Rocky Boy WestMT
1,007 people call this town in Montana home.
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.
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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Rocky Boy West stands out in Montana and nationally: a larger share of its adults report frequent mental distress
30% of Rocky Boy West adults get no exercise outside work. Only one of the 42 Montana towns we compare has a higher share of adults who feel lonely than Rocky Boy West. This Montana town beats the Montana average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 25.
| 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
The biggest natural risk in Rocky Boy West is inland flooding, at a low overall level
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in nearly three quarters of U.S. communities. 43% of Rocky Boy West’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 39%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Rocky Boy West, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 85°; in January, nights fall to 7°, and about 35 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most of Rocky Boy West’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.8 jobs for each of them
Just just over a tenth of Rocky Boy West’s working residents have a job in town. Since 2013, Rocky Boy West has added 60 jobs, to 184 in 2023. The town’s average trip to work is 14 minutes. For half of commuters, work is under 20 miles away.
| 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. Among 43 Montana towns, just 3 have a lower share of conserved land than Rocky Boy West. The trail density for Rocky Boy West comes to 0.6 miles per square mile.
| 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
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.
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
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