59043 Zip Code (Lame Deer, MT) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2019: 3,022
Zip code population in 2010: 2,950
Zip code population in 2000: 2,908

Houses and condos: 933
Renter-occupied apartments: 286
March 2019 cost of living index in zip code 59043: 84.5 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 408.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.

Population density: 7 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2019:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $918 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $332 (0.5%)

For population 25 years and over in 59043:

• High school or higher: 88.4%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.4%
• Graduate or professional degree: 8.0%
• Unemployed: 9.1%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 13.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 59043:

• Never married: 43.3%
• Now married: 42.2%
• Separated: 0.7%
• Widowed: 3.0%
• Divorced: 10.8%

• 
• • 2,65389.9%American Indian
  • 1374.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1093.7%White
  • 411.4%Two or more races
  • 60.2%Black
  • 20.07%Asian
  • 20.07%Some other race

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 59043, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $25,141 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$25,141
State:	$37,845

Salary/wage: $24,057 (reported on 94.6% of returns)

Here:	$24,057
State:	$31,190

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 93.5% for AGIs below $10k, 87.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 92.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 91.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 89.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 86.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $299 (reported on 9.2% of returns)

This zip code:	$299
Montana:	$1,879

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable dividends: $77 (reported on 1.4% of returns)

Here:	$77
State:	$3,070

Profit/loss from business: +$3,010 (reported on 10.2% of returns)

Here:	+$3,010
State:	+$8,849

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.9% for AGIs below $10k, 4.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, -0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.3% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Total itemized deductions: $12,583 (18% of AGI, reported on 2.5% of returns)

Here:	$12,583
State:	$17,258

Here:	17.8% of AGI
State:	23.1% of AGI

Charity contributions deductions: $2,077 (3% of AGI, reported on 1.4% of returns)

Here:	$2,077
State:	$2,921

Here:	3.0% of AGI
State:	3.7% of AGI

Total tax: $3,387 (reported on 46.3% of returns)

59043:	$3,387
State:	$5,485

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.2% for AGIs below $10k, 1.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 4.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 12.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 15.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $2,012 (reported on 53.1% of returns)

Here:	$2,012
State:	$1,604

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 78.2%

Here:	78%
State:	63%

(% for various income ranges: 69.7% for AGIs below $10k, 84.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 79.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 82.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 75.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 92.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 59016, 59012, 59323, 59025, 59003, 59022.
Lame Deer Zip Code Map

No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 150
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 567

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 54 (32 now married, 21 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 678 (223 now married, 456 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 59043 with a mortgage: 70
Houses without a mortgage: 376

Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $733
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $309

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2019:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2019:

• Zip code 59043 household income distribution in 2019

• 117Less than $10,000
• 10$10,000 to $14,999
• 24$15,000 to $19,999
• 30$20,000 to $24,999
• 16$25,000 to $29,999
• 60$30,000 to $34,999
• 17$35,000 to $39,999
• 33$40,000 to $44,999
• 33$45,000 to $49,999
• 78$50,000 to $59,999
• 88$60,000 to $74,999
• 96$75,000 to $99,999
• 46$100,000 to $124,999
• 23$125,000 to $149,999
• 17$150,000 to $199,999
• 20$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2019 in zip code 59043

• 29Less than $10,000
• 3$10,000 to $14,999
• 7$15,000 to $19,999
• 8$20,000 to $24,999
• 14$25,000 to $29,999
• 10$30,000 to $34,999
• 14$35,000 to $39,999
• 27$40,000 to $49,999
• 53$50,000 to $59,999
• 44$60,000 to $69,999
• 20$70,000 to $79,999
• 33$80,000 to $89,999
• 25$100,000 to $124,999
• 11$125,000 to $149,999
• 22$150,000 to $174,999
• 33$200,000 to $249,999
• 33$250,000 to $299,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2019 in zip code 59043

• 17Less than $100
• 10$100 to $149
• 33$150 to $199
• 60$200 to $249
• 43$250 to $299
• 11$300 to $349
• 12$350 to $399
• 13$400 to $449
• 13$550 to $599
• 8$600 to $649
• 7$650 to $699
• 6$750 to $799
• 20$800 to $899
• 18No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2019: $618.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2019: $282,397.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2019 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $123,655
• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $73,293
• Two or more races householders: $37,471

Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $72,095 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $49,333 - $126,287

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $208,004

Here:	$208,004
State:	$329,235

Townhouses or other attached units: $70,600

Here:	$70,600
State:	$267,466

Mobile homes: $55,611

Here:	$55,611
State:	$92,717

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 693
• One, attached: 25
• 3 or 4: 7
• 20 to 49: 34
• Mobile homes: 167

Unemployment: 9.1%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 59043

• 77.7%777Drove a car alone
• 8.8%88Carpooled
• 0.9%9Bicycle
• 9.4%94Walked
• 2.3%23Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 59043

• 176Less than 5 minutes
• 3645 to 9 minutes
• 15510 to 14 minutes
• 5115 to 19 minutes
• 11120 to 24 minutes
• 2725 to 29 minutes
• 1230 to 34 minutes
• 635 to 39 minutes
• 640 to 44 minutes
• 3045 to 59 minutes
• 1060 to 89 minutes
• 2090 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 74.1%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 3,022

• Male householders: 350 (54 living alone), Female householders: 376 (36 living alone)

• 356 spouses (352 opposite-sex spouses), 29 unmarried partners, (29 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 1,106 children (958 natural, 104 adopted, 48 stepchildren), 494 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 50 foster children, 183 other relatives, 76 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 10 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 170 2-persons, 84 3-persons, 80 4-persons, 128 5-persons, 68 6-persons, 76 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 89 1-person, 24 2-persons

410 married couples with children.
275 single-parent households (156 men, 119 women).

82.6% of residents of 59043 zip code speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% very well, 18% well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).
15.6% of residents speak other language at home (99% very well, 1% well).

Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• LAME DEER SCH DISTRICT 6 (BOUNDARY ST HWY 212 in LAME DEER, MT)

  ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-08-1996-0060, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-08-1996-0060, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  Business SIC classification: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
  

• LAME DEER SCHOOL (W BOUNDARY ST in LAME DEER, MT)

  (Geographic Names Information System)
  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-1035
  Organizations: LAME DEER ELEM (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• LAME DEER WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY (WWTF) (P.O. BOX 747 in LAME DEER, MT) . Tribal Land

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit - ICIS-, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY
  Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
  Alternative names: LAME DEER WWTF, LAME DEER WWTF_____________(E)

• LAME DEER 7-8 (W BOUNDARY ST in LAME DEER, MT)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-1626
  Organizations: LAME DEER ELEM (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• LAME DEER HIGH SCHOOL (3 MI SOUTH OF LAME DEER in LAME DEER, MT)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-1816
  Organizations: LAME DEER H S (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• CM SANITATION (POBOX 879 in LAME DEER, MT) . Tribal Land

  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-08-2001-0058, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  

• MORNING STAR ENTERPRISES INC (3RD CHEYENNE ST in LAME DEER, MT)

  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-08-1993-0176, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  Business SIC classification: GENERAL CONTRACTORS-INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS AND WAREHOUSES; GENERAL CONTRACTORS-NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, OTHER THAN INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS AND WAREHOUSES; HEAVY CONSTRUCTION
  

• BIRNEY WWTF (ETHELYN SHOULDER BLADE in LAME DEER, MT)

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

• MUDDY CLUSTER WWTF (NORTHERN CHEYENNE UTILITIES in LAME DEER, MT) . Tribal Land

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

• LAME DEER SCHOOL, WILBUR SPANG (P.O.BOX 96 in LAME DEER, MT)

  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  

• ASHLAND COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM (IN LAME DEER in LAME DEER, MT) . Tribal Land

  DRINKING WATER SYSTEM (STATE)
  

• BIRNEY VILLAGE (IN LAME DEER in LAME DEER, MT) . Tribal Land

  DRINKING WATER SYSTEM (STATE)
  

• BIRNEY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY (BIRNEY COMMUNITY in BIRNEY, MT) . Tribal Land

  ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 15.8%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 14.1%

Population in 1990: 2,846. Population change in the 1990s: +62 (+2.2%).

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

• This state: 2,406
• Northeast: 9
• Midwest: 156
• South: 75
• West: 356

66% of the 59043 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Montana.

