Rocky Boy WestMT
A town of 1,007.
Is Rocky Boy West a good place to live?
The best of Rocky Boy West’s subject grades is an A+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D− for incomes. 36% of residents live below the poverty line in Rocky Boy West, above both the Montana town median (10%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). On cost of living, just 3 of Montana’s 95 towns do better. Rocky Boy West's public schools trail 93% of Montana towns on state tests and graduation. Only 6 of Montana’s 95 towns score lower on the outdoors. Rocky Boy West has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,007 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Rocky Boy West grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Montana), ordered by how far Rocky Boy West is from typical.
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Moving to Rocky Boy West: who provides what
Rocky Boy West is unincorporated, so Chouteau 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 Rocky Boy West.
A larger share of adults say their health is fair or poor in Rocky Boy West than in most of Montana or the rest of the country
30% of Rocky Boy West adults say their health is fair or poor, above both Montana’s towns (19%) and U.S. towns (19%). 26% of adults report frequent mental distress in Rocky Boy West. Only 1 of the 42 Montana towns we compare have a higher share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Rocky Boy West.
| Rocky Boy West | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 19% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 18% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Rocky Boy West | MT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.9% | 9.3% |
| Fewer adults with high cholesterol | 28.2% | 32.8% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 35.6% | 11.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Rocky Boy West faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 74% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Rocky Boy West, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Rocky Boy West 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
With 0.8 jobs for every working resident, most of Rocky Boy West’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Rocky Boy West for work: only 12% work in town. Rocky Boy West’s average trip to work is 14 minutes. Since 2013, Rocky Boy West has added 60 jobs, to 184 in 2023.
| Rocky Boy West | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 14 minutes | 17 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 39% | 8% |
| Median household income | $63,000 | $67,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Rocky Boy West has set aside 0.8% of its land for conservation
3.0 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Among 43 Montana towns, just 3 have a lower share of conserved land than Rocky Boy West.
| Rocky Boy West | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.8% | 9.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.6 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Rocky Boy West
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Rocky Boy West
About 7 of every 100 Rocky Boy West residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Montana.
About Rocky Boy West
Census-designated place in Montana, United States
Rocky Boy West is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hill and Chouteau counties in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, Rocky Boy West had a population of 1,042.
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- Area
- 5.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,753 ft
Questions about Rocky Boy West
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rocky Boy West, MT expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.