St. MarieMT
Home to 306 people, this town lies in Montana.
Is St. Marie a good place to live?
0.6% of working residents work locally in St. Marie, where Montana’s towns sit at 39% and U.S. towns at 8%. Only one of the 43 Montana towns we compare has a lower January low than St. Marie. 13% of the land in St. Marie is conserved, above both Montana’s towns (9.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). BLM, at 1,831 acres with 2.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. St. Marie has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
306 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to St. Marie: who provides what
St. Marie is unincorporated, so Valley 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 St. Marie.
Most of St. Marie’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Only 2 of the 43 Montana towns we compare have a higher share of residents below the poverty line than St. Marie. For most workers, St. Marie is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. This Montana town had 37 jobs in 2023, down 47 from 2013. The top destinations are Glasgow (40%), Billings (6%) and Miles City (3%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect snowy winters and pleasant summers in St. Marie
The range runs from 3° on a January night to 83° on a July afternoon, with about 41 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Open space protected for good: 13.4% of St. Marie
St. Marie’s trail network density is 0.2 miles per square mile. Across 2 parks and preserves: 4.9 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. BLM | 2.1 mi | 1,831 |
| 2. State Trust | — | 889 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
How healthy St. Marie is
For adults 18 to 64 in St. Marie, the share who have no health insurance is 11%. The town does better than the Montana average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 10. In St. Marie, 74% of adults had a checkup this year, and 18% binge drink.
| St. Marie | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 72% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 20% | 16% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | St. Marie | MT |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 77.1% | 73.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.2% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest natural risk in St. Marie is cold waves, at a moderate overall level
Of the losses FEMA expects in St. Marie, 45% come from cold waves and 34% from inland flooding. Compared with 57% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is lower. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2011.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about St. Marie
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of St. Marie; the nearest are
About 11 of every 100 St. Marie residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Montana.
99% of working residents leave St. Marie for work
Where St. Marie’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About St. Marie
CDP in Montana, United States
St. Marie or Saint Marie is a census-designated place (CDP) in Valley County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, St. Marie had a population of 489. It is located at the site of the former Glasgow Air Force Base. When the Air Force base was decommissioned, the on-base housing was purchased and offered for sale to private individuals. While many of the bids for the houses were from salvage companies, the community ultimately escaped demolition. Homes which had housed thousands of military personnel when the base was in operation were briefly promoted as condominiums for retirees. Despite local efforts, most of the re-purposed housing units sit empty and abandoned. A few hundred re…
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- Area
- 23 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,753 ft
- ZIP code
- 59231
- Area code
- 406
Questions about St. Marie
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Is St. Marie, MT a good place to live?
St. Marie has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.