Community Statistics

Bozeman is an incorporated place (Class Code C1) located in Gallatin County at latitude 45.68 and longitude -111.039.

ELEVATION:

The elevation is 4,816 feet. Bozeman appears on the Bozeman U.S. Geological Survey Map. Gallatin County is in the Mountain time zone (GMT -7).

• The Ridge, Bridger Bowl: 8,100 feet
• Sacajawea Peak: 9,670 feet
• Gallatin Peak: 11,015 feet

CLIMATE:

Bozeman, MT, gets 18 inches of rain per year. The US average is 37. Snowfall is 85 inches. The average US city gets 25 inches of snow per year. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 111. On average, there are 188 sunny days per year in Bozeman, MT. The July high is around 81 degrees. The January low is 12. Our comfort index, which is based on humidity during the hot months, is a 74 out of 100, where higher is more comfortable. The US average on the comfort index is 44.

Average Annual Precipitation: 19.29"

Average Annual Snowfall: (Bridger Bowl) 350”

Average Temperatures (Fahrenheit)

• January. . . . . . . . . . . . 31 degrees
• April. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 degrees
• July. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 degrees
• September. . . . . . . . . .70 degrees

Air quality in Bozeman, MT is 35 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). This is based on ozone alert days and number of pollutants in the air, as reported by the EPA.

Water quality in Bozeman, MT is 52 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). The EPA has a complex method of measuring watershed quality using 15 indicators.

Superfund index is 81 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). This is upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts.

POPULATION:

Bozeman had a population of 27,509 with 11,577 housing units; a land area land area of 12.6 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 2,183.78 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. As of July 1, 2009 the population has risen to 39,282, an increase of 42.8%

As of April 2010, the unemployment rate in Bozeman is 6.2 percent(MT is 7.1%)

CRIME:

• Violent Crime: on a scale from 1 (low crime) to 10, is 1. Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. The US average is 3.
• Property Crime, on a scale from 1 (low) to 10, is 1. Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims. The US average is 3.

ELECTED OFFICIALS:

http://mt.gov/govt/elected_officials.asp

• Denny Rehberg - U.S. Representative
• Max Baucus - U.S. Senate
• Jon Tester - U.S. Senate
• John Vincent - County Commissioner
• Linda McCulloch - Secretary Of State
• Steve Bullock - Attorney General
• Brian Schweitzer - Governor

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