7,434 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.7% since 2020)
4,926 square miles of land · 2 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
8 active community water systems list Valley County in the area they serve, reporting 5,447 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| GLASGOW CITY OF surface water · local government · MT0000415 | 3,253 served |
| FORT PECK RURAL COUNTY WATER DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · MT0004177 | 663 served |
| NORTH VALLEY COUNTY WATER AND SEWER DIST buys surface water · local government · MT0003595 | 450 served |
| NASHUA TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · MT0000297 | 300 served |
| HINSDALE WATER DEPARTMENT groundwater · local government · MT0000250 | 250 served |
| FORT PECK TOWN OF surface water · local government · MT0000218 | 240 served |
| CHERRY CREEK WUA GLASGOW groundwater · local government · MT0000228 | 180 served |
| OPHEIM TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · MT0000301 | 111 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 28 people were held in Valley County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 643 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 30.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
8 school districts have their office in Valley County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $11.1 million — $10.4 million to run schools, about $13,532 per student, plus $341,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.8 million local (mostly property tax), $4.9 million state, $1.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.9 million.
Spent $2.3 million — $2.1 million to run schools, about $19,275 per student, plus $149,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $964,000 local (mostly property tax), $881,000 state, $322,000 federal. Long-term debt: $5,000.
Spent $2.4 million — $2.3 million to run schools, about $37,758 per student, plus $11,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $638,000 local (mostly property tax), $594,000 state, $1.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $257,000.
Spent $691,000 — $673,000 to run schools, about $13,735 per student, plus $17,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $360,000 local (mostly property tax), $322,000 state, $72,000 federal.
Spent $1.2 million — $1.1 million to run schools, about $35,844 per student. Money in: $512,000 local (mostly property tax), $348,000 state, $309,000 federal.
Spent $1.6 million — $1.6 million to run schools, about $51,323 per student, plus $6,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $644,000 local (mostly property tax), $532,000 state, $916,000 federal. Long-term debt: $555,000.
Spent $1.9 million — $1.6 million to run schools, about $57,607 per student, plus $301,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1 million local (mostly property tax), $586,000 state, $127,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.1 million.
Spent $839,000 — $827,000 to run schools, about $31,808 per student, plus $1,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $480,000 local (mostly property tax), $400,000 state, $86,000 federal.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Valley County about $11.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
103 bridges in Valley County: 16 in good condition, 76 fair, and 11 poor (10.7%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| SR 117 over MISSOURI RIVER OVERFLOW · built 1950 | 818 vehicles a day |
| CACHE CREEK RD over LITTLE SNAKE CREEK 048 · built 1965 | 100 vehicles a day |
| FOX FARM RD over LINDEKE COULEE 007 · built 1930 | 100 vehicles a day |
| BENGOCHEA RD over E FK PORCUPINE CREEK 112 · built 1960 | 100 vehicles a day |
| BENTONITE RD over VANDALIA SOUTH CANAL 089 · built 1938 | 100 vehicles a day |
| HENTGES RD over LITTLE PORCUPINE CR 064 · built 1965 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.7 million of work in Valley County in fiscal 2025, about $489 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Montana are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Valley County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Valley County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Phillips County (58 mi) · Daniels County (60 mi) · McCone County (65 mi) · Garfield County (76 mi) · Roosevelt County (77 mi) · Sheridan County (101 mi).