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Coram, Montana

Unincorporated community in Montana, United States

Summary

Unincorporated community in Montana, United States

Field	Value
official_name	Coram, Montana
settlement_type	Census-designated place
image_skyline	Coram Montana Sign Looking Westerly on US2.jpg
image_caption	Looking westerly at the sign for Coram on U.S. Route 2
image_map	Flathead_County_Montana_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Coram_Highlighted.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Coram, Montana
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Montana
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Flathead
unit_pref	Imperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	9.98
area_land_km2	9.61
area_water_km2	0.38
area_total_sq_mi	3.85
area_land_sq_mi	3.71
area_water_sq_mi	0.14
population_as_of	2020
population_total	572
population_density_km2	59.53
population_density_sq_mi	154.18
timezone	Mountain (MST)
utc_offset	-7
timezone_DST	MDT
utc_offset_DST	-6
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft	3209
coordinates
postal_code_type	ZIP code
postal_code	59913
area_code	406
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	30-17500
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	2407660

Coram is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Flathead County, Montana, United States. The population was 539 in 2010, up from 337 at the 2000 census. Coram lies 7 mi southwest of the western entrance of Glacier National Park.

The community was named after William Coram, a lumberman. It began as a logging town on the South Fork of the Flathead River in 1905. Coram boomed between 1948 and 1953, during construction of the nearby Hungry Horse Dam.

Geography

Coram is located in central Flathead County on the east side of the Flathead River. U.S. Route 2 passes through the community, leading northeast 6.5 mi to the community of West Glacier and southwest 27 mi to Kalispell.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Coram CDP has a total area of 9.9 km2, of which 9.6 km2 is land and 0.3 km2, or 2.72%, is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 337 people, 134 households, and 88 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 296.5 PD/sqmi. There were 151 housing units at an average density of 132.9 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 93.47% White, 2.67% Native American, 0.89% Asian, 1.19% from other races, and 1.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.08% of the population.

There were 134 households, out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.3% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 27.0% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 8.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 113.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 115.8 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $22,000, and the median income for a family was $23,125. Males had a median income of $24,188 versus $14,286 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $18,799. About 12.9% of families and 19.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.0% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

References

"ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau.
{{GNIS. 2407660
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Coram CDP, Montana". U.S. Census Bureau.
"Geographic names". Forest History Society.
"Coram". Montana Historical Society.
"Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].

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