Hamilton, Montana

Hamilton population, 2020 to 2024

Hamilton added 658 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +13.9%. In the latest year it moved by +104. Among 19 Montana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 4th; the median place changed by +5.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Montana has 9,256 people, so Hamilton is 58% of it.

Hamilton covers 2.54 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 2,119 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Hamilton is close to the typical town.

What county Hamilton is in

All of Hamilton's residents live in Ravalli County, which had 48,187 residents in 2024. Hamilton holds 11.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hamilton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hamilton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59840. 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 Hamilton is

The Census internal point of Hamilton is at 46.251600, -114.160000. Helena, the capital, is 104.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Missoula, MT (78,204 people), 43.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 174.7 miles away.

Daylight in Hamilton

At 46.25° N, Hamilton gets about 15 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hamilton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Stevensville, 18.0 miles away, with 2,236 people.