97% of the 59043 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 8% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 24% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 32
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 31 Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18

Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code (LAME DEER, MT):

• NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE (OFF HWY 212) : $6,084,124 in 8 contracts from 2003 to 2004

  Contracts for Other Medical Services by Public Health Service
  Signed by year: 2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $6,002,961; 2004: $81,163; 2005: $0; 2006: $0.
  
  Biggest contracts:
  $5,987,645 with Public Health Service for Other Medical Services. Signed on 2003-10-01. Completion date: 2004-09-30.
  $61,780, same as above. Signed on 2004-09-20. Completion date: 2004-09-30.
  $16,400, same as above. Signed on 2004-03-31. Effective on 2003-10-01. Completion date: 2004-09-30.
  $12,789, same as above. Signed on 2003-12-11. Effective on 2003-10-01. Completion date: 2004-09-30.
  

• NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE INC. (HIGHWAY 212; small business) : $503,500 in 9 contracts from 2000 to 2003

  Contracts for Highways, Roads, Streets, Bridges, and Railways, Construction of Structures and Facilities -- Other Warehouse Buildings, Fire Protection Services, Food Items For Resale, and more by Indian Affairs (Assistant Secretary)
  Signed by year: 2000: $142,000; 2001: $56,000; 2002: $0; 2003: $305,500; 2004: $0; 2005: $0; 2006: $0.
  
  Biggest contracts:
  $142,000 with Indian Affairs (Assistant Secretary) for Highways, Roads, Streets, Bridges, and Railways. Signed on 2000-09-15. Completion date: 2003-09-15.
  $119,000 with Indian Affairs (Assistant Secretary) for Construction of Structures and Facilities -- Other Warehouse Buildings. Signed on 2003-08-15. Completion date: 2003-12-15.
  $71,000 with Indian Affairs (Assistant Secretary) for Fire Protection Services. Signed on 2003-09-15. Completion date: 2004-09-15.
  $56,000 with Indian Affairs (Assistant Secretary) for Food Items For Resale. Signed on 2001-09-15. Completion date: 2004-09-15.
  

• CHIEF DULL KNIFE COLLEGE, INC (1 COLLEGE DR) : $132,000 in 2 contracts from 2000 to 2001

  $99,000 with Office of Assistant Secretary for Health except national centers (disused code) for Other ADP and Telecommunications Services (includes data storage on tapes, compact disks, etc.). Signed on 2000-09-15. Completion date: 2001-09-15.
  $33,000 with Small Business Administration for Other Management Support Services. Signed on 2001-04-15. Completion date: 2002-03-15.
  

• NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBAL EMP R (600 CHEYENNE AVE S)
  300 employees, $0 revenue: $100,000 in 4 contracts from 2000 to 2003

  $25,000 with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for Legal Services. Signed on 2003-05-15. Completion date: 2003-09-15.
  $25,000, same as above. Signed on 2002-05-15. Completion date: 2002-09-15.
  $25,000 with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for Other Professional Services. Signed on 2001-02-15. Completion date: 2001-09-15.
  $25,000 with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for Legal Services. Signed on 2000-02-15. Completion date: 2000-09-15.
  

• LAME DEER TRADING POST (501 CHEYENNE ST; small business)
  30 employees, $3190914 revenue.

  $28,284 with Indian Affairs (Assistant Secretary) for Miscellaneous Items. Taking place in OK. Signed on 2003-08-15. Completion date: 2003-12-15.

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

• Educational Services: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (50-99 employees: 1 establishment)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (50-99: 1)
• Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation: Casinos (except Casino Hotels) (20-49: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Civic and Social Organizations (20-49: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (10-19: 1, 5-9: 1)
• Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (5-9: 1)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Child and Youth Services (1-4: 2)
• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Septic Tank and Related Services (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 59043 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
James	12	71.5 years
John	12	65.4 years
Joseph	8	70.0 years
Mary	7	76.1 years
Frank	6	63.2 years
George	5	69.4 years
Robert	5	70.0 years
Alfred	4	61.3 years
Eva	4	62.7 years
Louise	4	74.0 years

Most common last names in zip code 59043 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Whiteman	10	73.3 years
Spang	8	72.5 years
Killsnight	8	61.6 years
Brady	7	63.7 years
Seminole	6	59.7 years
Rowland	6	63.2 years
Tallwhiteman	6	53.8 years
Fisher	6	71.2 years
Hiwalker	5	51.0 years
Whitewolf	5	73.8 years