Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2022: 8.6%
(8.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 6.7% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 92.9% for other race residents)
The City-Data.com crime index weighs serious crimes and violent crimes more heavily. Higher means more crime, U.S. average is 246.1. It adjusts for the number of visitors and daily workers commuting into cities.
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Ancestries: German (26.3%), Norwegian (13.6%), American (8.5%), English (3.1%), Welsh (2.9%), Irish (2.6%).
Current Local Time: MST time zone
Elevation: 2078 feet
Land area: 3.33 square miles.
Population density: 1,444 people per square mile (low).
69 residents are foreign born
This city:
1.4%
Montana:
2.3%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,965 (1.2%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,317 (1.0%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Bismarck, ND (186.7 miles , pop. 55,532).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: West Adams, CO (500.5 miles , pop. 259,628).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (913.7 miles , pop. 2,896,016).
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (4.9%)
Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (4.4%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (3.8%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3.8%)
Retail sales workers, except cashiers (3.6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (3.6%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (3.0%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (8.3%)
Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (6.2%)
Farmers and farm managers (5.3%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5.1%)
Carpenters (5.0%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (4.8%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4.1%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (7.3%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5.5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5.2%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5.0%)
Retail sales workers, except cashiers (4.5%)
Information and record clerks, except customer service representatives (4.5%)
Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4.4%)
Average climate in Glendive, Montana
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
Earthquake activity:
Glendive-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Montana state average. It is 225% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 8/18/1959 at 06:37:13, a magnitude 7.7 (7.7 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 336.0 miles away from Glendive center, causing $26,000,000 total damage On 10/28/1983 at 14:06:06, a magnitude 7.3 (6.2 MB, 7.3 MS, 7.0 MW) earthquake occurred 487.0 miles away from Glendive center, causing 2 deaths (2 shaking deaths) and 3 injuries, causing $15,000,000 total damage On 6/30/1975 at 18:54:13, a magnitude 6.1 (5.6 MB, 5.9 MS, 6.1 UK, 6.1 ML, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 335.4 miles away from the city center On 9/8/1984 at 00:59:31, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MB, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 207.6 miles away from Glendive center On 5/29/1984 at 20:18:32, a magnitude 5.0 (5.0 MB) earthquake occurred 208.0 miles away from Glendive center On 7/6/2017 at 06:30:17, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 7.6 mi) earthquake occurred 371.2 miles away from Glendive center Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Dawson County (7) is smaller than the US average (15). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 5 Emergencies Declared: 1
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 5, Storms: 2, Heavy Rain: 1, Hurricane: 1, Landslide: 1, Snow: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals and medical centers in Glendive:
GLENDIVE MEDICAL CENTER (Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, 202 PROSPECT DR)
EASTERN MONTANA VETERANS HOME (2000 MONTANA AVE)
GLENDIVE MEDICAL CENTER N H (202 PROSPECT DR)
Airports located in Glendive:
Dawson Community Airport (GDV) (Runways: 2, Air Taxi Ops: 3,060, Itinerant Ops: 1,200, Local Ops: 1,600, Military Ops: 20)
College/University in Glendive:
Dawson Community College (Full-time enrollment: 271; Location: 300 College Dr; Public; Website: www.dawson.edu)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Glendive:
Minot State University (about 178 miles; Minot, ND; Full-time enrollment: 2,887)
Bismarck State College (about 185 miles; Bismarck, ND; FT enrollment: 3,015)
Black Hills State University (about 186 miles; Spearfish, SD; FT enrollment: 3,166)
University of Mary (about 189 miles; Bismarck, ND; FT enrollment: 2,854)
Sheridan College (about 195 miles; Sheridan, WY; FT enrollment: 2,070)
Montana State University-Billings (about 204 miles; Billings, MT; FT enrollment: 4,319)
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (about 223 miles; Rapid City, SD; FT enrollment: 2,102)
Public high school in Glendive:
DAWSON HIGH SCHOOL(Students: 427, Location: 900 NORTH MERRILL AVENUE, Grades: 9-12)
Notable locations in Glendive: Glendive (A), Glendive Campground (B), Dawson County Fairgrounds (C), Glendive Plaza (D), Glendive Fire Department - Dawson Rural Fire Department (E), Dawson County Courthouse (F), Dawson County Sheriff's Office (G), Glendive Police Department (H), Jane Carey Memorial Library (I), Ullman Center (J), Gibson Hall (K), Brueberg Hall (L), Glendive Public Library (M), Glendive Ambulance Service (N), Dawson County Adult Detention Facility (O). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Glendive include: Seventh Day Adventist Church (A), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (B), Christian and Missionary Alliance Church (C), First Baptist Church (D), United Methodist Church (E), Our Savior Lutheran Church (F), Sacred Heart Catholic Church (G), Glendive Evangelical Church (H), Saint Matthews Episcopal Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Glendive include: Lloyd Square Park (1), Perham Field (2), ABC Little League Field (3), Community Park (4), Babe Ruth Field (5), Whipkey Park (6), Eyer Park (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attractions: Hell Creek Music & More (Museums; 111 West Bell Street), Healthy Communities-Parent Resource Center (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 200 South Kendrick Avenue), Lohman Games (Amusement & Theme Parks; 709 North Nowlan Avenue).
