Laurel, Montana

Laurel population, 2020 to 2024

Laurel added 29 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +51. Among 19 Montana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 16th; the median place changed by +5.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Montana has 9,256 people, so Laurel is 78% of it.

Laurel covers 2.61 square miles of land, for 2,778 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Laurel is denser than the typical town.

What county Laurel is in

All of Laurel's residents live in Yellowstone County, which had 171,583 residents in 2024. Laurel holds 4.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Laurel

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Laurel by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59044. 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 Laurel is

The Census internal point of Laurel is at 45.674000, -108.776800. Helena, the capital, is 167.4 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Billings, MT (121,483 people), 13.4 miles away.

Daylight in Laurel

At 45.67° N, Laurel 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 Laurel

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Billings, 13.4 miles away, with 121,483 people.