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59642 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 59642 covers Ringling, Montana.

Time zone
Mountain UTC-07:00observes daylight saving time

Where 59642 is

Ringling, Montana — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Vacant homes44.1%
Median year built1938

What the homes are

Detached house100%
Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall riskHigher than 80.5% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Moderate
Expected annual loss73.8 out of 100
Community resilience13.2 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Landslide99.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather98.8Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave97.1Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning96.5Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire96.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding87.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought85.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail82.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake71.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind58.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado33.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm16.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalanche11.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave4.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Compared with Montana and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

This ZIPMontanaUnited States
Median household income$69,922$78,538
Income per person$39,842$43,289
Poverty rate12%12.4%
Median home value$338,100$303,400
Median gross rent$1,031$1,348
Homeownership69.4%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher34.5%35%
Unemployment rate3.8%5.2%
Works from home11.6%13.5%
Born outside the US2.3%13.9%
Median age40.238.7
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Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather stationLENNEP 5 SW, MT US18.8 km away
Rain in a year19 in
Snow in a year96 in

Average high and low by month

January30.9°F / 12.8°F0.99 in rain, 17 in snow
February32°F / 11.8°F0.86 in rain, 13.3 in snow
March40.2°F / 17.7°F1.07 in rain, 15.5 in snow
April47.8°F / 23.9°F1.86 in rain, 12.5 in snow
May57.5°F / 32.2°F3.06 in rain, 2.5 in snow
June66.4°F / 38.6°F2.92 in rain, 0.3 in snow
July76.9°F / 43.2°F1.49 in rain
August76.6°F / 41.3°F1.32 in rain
September66.1°F / 34.5°F1.33 in rain, 0.9 in snow
October51.5°F / 26.6°F1.58 in rain, 7.9 in snow
November38.1°F / 19°F1.05 in rain, 12.5 in snow
December30.1°F / 12.6°F0.98 in rain, 13.2 in snow
Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarket100% of this ZIP code's area
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

White Sulphur Springs K-12100% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability21more vulnerable than 21% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status25more vulnerable than 25% of US census tracts
Household characteristics14more vulnerable than 14% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status11more vulnerable than 11% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport46more vulnerable than 46% of US census tracts
Walkability5.3 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

59053 Martinsdale, MT35.5 km away
59086 Wilsall, MT39.1 km away
59645 White Sulphur Springs, MT44.3 km away
59018 Clyde Park, MT50.7 km away
59644 Townsend, MT53.1 km away
59085 Two Dot, MT59 km away
Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Meagher County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneMountain (UTC-07:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area278.14 sq mi
Water area0.32 sq mi
Latitude, longitude46.2716, -110.8072

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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