Hotels: Budget Host Riverside Inn (44 Highway 16), Days Inn (2000 North Merrill Avenue), El Centro Motel (112 South Kendrick Avenue), Budget Motel (1611 N Merrill Ave), Super 8 Motel (1904 North Merrill Avenue), Super 8 Glendive MT (1904 North Merrill Avenue), Comfort Inn Glendive (1918 North Merrill Avenue), The Jordan Inn and Conference Center (223 North Merrill Avenue), Parkwood Motel (1002 West Bell Street).
Courts: Dawson County - Clerk Of Court (Courthouse), Glendive City - Clerk- City Court- Water Department (City Hall), Dawson County - Judge District Court (Courthouse).
Birthplace of: Adam Morrison - Basketball player, Joyce Woodhouse - Politician, Mason Tobin - Baseball player.
Dawson County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Glendive and their reported violations in the past:
GLENDIVE CITY OF (Population served: 5,500, Surface water):
Past health violations:
MCL, Average - Between OCT-2007 and DEC-2007, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-13-2008), St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-13-2008), St Public Notif received (FEB-19-2008), St Compliance achieved (SEP-09-2010)
FOREST PARK WATER RSID 24 (Address: 207 WEST BELL , Population served: 1,200, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
Follow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R - In OCT-01-2013, Contaminant: Lead and Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-23-2013), St Public Notif requested (OCT-23-2013)
HIGHLAND PARK UTILITIES ASSN (Population served: 500, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
Follow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R - In OCT-01-2013, Contaminant: Lead and Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-23-2013), St Public Notif requested (OCT-23-2013)
Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) - Between JAN-2006 and DEC-2006, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (APR-29-2007), St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-29-2007), St Compliance achieved (AUG-13-2007)
Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) - Between JAN-2006 and DEC-2006, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (APR-29-2007), St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-29-2007), St Compliance achieved (AUG-13-2007)
Follow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R - In OCT-01-2004, Contaminant: Lead and Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-04-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-04-2005), St Compliance achieved (AUG-04-2007)
3 regular monitoring violations
TRAIL STAR CAFE AND TRUCK STOP (Population served: 400, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-2009, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (NOV-05-2009), St Violation/Reminder Notice (2 times from NOV-05-2009 to NOV-05-2009), St Public Notif requested (NOV-05-2009), St Other (NOV-20-2009), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (JAN-15-2010), St Compliance achieved (OCT-18-2010)
MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2009, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-15-2009), St Violation/Reminder Notice (2 times from OCT-15-2009 to OCT-15-2009), St Public Notif received (OCT-23-2009), St Other (NOV-20-2009), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (JAN-15-2010), St Compliance achieved (OCT-18-2010)
MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2009, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (2 times from SEP-28-2009 to SEP-28-2009), St Public Notif requested (SEP-28-2009), St Other (NOV-20-2009), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (JAN-15-2010), St Public Notif received (2 times from FEB-01-2010 to FEB-09-2010), St Compliance achieved (OCT-18-2010)
Past monitoring violations:
One routine major monitoring violation
One regular monitoring violation
WAGON WHEEL BAR (Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-2013, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (AUG-02-2013), St Violation/Reminder Notice (2 times from AUG-02-2013 to AUG-02-2013), St Compliance achieved (AUG-05-2013), St Public Notif received (AUG-05-2013)
MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUN-2012, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-02-2012), St Violation/Reminder Notice (2 times from JUL-02-2012 to JUL-02-2012), St Public Notif received (JUL-08-2012), St Compliance achieved (AUG-22-2012)
Past monitoring violations:
Monitoring, Source Water (GWR) - In JUL-01-2013, Contaminant: E. COLI. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-16-2013), St Public Notif requested (AUG-16-2013)
One routine major monitoring violation
