Montana · Census place 3058150

Plains, Montana

Plains is a town in Sanders County, Montana with an estimated 1,244 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 50th largest of 55 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,244
#50 of 55 in Montana
Change since 2020
+11.6%
+129 people
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
2,006 / sq mi
State median 2,232
Orange pin: Plains. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Helena.

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Plains population, 2020 to 2024

Plains added 129 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.6%. In the latest year it moved by +17.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,110. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Plains covers 0.62 square miles of land, for 2,006 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Plains is less dense than the typical town.

What county Plains is in

All of Plains's residents live in Sanders County, which had 13,895 residents in 2024. Plains holds 9.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Plains

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Plains by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 59859. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Plains is

The Census internal point of Plains is at 47.460200, -114.884200. Helena, the capital, is 147.9 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Thompson Falls, MT (1,526 people), 23.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 110.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
47.460200, -114.884200
DMS
47°27'36.72"N 114°53'3.12"W
UTM
11N 659465.5E 5258476.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
85V7F468+38

Daylight in Plains

At 47.46° N, Plains gets about 15 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Plains

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Thompson Falls, 23.4 miles away, with 1,526 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Plains, MT?

1,244 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 129 (11.6%) from 1,115 in July 2020.

What county is Plains in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Plains?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 59859.

How far is Plains from Helena?

147.9 miles (238.1 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Plains.

What is the nearest larger city to Plains?

Thompson Falls, MT, with 1,526 residents, 23.4 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.