Sun River Valley, Montana

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Population (year 2000): 2,885

Males: 1,501	(52.0%)
Females: 1,384	(48.0%)

Toole County

Median resident age:	38.5 years
Montana median age:	37.5 years

Estimated median household income in 2005: $36,400 (it was $32,819 in 2000)

Sun River Valley	$36,400
Montana:	$39,301

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $87,800 (it was $82,000 in 2000)

Sun River Valley	$87,800
Montana:	$131,600

Sun River Valley, MT residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in Sun River Valley:

White Non-Hispanic (95.2%)
Two or more races (1.8%)
Hispanic (0.8%)

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Elevation: 3348 feet

Land area: 281.4 square miles.

Population density: 10 people per square mile

(very low).

For population 25 years and over in Sun River Valley

High school or higher: 84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.7%
Graduate or professional degree: 4.0%
Unemployed: 3.3%
Mean travel time to work: 26.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Sun River Valley CCD

Never married: 19.5%
Now married: 66.9%
Separated: 1.5%
Widowed: 5.2%
Divorced: 8.4%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.7%
Montana:	1.8%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Sun River Valley:	1.2% ($1,000)
Montana:	1.2% ($1,212)

Sun River Valley satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Great Falls, MT (35.3 miles , pop. 56,690).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: West Adams, CO (705.6 miles , pop. 259,628).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (967.3 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Fort Shaw, MT (0.9 miles ), Sun River, MT (5.1 miles) , Simms, MT (9.2 miles ), Fairfield, MT (14.3 miles ), Power, MT (16.1 miles) , Vaughn, MT (17.4 miles ), Cascade, MT (17.9 miles ), Ulm, MT (20.8 miles ).

Latitude: 47.51 N, Longitude: 111.80 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 406

Most common industries for males:

Construction (17%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
Public administration (7%)
Truck transportation (6%)
Repair and maintenance (3%)
Educational services (3%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (18%)
Health care (15%)
Accommodation and food services (9%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Public administration (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Farmers and farm managers (11%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Carpenters (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)

Hospitals/medical centers near Sun River Valley:

TETON MEDICAL CENTER -CAH (about 39 miles; CHOTEAU, MT)
BENEFIS HEALTHCARE (about 39 miles; GREAT FALLS, MT)
PONDERA MEDICAL CLINIC - CAH (about 49 miles; CONRAD, MT)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Sun River Valley:

GREAT FALLS INTL (about 31 miles; GREAT FALLS, MT; ID: GTF)
HELENA REGIONAL (about 64 miles; HELENA, MT; ID: HLN)
BERT MOONEY (about 118 miles; BUTTE, MT; ID: BTM)

Other public-use airports nearest to Sun River Valley:

FAIRFIELD (about 14 miles; FAIRFIELD, MT; ID: 5U5)
DUTTON (about 24 miles; DUTTON, MT; ID: 5U1)
CHOTEAU (about 33 miles; CHOTEAU, MT; ID: CII)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Sun River Valley:

MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BOZEMAN (about 144 miles; BOZEMAN, MT; Full-time enrollment: 10,380)
THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA-MISSOULA (about 158 miles; MISSOULA, MT; FT enrollment: 11,112)
RICKS COLLEGE (about 257 miles; REXBURG, ID; FT enrollment: 8,670)
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BILLINGS (about 268 miles; BILLINGS, MT; FT enrollment: 3,105)
IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 337 miles; POCATELLO, ID; FT enrollment: 10,057)
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (about 341 miles; MOSCOW, ID; FT enrollment: 9,823)
NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE (about 345 miles; COEUR D'ALENE, ID; FT enrollment: 2,988)

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Notable locations in Sun River Valley: Fort Shaw Fishing Access Site (A), Dracut Junction (B), Seaton Ranch (C), Palo Ranch (D), Vaughn (E), Webb Ranch (F), Eagle Rock Stage Station (G), Simms Fire Department (H), Fort Shaw Fire Department (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Sun River Valley include: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (A), Sun River Valley Church (B), Congregational Bible Church (C), Simms United Methodist Church (D), Simms Community Church (E), Saint Anns Catholic Church (F), Vaughn Community Bible Church (G). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Sun River Cemetery (1), Fort Shaw Cemetery (2), Vaughn Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoir: Elizabeth Reservoir (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Creeks: Simms Creek (A), Fourmile Creek (B), Adobe Creek (C), Crown Butte Creek (D), Birdtail Creek (E), Muddy Creek (F), Mill Coulee Creek (G), Saint Johns Creek (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Sun River Valley: Fort Shaw Historical Marker (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Post offices: Fort Shaw Post Office (A), Simms Post Office (B), Vaughn Post Office (C), Sun River Post Office (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.7 people
Montana:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	65.0%
Whole state:	66.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	4.1%
Whole state:	5.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	13.0%
Whole state:	14.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	6.2%
Whole state:	5.8%

Sun River Valley compared to Montana state average:

Median household income below state average.
Median house value below state average.
Unemployed percentage below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
House age below state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Toole County Montana:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

6.00% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,759 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.00%
Montana average:	8.25%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

8.68% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,790 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.68%
Montana average:	7.69%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Cascade County, MT	0.88% ($34,118 average AGI)
to Gallatin County, MT	0.78% ($31,467)
to Flathead County, MT	0.62% ($52,583)

Strongest AM radio stations in Sun River Valley:

KMON (560 AM; 5 kW; GREAT FALLS, MT; Owner: COMMONWEALTH LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
KEIN (1310 AM; 5 kW; GREAT FALLS, MT; Owner: MUNSON RADIO, INC.)
KERR (750 AM; 50 kW; POLSON, MT; Owner: ANDERSON RADIO BROADCASTING, INC.)
KSEN (1150 AM; 10 kW; SHELBY, MT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KKGR (680 AM; daytime; 5 kW; EAST HELENA, MT; Owner: KKGR, INC.)
KMTX (950 AM; 5 kW; HELENA, MT; Owner: CAPRI, INC)
KOFI (1180 AM; 50 kW; KALISPELL, MT; Owner: KOFI, INC.)
KGVW (640 AM; 10 kW; BELGRADE, MT; Owner: GALLATIN VALLEY WITNESS, INC.)
KXGF (1400 AM; 1 kW; GREAT FALLS, MT; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP, INC.)
KBOW (550 AM; 5 kW; BUTTE, MT; Owner: BUTTE BROADCASTING INCORPORATED)
KQDI (1450 AM; 1 kW; GREAT FALLS, MT; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP, INC.)
KBOI (670 AM; 50 kW; BOISE, ID; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KALL (700 AM; 50 kW; NORTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Sun River Valley:

KVVR (97.9 FM; DUTTON, MT; Owner: COMMONWEALTH LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
KMON-FM (94.5 FM; GREAT FALLS, MT; Owner: COMMONWEALTH LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
K246AC (97.1 FM; HELENA, MT; Owner: LAST CHANCE PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION)
K251AC (98.1 FM; HELENA, MT; Owner: BOARD OF REGENTS-MT UNIV. SYSTEM)
KTZZ (93.7 FM; CONRAD, MT; Owner: JEANNINE M. MASON)
KIKF (104.9 FM; CASCADE, MT; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP INC.)
KINX (107.3 FM; GREAT FALLS, MT; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP INC.)
KQDI-FM (106.1 FM; GREAT FALLS, MT; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Sun River Valley:

KTGF (Channel 16; GREAT FALLS, MT; Owner: MMM LICENSE LLC)

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