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Moving to Fort Shaw, Montana

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Population: 274
Males: 138 (50.4%), Females: 136 (49.6%)

Cascade County

Zip code: 59443

Demographics

Median resident age: 38.0 years
Median household income: $36,250
Median house value: $80,000

Population by Race

Races in Fort Shaw:

  • White Non-Hispanic (96.4%)
  • American Indian (2.2%)
  • Hispanic (1.5%)
  • Two or more races (1.5%)

Ancestries: German (20.1%), Norwegian (16.1%), Dutch (14.6%), Irish (8.4%), Swedish (8.4%), English (8.0%).

Elevation: 3518 feet

Land area: 5.6 square miles

Population by Education

For population 25 years and over in Fort Shaw

  • High school or higher: 90.3%
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher: 16.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.9%
  • Unemployed: 3.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 37.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Fort Shaw CDP

  • Never married: 15.1%
  • Now married: 68.3%
  • Separated: 2.0%
  • Widowed: 6.3%
  • Divorced: 8.3%

0.7% Foreign born

Hospitals

Hospitals/medical centers near Fort Shaw:

Airports

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Fort Shaw:

  • GREAT FALLS INTL (about 31 miles; GREAT FALLS, MT; Abbreviation: GTF)
  • HELENA REGIONAL (about 64 miles; HELENA, MT; Abbreviation: HLN)
  • BERT MOONEY (about 117 miles; BUTTE, MT; Abbreviation: BTM)

Other public-use airports nearest to Fort Shaw:

  • FAIRFIELD (about 14 miles; FAIRFIELD, MT; Abbreviation: 5U5)
  • DUTTON (about 25 miles; DUTTON, MT; Abbreviation: 5U1)
  • CHOTEAU (about 33 miles; CHOTEAU, MT; Abbreviation: CII)

Colleges and Universities

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Fort Shaw:

  • MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BOZEMAN (about 144 miles; BOZEMAN, MT; Full-time enrollment: 10,380)
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA-MISSOULA (about 158 miles; MISSOULA, MT; Full-time enrollment: 11,112)
  • RICKS COLLEGE (about 257 miles; REXBURG, ID; Full-time enrollment: 8,670)
  • MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BILLINGS (about 260 miles; BILLINGS, MT; Full-time enrollment: 3,105)
  • IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 337 miles; POCATELLO, ID; Full-time enrollment: 10,057)
  • UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (about 341 miles; MOSCOW, ID; Full-time enrollment: 9,823)
  • NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE (about 344 miles; COEUR D’ALENE, ID; Full-time enrollment: 2,988)

Public primary/middle schools in Fort Shaw:

  • FORT SHAW ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 127; Location: SCHOOL LOOP ROAD; Grades: PK – 05)
  • CASCADE COLONY SCHOOL (Students: 22; Location: 1 SCHOOL LOOP RD; Grades: KG – 08)

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