Mountain View ColonyMT
55 people live in this town in Montana.
Is Mountain View Colony a good place to live?
51% of residents live below the poverty line in Mountain View Colony, where Montana’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Mountain View Colony has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
55 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Mountain View Colony: who provides what
Mountain View Colony is unincorporated, so Yellowstone 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 Mountain View Colony.
About two in three of Mountain View Colony’s working residents commute to Billings
The typical journey to work in Mountain View Colony is 16 minutes. The top destinations are Billings (64%), Missoula (3%) and Worden (3%). For half of commuters, work is under 22 miles away.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Mountain View Colony
In July, afternoons reach 86°; in January, nights fall to 14°, and about 35 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Mountain View Colony faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by cold waves
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in two thirds of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Mountain View Colony, 32% come from cold waves and 31% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Mountain View Colony is
Only 3 of the 42 Montana towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have high blood pressure than Mountain View Colony. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Mountain View Colony is ahead of Montana on 13 and behind on 3. Mountain View Colony: 24% of adults binge drink.
| Mountain View Colony | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 20% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 32% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 6.6% | 10% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Mountain View Colony | MT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 3.9% | 6.6% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.1% | 3.5% |
| More binge drinkers | 24.3% | 20.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Mountain View Colony
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Mountain View Colony; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Mountain View Colony residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Montana.
100% of working residents leave Mountain View Colony for work
Where Mountain View Colony’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Mountain View Colony
Census-designated place in Montana, United States
Mountain View Colony is a Hutterite community and census-designated place (CDP) in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mountain View Colony had a population of 125. It is in the western part of the county, 10 miles (16 km) to the southeast of Broadview and 26 miles (42 km) northwest of Billings. The community was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3,875 ft
Questions about Mountain View Colony
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Is Mountain View Colony, MT a good place to live?
Mountain View Colony has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real. 55 people live in this town in Montana.