What is the population of Big Timber city?

Big Timber city has 1,530 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #72 of 497 in Montana.

What is the median household income in Big Timber city?

Median household income in Big Timber city is $63,514 a year, 19.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Big Timber city?

Median gross rent is $1,009 a month and the median home value is $235,100, so rent absorbs about 19.1% of median household income.

Is Big Timber city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Big Timber city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Big Timber, MT population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Big Timber, Montana (Big Timber, MT — Census place “Big Timber city”) is 1,530 residents, ranking #72 of 497 places in Montana. Median household income is $63,514, the median home is worth $235,100 and median gross rent runs $1,009 a month. Looking for the Big Timber Montana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Big Timber, MT: 59011.

Population: 1,530Big Timber city residents
Median household income: $63,514Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $235,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,009Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71.4%Owner-occupied households

Big Timber ZIP codes (Montana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Big Timber.

The Big Timber MT ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

59011

What the numbers mean in Big Timber city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Big Timber city median would spend about 19.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.1% of residents and 71.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Big Timber city, MT in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Big Timber city is a small town in Montana, with 1,530 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #72 of 497 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 38.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Big Timber city earn a median of $63,514 a year, 19.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $62,992 median for the 94 Montana cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 10.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Big Timber city is valued at $235,100, 22.5% below the national figure and 6% below the $250,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,009 a month, 28.2% below the national figure, or roughly $12,108 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 71.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Big Timber city?: Big Timber city has 1,530 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #72 of 497 in Montana.
What is the median household income in Big Timber city?: Median household income in Big Timber city is $63,514 a year, 19.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Big Timber city?: Median gross rent is $1,009 a month and the median home value is $235,100, so rent absorbs about 19.1% of median household income.
Is Big Timber city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Big Timber city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Big Timber city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.