Sunburst, Montana

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Population (year 2000): 415. Estimated population in July 2006: 336 (-19.0% change)

Males: 207	(49.9%)
Females: 208	(50.1%)

Toole County

Median resident age:	38.0 years
Montana median age:	37.5 years

Zip codes: 59482.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $42,400 (it was $38,250 in 2000)

Sunburst	$42,400
Montana:	$39,301

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $50,000 (it was $46,700 in 2000)

Sunburst	$50,000
Montana:	$131,600

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Races in Sunburst:

White Non-Hispanic (94.5%)
American Indian (4.3%)
Two or more races (1.2%)
Hispanic (0.7%)

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Ancestries: German (28.2%), Norwegian (25.3%), Irish (17.6%), English (10.6%), United States (5.8%), Italian (4.3%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Elevation: 3348 feet

Land area: 1.64 square miles.

Population density: 217 people per square mile

(very low).

For population 25 years and over in Sunburst

High school or higher: 87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.0%
Graduate or professional degree: 6.7%
Unemployed: 2.1%
Mean travel time to work: 13.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Sunburst town

Never married: 14.9%
Now married: 69.2%
Separated: 0.0%
Widowed: 6.6%
Divorced: 9.3%

20 residents are foreign born (4.1% North America, 0.7% Europe).

This town:	4.8%
Montana:	1.8%

According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Sunburst, Montana in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Sunburst to the number of sex offenders is 356 to 1.

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

Sunburst:	1.1% ($509)
Montana:	1.2% ($1,212)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Great Falls, MT (104.6 miles , pop. 56,690).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: East Seattle, WA (710.2 miles , pop. 480,100).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (1062.0 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Kevin, MT (10.1 miles) , Shelby, MT (26.2 miles ), South Toole, MT (31.8 miles ), Cut Bank, MT (33.7 miles ), Valier, MT (46.3 miles ), Conrad, MT (49.2 miles ), Valier-Dupuyer, MT (52.0 miles ), Chester, MT (69.6 miles ).

Latitude: 48.88 N, Longitude: 111.91 W

Area code: 406

Population change in the 1990s: -21 (-4.8%).

Most common industries for males:

Public administration (24%)
Educational services (19%)
Mining (9%)
Truck transportation (8%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
Finance and insurance (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (28%)
Public administration (12%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (9%)
Finance and insurance (8%)
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (6%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Health care (6%)

Most common occupations for males

Law enforcement workers including supervisors (17%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (14%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Extraction workers (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Farmers and farm managers (6%)
Other financial specialists (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
Secondary school teachers (8%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Sunburst:

MARIAS MEDICAL CENTER (about 30 miles; SHELBY, MT)
MARIAS MEDICAL CENTER (about 30 miles; SHELBY, MT)
NORTHERN ROCKIES MEDICAL CENTER INC (about 42 miles; CUT BANK, MT)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Sunburst:

GREAT FALLS INTL (about 105 miles; GREAT FALLS, MT; ID: GTF)
HELENA REGIONAL (about 157 miles; HELENA, MT; ID: HLN)
GLACIER PARK INTL (about 167 miles; KALISPELL, MT; ID: FCA)

Other public-use airports nearest to Sunburst:

SUNBURST (about 1 miles; SUNBURST, MT; ID: 8U5)
ROSS INTL (about 8 miles; SWEETGRASS, MT; ID: 7S8)
SHELBY (about 25 miles; SHELBY, MT; ID: SBX)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Sunburst:

THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA-MISSOULA (about 192 miles; MISSOULA, MT; Full-time enrollment: 11,112)
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BOZEMAN (about 235 miles; BOZEMAN, MT; FT enrollment: 10,380)
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BILLINGS (about 328 miles; BILLINGS, MT; FT enrollment: 3,105)
NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE (about 347 miles; COEUR D'ALENE, ID; FT enrollment: 2,988)
RICKS COLLEGE (about 352 miles; REXBURG, ID; FT enrollment: 8,670)
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (about 359 miles; MOSCOW, ID; FT enrollment: 9,823)
SPOKANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 385 miles; SPOKANE, WA; FT enrollment: 5,564)

Public high school in Sunburst:

Sunburst High School (Students: 76; Location: 414 3rd Street South; Grades: 9th Grade - 12th Grade; Our rating: 39)

