Box ElderMT
A town of 106, settled in 1889.
Is Box Elder a good place to live?
Box Elder’s average trip to work is 10 minutes, against 17 minutes in Montana’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Among 43 Montana towns, just 4 have a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Box Elder. Box Elder has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
106 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Box Elder: who provides what
Box Elder is unincorporated, so Hill County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Box Elder.
The schools Box Elder’s kids attend
Its public schools are run by the Box Elder Elementary District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box Elder SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 232 | D |
| Box Elder High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 86 | D |
NCES · EDFacts
Box Elder has four seasons and pleasant summers
Box Elder has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 7° and about 35 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Montana and the rest of the country, more of Box Elder’s adults say their health is fair or poor
36% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Box Elder, above both the Montana town median (19%) and the median of U.S. towns (19%). 23% of Box Elder adults report frequent mental distress. Only 1 of the 42 Montana towns we compare have a higher share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Box Elder.
| Box Elder | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 19% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 14% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 32% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 10% | 12% |
| What stands out | Box Elder | MT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.5% | 9.3% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 34.3% | 11.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in Box Elder, with cold waves at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 51% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Box Elder
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Box Elder
About 4 of every 100 Box Elder residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Montana.
About Box Elder
Census-designated place in Montana, United States
Box Elder is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hill County in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, Box Elder had a population of 85. Before 2010 the Box Elder CDP was split into the current much-smaller Box Elder CDP, while most of the former CDP area went into the new Rocky Boy West CDP. Box Elder is the headquarters of the Chippewa-Cree tribe. The post office was established in 1889. The town was first called "Bremer", the name of an early homesteader. Eventually it was changed to "Box Elder", for the nearby creek lined with box elder trees.
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- Area
- 5.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,677 ft
- ZIP code
- 59521
Questions about Box Elder
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Box Elder, MT a good place to live?
Box Elder has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.