ZIP code profile · 2024 county data
ZIP Code 59034
Big Horn County, Montana: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.
Data updated 2026-08-24
- 556
- Property rate /100K (county)
- 5,199
- Population (ZIP)
- 335
- Violent rate /100K (county)
Is ZIP code 59034 safe? Honest data snapshot
ZIP code 59034 sits within Big Horn County, MT. The figures below are the county's own FBI UCR numbers for 2024, the most accurate available statistic for this location, not a ZIP-specific calculation.
Big Horn County reported a violent-crime rate of 335 per 100,000 residents and a property-crime rate of 556 per 100,000 in 2024, drawing on county-level agency submissions.
ZIP 59034 is the largest ZIP in Big Horn County by population, 5,199 residents (#1 of 11 county ZIPs), across 791.34 square miles (7/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Big Horn County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Big Horn County crime page linked below.
ZIP 59034 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Big Horn County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.
ZIP 59034 Census context
These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.
- Median household income
- $55,893
- Median age
- 34.3 years
- Owner-occupied homes
- 61%
- Occupied homes
- 1,714
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).
How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 59034?
Within the participating-agency records for Big Horn County, reported violent and property crime rates both sit below their U.S. benchmarks: violent crime is 5% below and property crime is 68% below. The two submitted measures point in the same direction, but they do not establish complete county coverage or turn the result into a ZIP-level rating for 59034. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.
Within the county, 59034 is one of the most populous ZIPs (#1 of 11). Its 5,199 residents therefore represent a comparatively large share of the local population, but the county total still combines reports from places outside this ZIP.
Big Horn County UCR book ZIP 59034 inherits
ZIP 59034 itself is about 7 people per Census sq mi across 791.3 sq mi (5,199 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.
ZIP 59034's 5,199 residents are about 39.6% of the 2024 county reporting population (13,124), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.
Big Horn County keeps 6 active offense types diversified (mix index 2,487); larceny-theft still leads at 32%. ZIP 59034 inherits the county book.
Big Horn County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts -25% vs 2023; property counts -8% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.
Big Horn County offense mix (2024)
Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.
Nationwide peers for ZIP 59034
Similar county violent rate (~335/100K)
- ZIP 31523, GA · 332.5/100K · Glynn County
- ZIP 70711, LA · 340.2/100K · Livingston County
- ZIP 70041, LA · 340.2/100K · Plaquemines County
- ZIP 71232, LA · 329.4/100K · Madison County
Similar Census population (~5,199)
- ZIP 60021, IL · 5,199 pop · Δ0
- ZIP 78652, TX · 5,199 pop · Δ0
- ZIP 50324, IA · 5,200 pop · Δ1
- ZIP 37738, TN · 5,197 pop · Δ2
County detail: Big Horn County · State atlas: Montana
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).
Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.
Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.