Public elementary/middle schools in Sunburst:

Sunburst Elementary (Students: 87; Location: 220 1st Street South; Grades: Prekindergarten - 6th Grade; Our rating: 95)
Sunburst Middle School (Students: 29; Location: 220 1st Street South; Grades: 7th Grade - 8th Grade; Our rating: 95)
Rimrock Colony School (Students: 23; Location: 220 1st Street South; Grades: Kindergarten - 8th Grade)
Hillside Colony School (Students: 21; Location: 220 1st Street South; Grades: Kindergarten - 8th Grade)

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Notable locations in Sunburst: Sunburst (A), Harvest States Cooperatives Elevator (B), North Toole County Library (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Sunburst include: Lutheran Church of Sunburst (A), Saint Thomas Catholic Church (B), Grace Gospel Church (C), Oilfield Parish - United Methodist Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Sunburst: Engel Memorial Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Post office: Sunburst Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Drinking water stations with addresses in Sunburst that have no violations reported:

RIMROCK COLONY (Population served: 115, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:

This town:	2.6 people
Montana:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	72.2%
Whole state:	66.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	5.7%
Whole state:	5.0%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	4.1%
Whole state:	14.6%

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

This town:	0.7%
Whole state:	5.8%

Sunburst compared to Montana state average:

Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage significantly 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 below state average.
Number of college students significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Sunburst mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Toole County Montana:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration	0	$0		7	$3,098
Sewerage	1	$2,642	$31,704	0	$0
Water Supply	1	$1,698	$20,376	0	$0
Totals for Government	2	$4,340	$26,040	7	$3,098

Sunburst government finances in 2002:

Charges - Solid Waste Management: $33,000
Sewerage: $25,000

All Other: $9,000

Parks & Recreation: $2,000
Current Operations - Gas Utilities: $193,000
General - Other: $90,000

Water Utilities: $42,000

Financial Administration: $35,000

Sewerage: $26,000

Parks & Recreation: $24,000

Solid Waste Management: $24,000

Police Protection: $10,000

General Public Buildings: $10,000

Fire Protection: $9,000

Regular Highways: $9,000

Central Staff Services: $1,000

Health Services - Other: $1,000
Gas Utilities - Interest on Debt: $1,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $574,000
Gas Utilities: $10,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $116,000
Full Faith & Credit - Gas Utilities: $5,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $444,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $14,000
Gas Utilities: $5,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $4,000
General Revenue, NEC: $4,000

Special Assessments: $3,000
Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $11,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $108,000
Revenue - Gas Utilities: $164,000
Water Utilities: $82,000
State Intergovernmental - General Support: $22,000
Highways: $19,000
Tax - Property: $35,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $108,000
Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $34,000

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 Sunburst:

KSEN (1150 AM; 10 kW; SHELBY, MT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KERR (750 AM; 50 kW; POLSON, MT; Owner: ANDERSON RADIO BROADCASTING, INC.)
KOFI (1180 AM; 50 kW; KALISPELL, MT; Owner: KOFI, INC.)
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.)
KJJR (880 AM; 10 kW; WHITEFISH, MT; Owner: BEE BROADCASTING, INCORPORATED)
KGVW (640 AM; 10 kW; BELGRADE, MT; Owner: GALLATIN VALLEY WITNESS, INC.)
KBOI (670 AM; 50 kW; BOISE, ID; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KKGR (680 AM; daytime; 5 kW; EAST HELENA, MT; Owner: KKGR, INC.)
KGEZ (600 AM; 5 kW; KALISPELL, MT; Owner: SKYLINE BROADCASTERS, INC.)
KALL (700 AM; 50 kW; NORTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KMTX (950 AM; 5 kW; HELENA, MT; Owner: CAPRI, INC)
KGA (1510 AM; 50 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Sunburst:

K261CC (100.1 FM; CHESTER, MT; Owner: RANDALL D. ROCKS)

TV broadcast stations around Sunburst:

K65DK (Channel 65; SWEETGRASS, ETC., MT; Owner: BORDER TV CLUB)
K61BZ (Channel 61; SWEETGRASS, ETC., MT; Owner: BORDER TV CLUB)
K63AQ (Channel 63; SWEETGRASS, ETC., MT; Owner: BORDER TV CLUB)

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