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West Glendive, Montana.

A community in Dawson County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Dawson County’s.

Living in West Glendive, Dawson County, Montana

West Glendive, in Dawson County, had 1,998 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Dawson County was 2.7% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then transport and warehouses.

People 1,998 in the 2020 census; median age 30.9
Household income Too few homes in West Glendive for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 2.7% Dawson County, August 2026; 2.5% a year before
Homes Too few homes in West Glendive for the Census survey to measure.
  • 873households
  • 19%of adults have a degree
  • 3%below the poverty line
  • 6%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care34%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities16%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment7%
  • Building trades6%
  • Government6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Dawson County had 3,338 jobs in 2025, 1.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 29° and 9°; warmest in July, 88° and 60° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 29° 9° F M A M J J 88° 60° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 29° and 9°; warmest in July, 88° and 60° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 29° 9° F M A M J J 88° 60° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 29° and lows near 9°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 60°. About 23 inches of snow and 15 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Glendive weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in West Glendive

  1. UPSCouriers and express delivery services40
  2. SRS CrisafulliPumps, industrial and commercial-type, general purpose, manufacturing24
  3. Terra Tech Services GlendivePipe, metal, merchant wholesalers23

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 87 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Cold wavesVery high
  2. LightningVery high
  3. Winter weatherVery high
  4. Strong windRelatively high
  5. Heat wavesRelatively high
  6. HailRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in West Glendive’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Dawson County.