Montana · Census place 3008950

Bozeman, Montana

Bozeman is a city in Gallatin County, Montana with an estimated 57,894 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 4th largest of 55 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
57,894
#4 of 55 in Montana
Change since 2020
+7.5%
+4,029 people
Land area
21.4 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
2,704 / sq mi
State median 2,232
Orange pin: Bozeman. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Helena.

Bozeman population, 2020 to 2024

Bozeman added 4,029 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.5%. In the latest year it moved by +788. Among 19 Montana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 7th; the median place changed by +5.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Montana has 9,256 people, so Bozeman is 6.3 times that size.

53.9k202055.4k202156.3k202257.1k202357.9k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 53,563. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bozeman covers 21.41 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 2,704 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Bozeman is denser than the typical town.

What county Bozeman is in

All of Bozeman's residents live in Gallatin County, which had 126,984 residents in 2024. Bozeman holds 45.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bozeman

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Bozeman by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59715, 59718. 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 Bozeman is

The Census internal point of Bozeman is at 45.683200, -111.053800. Helena, the capital, is 77.6 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Billings, MT (121,483 people), 120.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.683200, -111.053800
DMS
45°40'59.52"N 111°03'13.68"W
UTM
12N 495810.4E 5058851.2N
Geohash
c815bum5f
Plus code
85QCMWMW+7F

Daylight in Bozeman

At 45.68° N, Bozeman gets about 15 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bozeman

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Belgrade, 8.9 miles away, with 12,741 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bozeman, MT?

57,894 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,029 (7.5%) from 53,865 in July 2020.

What county is Bozeman in?

Gallatin County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Bozeman?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 59715, 59718.

How far is Bozeman from Helena?

77.6 miles (124.8 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Bozeman.

What is the nearest larger city to Bozeman?

Billings, MT, with 121,483 residents, 120.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.