Polson, Montana

Polson population, 2020 to 2024

Polson added 471 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.1%. In the latest year it moved by +37. Among 19 Montana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by +5.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Montana has 9,256 people, so Polson is 61% of it.

Polson covers 4.49 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 1,254 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Polson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Polson is in

All of Polson's residents live in Lake County, which had 33,403 residents in 2024. Polson holds 16.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Polson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Polson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59860. 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 Polson is

The Census internal point of Polson is at 47.688200, -114.140800. Helena, the capital, is 125.5 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kalispell, MT (31,296 people), 37.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 143.8 miles away.

Daylight in Polson

At 47.69° N, Polson gets about 16 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Polson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Ronan, 11.2 miles away, with 2,182 people.