• 29$2,000 to $2,499
• 33$2,500 to $2,999

Median gross rent in 2022: $1,554.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $2,735,794.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $1,094,772

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $955,133 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $482,367 - $1,542,090

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $1,463,191

Here:	$1,463,191
State:	$518,333

Townhouses or other attached units: $1,131,470

Here:	$1,131,470
State:	$468,033

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $500,546

Here:	$500,546
State:	$383,074

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $527,533

Here:	$527,533
State:	$373,935

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 1,371
• One, attached: 624
• Two: 244
• 3 or 4: 560
• 5 to 9: 136
• 10 to 19: 176
• 20 to 49: 111
• 50 or more: 141
• Mobile homes: 21

Unemployment: 1.1%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 59716

• 49.5%792Drove a car alone
• 3.0%48Carpooled
• 5.6%89Bus or trolley bus
• 2.1%33Bicycle
• 11.9%191Walked
• 28.4%455Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 59716

• 97Less than 5 minutes
• 1765 to 9 minutes
• 34410 to 14 minutes
• 8415 to 19 minutes
• 20820 to 24 minutes
• 17125 to 29 minutes
• 2130 to 34 minutes
• 1435 to 39 minutes
• 1240 to 44 minutes
• 1145 to 59 minutes
• 4160 to 89 minutes
• 590 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 74.7%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 2,204

• Male householders: 476 (110 living alone), Female householders: 541 (146 living alone)

• 400 spouses (400 opposite-sex spouses), 95 unmarried partners, (95 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 275 children (262 natural, 13 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 148 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 269 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 400 2-persons, 83 3-persons, 41 4-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 255 1-person, 174 2-persons, 59 3-persons

165 married couples with children.
78 single-parent households (45 men, 33 women).

93.0% of residents of 59716 zip code speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% very well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (100% very well).

Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• LONE MOOSE MEADOWS (1000 LONE MOOSE DRIVE in BIG SKY, MT)

  ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-08-2003-0045, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-08-2003-0045, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  

• FIRELIGHT MEADOWS SUBDIVISION (T7S R3E S2 NE in BIG SKY, MT)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: GENERAL CONTRACTORS-SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES; SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
  Organizations: J.M.P. COMPANY (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: BAR JP INC, FIRELIGHT MEADOWS HOMEOWNERS, FIRELIGHT MEADOWS LLC, J.M.P. COMPANY INC.

• BIG EZ ESTATES - 2004 ACCESS (T7S R3E S23 NW in BIG SKY, MT)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: HIGHWAY AND STREET CONSTRUCTION, EXCEPT ELEVATED HIGHWAYS
  Alternative names: C & C TRUCKING INC

• BIG EZ ESTATES - ACCESS ROADS (T7S R3E S13 in BIG SKY, MT)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: HIGHWAY AND STREET CONSTRUCTION, EXCEPT ELEVATED HIGHWAYS
  Alternative names: C & C TRUCKING INC

• BIG SKY COUNTY WATER & SEWER (PO BOX 160670 in BIG SKY, MT)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
  Alternative names: BIG SKY COUNTY WATER AND

• BIG SKY SLIDE PROJECT (T6S R3E S28 NW in BIG SKY, MT)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: HEAVY CONSTRUCTION
  Alternative names: MDT

• BIG SKY TOWNCENTER AVE WEST (T7S R3E S1 NW in BIG SKY, MT)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: HEAVY CONSTRUCTION
  Alternative names: SIMKINS HOLDINGS LLC

• BIG SKY WWTP (SEC 36, T6S, R3E in BIG SKY, MT)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
  Alternative names: BIG SKY COUNTY WATER & SEWER, BIG SKY COUNTY WATER & SEWER D

• BLACK EAGLE LODGES PHASE 2&3 (T6S R3E S30 NE in BIG SKY, MT)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: HEAVY CONSTRUCTION
  Alternative names: BLUE RIBBON BUILDERS INC

• KENYON-NOBLE READY MIX (47795 GALLATIN ROAD in BIG SKY, MT)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: READY-MIXED CONCRETE
  

• LAZY J SOUTH WATER PROJECT (T7S R4E S8 NE in BIG SKY, MT)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: HEAVY CONSTRUCTION
  Alternative names: BOSTWICK PROPERTIES INC

• LONE MOOSE MEADOWS PHASE I (T6S R3E S28 in BIG SKY, MT)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: GENERAL CONTRACTORS-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, OTHER THAN SINGLE-FAMILY
  Alternative names: LONE MOOSE MEADOWS LLC

• TREATED WATER PIPELINE (T6S R3E S22 in BIG SKY, MT)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: WATER, SEWER, PIPELINE, AND COMMUNICATIONS AND POWER LINE CONSTRUCTION
  Alternative names: SNOW MACHINES INC

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1.0%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 244
• Northeast: 346
• Midwest: 482
• South: 302
• West: 580

38% of the 59716 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Montana.

79% of the 59716 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 7% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% moved from different state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 14% moved from abroad.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school):
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Accommodation and Food Services: Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (500-999 employees: 1 establishment, 50-99 employees: 1 establishment, 10-19 employees: 1 establishment, 5-9 employees: 1 establishment)
• Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation: Golf Courses and Country Clubs (250-499: 1)
• Real Estate and Rental and Leasing: Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (100-249: 1, 50-99: 1, 1-4: 23)
• Construction: New Single-Family Housing Construction (except Operative Builders) (20-49: 3, 10-19: 6, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 9)
• Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation: Skiing Facilities (100-249: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (20-49: 3, 10-19: 2, 5-9: 2, 1-4: 2)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Recreational and Vacation Camps (except Campgrounds) (50-99: 1, 5-9: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (20-49: 1, 10-19: 1, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 2)
• Construction: Land Subdivision (20-49: 1, 1-4: 1)
• Construction: Drywall and Insulation Contractors (20-49: 1, 1-4: 1)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 12. The highest number of fire incidents - 34 took place in 2004, and the least - 0 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (50.0%), and Structure Fires (33.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 59716
• 9950.0%Outside Fires
• 6733.8%Structure Fires
• 199.6%Other
• 136.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires

See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for zip code 59716, Montana

Businesses in zip code 59716

• FedEx: 2
• True Value: 1
• UPS: 2