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Columbia Falls, MT

5,531 Population
2.3 square miles 2,425.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 42.1 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Montana: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$31,286 ±$3,931 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: $39,403 ±$1,280
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montana: $39,842 ±$444
$65,313 ±$15,280 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: $71,327 ±$1,749
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $69,922 ±$768

16.1% ±6.2% (863  ±335) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 9.6% † 10,268 (±1% / ±1,080)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Montana: 12.1% 129,998 (±0.3% / ±3,599)

20.1 minutes ±4.8 (46,930  ±7,204) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 19.3 865,515 (±0.6 / ±33,767)
  • a little higher than the figure in Montana: 19.2 9,019,285 (±0.2 / ±114,265)

Families

2,140 ±264 Number of households
  • the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 43,568 ±608
  • Montana: 452,683 ±1,926
2.5 ±0.3 (5,411  ±20) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 2.5 107,076 (±0 / ±41)
  • a little higher than the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,075,777

3.8% ±3.1% (51  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 4.9% † 1,111 (±1% / ±228)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,117 (±0.4% / ±852)

Housing

2,364 ±278 Number of housing units
  • the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 50,948 ±56
  • Montana: 522,939 ±206

$346,700 ±$32,144 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: $467,700 ±$12,989
  • a little higher than the amount in Montana: $338,100 ±$3,741

11.5% ±5.2% (632  ±284.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 12.1% 12,952 (±1.1% / ±1,141.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 14.2% 155,635 (±0.4% / ±4,606.2)

Social

90.3% ±10.9% (3,315  ±489.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 95.6% 74,268 (±2.6% / ±2,026.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Montana: 94.6% 728,513 (±0.7% / ±5,628.6)
31.6% ±8.5% (1,161  ±328.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 36% 27,987 (±1.6% / ±1,243.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 34.5% 266,066 (±0.4% / ±3,434)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.4% ±1.8% (133  ±102) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 3% 3,203
  • a little higher than the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,327

9.5% ±3.9% (398  ±166) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 9.4% 7,956 (±0.6% / ±544)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 9.4% 81,663 (±0.2% / ±1,843)
398 Total veterans ±166 365 Male ±154 33 Female ±44

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