Rader CreekMT
310 people call this town in Montana home.
Is Rader Creek a good place to live?
2.4% of working residents work locally in Rader Creek, below both Montana’s towns (39%) and U.S. towns (8%). No town among the 43 in Montana we compare has a higher age of the median resident than Rader Creek. Rader Creek has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
310 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Rader Creek: who provides what
Rader Creek is unincorporated, so Jefferson 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 Rader Creek.
Most of Rader Creek’s workers commute out: the town has 0.6 jobs for each of them
Among 43 Montana towns, just 3 have a higher typical household income than Rader Creek. Most working residents leave Rader Creek for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Rader Creek has added 74 jobs, to 78 in 2023. 4.8% of Rader Creek residents live below the poverty line.
| Rader Creek | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $101,000 | $67,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Rader Creek has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
On expected storm and flood damage, Rader Creek sits above 73% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 54% come from inland flooding and 18% from cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
12% of Rader Creek is conserved land
8.3 miles of trail. For Rader Creek, the trail density is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Rader Creek | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 12% | 9.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.6 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Compared with most of Montana and the rest of the country, fewer of Rader Creek’s adults feel lonely
14% of adults have diabetes in Rader Creek. Only 4 of the 42 Montana towns we compare have a lower share of adults who report frequent mental distress than Rader Creek. In Rader Creek, just over two in five adults have high blood pressure, and 17% report frequent physical distress. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Rader Creek is ahead of Montana on 5 and behind on 11.
| Rader Creek | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 31% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 32% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 20% | 16% |
| What stands out | Rader Creek | MT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 15.3% | 20.3% |
| Fewer lonely adults | 25.5% | 30.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.5% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Berkeley Pit and 4 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rader Creek. Close and well known come first.
15 mi LakeBerkeley Pit
16 mi MuseumDumas Brothel
13 mi Theme parkColumbia Gardens
15 mi MuseumMai Wah Museum17 mi MuseumWorld Museum of MiningPhoto credits
Berkeley Pit: Cybergrl23, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dumas Brothel: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Columbia Gardens: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Mai Wah Museum: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Rader Creek
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Rader Creek
About 3 of every 100 Rader Creek residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Montana.
98% of working residents leave Rader Creek for work
Where Rader Creek’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Rader Creek
Census-designated place in Montana, United States
Rader Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Rader Creek had a population of 341.
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- Area
- 20 sq mi
- Elevation
- 5,525 ft
Questions about Rader Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rader Creek, MT a good place to live?
Rader Creek has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.