Sleeping BuffaloMT
The town has 9 residents and lies in Montana.
Is Sleeping Buffalo a good place to live?
44% of residents live below the poverty line in Sleeping Buffalo, against 10% in Montana’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Of the 43 Montana towns we compare, none has a higher median age than Sleeping Buffalo. Sleeping Buffalo has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
9 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Sleeping Buffalo: who provides what
Sleeping Buffalo is unincorporated, so Phillips 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 Sleeping Buffalo.
Sleeping Buffalo has four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 86° and January nights drop to 4°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: low risk in Sleeping Buffalo, mostly cold waves
FEMA puts 48% of Sleeping Buffalo’s expected hazard losses down to cold waves, and 44% to inland flooding. The town’s FEMA hazard score is 37 of 100. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 63% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Sleeping Buffalo is
Only 3 of the 42 Montana towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have obesity than Sleeping Buffalo. Of 32 CDC measures, Sleeping Buffalo beats the Montana average on 2 and trails it on 8. 28% of adults feel lonely here.
| Sleeping Buffalo | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 31% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 32% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 32% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Sleeping Buffalo | MT |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 78.4% | 73.4% |
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 85.2% | 82.5% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.7% | 6.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Sleeping Buffalo
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Sleeping Buffalo; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Sleeping Buffalo residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Montana.
About Sleeping Buffalo
Census-designated place in Montana, United States
Sleeping Buffalo is a census-designated place (CDP) in Phillips County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Sleeping Buffalo had a population of 12. It is in the eastern part of the county on Secondary Highway 243, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the Sleeping Buffalo Rock historic site on U.S. Route 2. Via US-2, it is a further 10 miles (16 km) east to Saco and 18 miles (29 km) southwest to Malta, the Phillips county seat. The Sleeping Buffalo CDP is on high ground between Nelson Reservoir to the north and the valley of Beaver Creek to the south. The location was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 0.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,234 ft
Questions about Sleeping Buffalo
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sleeping Buffalo, MT a good place to live?
Sleeping Buffalo has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.