Silver GateMT
A town of 114, settled in 1937.
Is Silver Gate a good place to live?
Silver Gate’s midsummer high is 71°F, below both the Montana town median (85°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F). Among 43 Montana towns, just one has a higher midpoint age than Silver Gate. 85% of the land in Silver Gate is conserved, where Montana’s towns sit at 9.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Silver Gate has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
114 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Yellowstone National Park and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Silver Gate. Close and well known come first.
Big drawin town National ParkYellowstone National Park4.8M visitors a year
26 mi Scenic driveBeartooth Highway
13 mi MountainGranite Peak
33 mi Canyon & gorgeGrand Canyon of the Yellowstone
33 mi WaterfallYellowstone Falls
35 mi LandmarkRoosevelt ArchPhoto credits
Yellowstone National Park: James St. John from Newark, Ohio, CC BY 2.0 · Beartooth Highway: Phil Armitage, Public domain · Granite Peak: jfisher2167, CC BY 2.0 · Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone: Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yellowstone Falls: Unknown, Public domain · Roosevelt Arch: Yellowstone National Park, Public domain
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Moving to Silver Gate: who provides what
Silver Gate is unincorporated, so Park 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 Silver Gate.
nearly a third of the land in Silver Gate is protected from building
1.3 miles of trail. In Silver Gate, the concentration of trails is 0.3 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
More middle-aged adults than Montana overall
A bachelor’s degree or higher: a third of adults 25 and older, vs 35% across Montana. Adults 35 to 64 are just over three in five residents (37% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 4% of residents (22% statewide).
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 133 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±5 points). Across Montana, 49.3% of residents are women.
| Silver Gate | MT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 4.4% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 0% | 10% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 0% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 3.5% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.3% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 0.9% | 11.1% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 47.4% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.5% | 12.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 14% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.7% | 5.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 47.7% | 27.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 3.7% | 22.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.9% | 9.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 28.4% | 23.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.6% | 12% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 100, single groups can be off by several points
In Silver Gate, the FEMA risk score runs higher than in the typical Montana or U.S. town
FEMA puts 82% of Silver Gate’s expected hazard losses down to avalanches, and 10% to inland flooding. Federal aid has come to Silver Gate households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2022. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 90% of U.S. communities.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical home in Silver Gate: about $668K
95% of Silver Gate households are owner-occupiers. Typical home values fell 6.2% in the year to September 2026.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Silver Gate
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Silver Gate; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Silver Gate residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Montana.
About Silver Gate
Census-designated place in Montana, United States
Silver Gate is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Park County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Silver Gate had a population of 19. Prior to 2010, it was part of the Cooke City-Silver Gate CDP. The community sits northeast of Yellowstone National Park on the Beartooth Highway (U.S. Route 212). It is the closest community to the park's Northeast Entrance Station.
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- Area
- 4.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 7,392 ft
- ZIP code
- 59081
Questions about Silver Gate
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Silver Gate, MT a good place to live?
Silver Gate has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.