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55 people live in this town, settled in 1891.
38% of residents live below the poverty line in St. Xavier, above both Montana’s towns (10%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Of the 43 Montana towns we compare, none has a higher owner-occupancy rate than St. Xavier. St. Xavier Mission Church and Rectory is on the National Register of Historic Places. St. Xavier has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
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47% of St. Xavier’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 16%. Compared with three quarters of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is higher. Federal disaster aid has reached households in St. Xavier once, in 2011.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pretty Eagle Cthlc SCHL PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 120 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
Its typical July afternoon high comes in at 90°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Among 42 Montana towns, just 3 have a higher share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than St. Xavier. In St. Xavier, 37% of adults sleep under 7 hours. This Montana town does better than the Montana average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 19. Two figures for adults in the town: 22% report frequent mental distress, 18% report frequent physical distress.
| St. Xavier | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | St. Xavier | MT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.9% | 9.3% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 15% | 6.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
St. Xavier is unincorporated, so Big Horn 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.
None within 15 miles of St. Xavier; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 St. Xavier residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Montana.
Census-designated place in Big Horn County, Montana, United States
St. Xavier or Saint Xavior is a census-designated place (CDP) in Big Horn County, Montana, United States. It is located on the Crow Indian Reservation along the Bighorn River. The population was 78 at the 2020 census. It was 83 in 2010. In 1887 Jesuit priests Urban Grassi and Peter Paul Prando built their permanent mission church for the Crow people. It was named for Saint Francis Xavier, cofounder of the Jesuits. The church is still in use. A mission school was also formed at the time, now called Pretty Eagle School and still associated with the Catholic church. The town's economy is helped by fields irrigated by the Bighorn River. The nearby Bighorn Lake brings people for boating, fishing…
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St. Xavier has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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