Big Timber, Montana

Big Timber population, 2020 to 2024

Big Timber added 43 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

Big Timber covers 0.98 square miles of land, for 1,715 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Big Timber is less dense than the typical town.

What county Big Timber is in

All of Big Timber's residents live in Sweet Grass County, which had 3,757 residents in 2024. Big Timber holds 44.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Big Timber

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Big Timber by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59011. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Big Timber is

The Census internal point of Big Timber is at 45.834800, -109.948300. Helena, the capital, is 111.7 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Livingston, MT (9,021 people), 31.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 67.3 miles away.

Daylight in Big Timber

At 45.83° N, Big Timber gets about 15 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Big Timber

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Livingston, 31.5 miles away, with 9,021 people.