I-94 MOBILE HOME PARK (Population served: 90, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
38 regular monitoring violations
VALLEY FUEL AND SUPPLY (Population served: 75, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2009, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (2 times from SEP-10-2009 to SEP-10-2009), St Public Notif requested (SEP-10-2009), St Compliance achieved (OCT-18-2010)
Past monitoring violations:
Failure To Address Deficiency - In DEC-16-2011, Contaminant: GROUNDWATER RULE. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (2 times from FEB-15-2012 to FEB-15-2012), St Public Notif requested (FEB-15-2012), St Compliance achieved (APR-20-2012)
Failure To Address Deficiency - In JUL-22-2011, Contaminant: GROUNDWATER RULE. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-13-2011), St Violation/Reminder Notice (2 times from OCT-13-2011 to OCT-21-2011), St Compliance achieved (APR-20-2012)
3 routine major monitoring violations
One regular monitoring violation
Average household size:
This city:
2.1 people
Montana:
2.4 people
Percentage of family households:
This city:
57.8%
Whole state:
62.8%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:
5.9%
Whole state:
6.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Glendive in 2010:
168 people in state prisons
137 people in college/university student housing
117 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
54 people in correctional residential facilities
18 people in group homes intended for adults
4 people in group homes for juveniles (non-correctional)
People in group quarters in Glendive in 2000:
125 people in nursing homes
95 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
49 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
45 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the intellectually disabled
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Banks with branches in Glendive (2011 data):
U.S. Bank National Association: Glendive Branch at 123 West Bell, branch established on 1923/01/01. Info updated 2012/01/30: Bank assets: $330,470.8 mil, Deposits: $236,091.5 mil, headquarters in Cincinnati, OH, positive income, 3121 total offices, Holding Company: U.S. Bancorp
Stockman Bank of Montana: 204 West Bell Street Branch at 204 West Bell Street, branch established on 1903/12/21. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $2,132.8 mil, Deposits: $1,619.5 mil, headquarters in Miles City, MT, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 27 total offices, Holding Company: Stockman Financial Corporation
Community First Bank of Glendive: Community First Bank Of Glendive at 319 North Merrill Avenue, branch established on 1979/11/05. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $47.6 mil, Deposits: $42.7 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 1 total offices, Holding Company: Richey Bancorporation, Inc.
Religion statistics for Glendive, MT (based on Dawson County data)
Religion
Adherents
Congregations
Evangelical Protestant
2,244
14
Catholic
1,978
2
Mainline Protestant
927
6
Other
413
2
None
3,404
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Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Graphs represent county-level data
2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 36. The highest number of reported fires - 74 took place in 2008, and the least - 10 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (62.1%), and Structure Fires (21.9%).
Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Glendive, MT
#8 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the smallest percentage of likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households) (population 5,000+)"
#14 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest percentage of English-only speaking households, population 5,000+"
#19 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: transportation occupations (population 5,000+)"
#20 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: transportation and warehousing (population 5,000+)"
#28 on the list of "Top 100 cities with shortest commuting times (pop. 5,000+)"
#52 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: information (population 5,000+)"
#63 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded (population 1,000+)"
#96 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: information (population 5,000+)"
#43 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2012 Presidential Election"
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Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 36. The highest number of reported fires - 74 took place in 2008, and the least - 10 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (62.1%), and Structure Fires (21.9%).
