Kicking HorseMT
59 people live in this town in Montana.
Is Kicking Horse a good place to live?
100% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Kicking Horse, above both Montana’s towns (30%) and U.S. towns (29%). Among 43 Montana towns, just one has a higher January low than Kicking Horse. 14% of the land in Kicking Horse is conserved, against 9.2% in Montana’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Ninepipe Wildlife Management Area, at 306 acres. Kicking Horse has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
59 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Kicking Horse: who provides what
Kicking Horse is unincorporated, so Lake 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 Kicking Horse.
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Kicking Horse’s year
The town’s midsummer high is 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
13.5% of the land in Kicking Horse is protected from building
Across 1 park or preserve: 1.3 miles of trail. For Kicking Horse, the concentration of trails is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ninepipe Wildlife Management Area | — | 306 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
How healthy Kicking Horse is
18% of Kicking Horse adults smoke cigarettes. CDC measures, 32 in all: Kicking Horse beats Montana on 1 and trails on 17. Among 42 Montana towns, just 4 have a higher share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Kicking Horse.
| Kicking Horse | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 19% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 32% | 35% |
| What stands out | Kicking Horse | MT |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 76.6% | 73.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.3% | 12.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Kicking Horse faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by avalanches
FEMA puts just over a third of Kicking Horse’s expected hazard losses down to avalanches, and 28% to earthquakes. The FEMA hazard score here is 51 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Kicking Horse
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Kicking Horse
About 0 of every 100 Kicking Horse residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Montana.
About Kicking Horse
Census-designated place in Montana, United States
Kicking Horse is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Kicking Horse had a population of 76. It was 286 at the 2010 census, up from 80 in 2000.
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- Area
- 3.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3,064 ft
Questions about Kicking Horse
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kicking Horse, MT a good place to live?
Kicking Horse has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real. 59 people live in this town in Montana.