West Yellowstone, Montana

West Yellowstone population, 2020 to 2024

West Yellowstone lost 75 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.9%. In the latest year it moved by -21.

West Yellowstone covers 0.91 square miles of land, for 1,321 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so West Yellowstone is less dense than the typical town.

What county West Yellowstone is in

All of West Yellowstone's residents live in Gallatin County, which had 126,984 residents in 2024. West Yellowstone holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Yellowstone

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West Yellowstone by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 59758. 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 West Yellowstone is

The Census internal point of West Yellowstone is at 44.662200, -111.107000. Helena, the capital, is 140.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Anthony, ID (4,093 people), 55.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 146.6 miles away.

Daylight in West Yellowstone

At 44.66° N, West Yellowstone gets about 15 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West Yellowstone

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Ennis, 56.2 miles away, with 1,081 people.