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Whitefish, MT

8,749 Population
7.3 square miles 1,193.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 42.2 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$56,782 ±$6,033 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: $41,557 ±$1,553
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Montana: $41,711 ±$477
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,811 ±$10,514 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: $73,925 ±$2,517
  • about the same as the amount in Montana: $72,509 ±$761
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.4% ±3.3% (804  ±284) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 9.3% † 10,201 (±1% / ±1,109)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 11.5% 125,642 (±0.3% / ±3,688)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.6 minutes ±1.3 (59,565  ±9,361) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 19.7 884,350 (±0.7 / ±39,282)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 19.1 9,058,565 (±0.2 / ±128,212)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,302 ±287 Number of households
  • the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 44,233 ±567
  • Montana: 458,859 ±3,762
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (8,597  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 2.5 109,298 (±0 / ±35)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,087,595
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.9% ±2.8% (53  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 4.9% † 1,134 (±1.2% / ±279)
  • about half the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,407 (±0.3% / ±815)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,536 ±304 Number of housing units
  • the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 51,680 ±69
  • Montana: 528,419 ±3,257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$684,300 ±$36,683 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: $535,500 ±$17,031
  • nearly double the amount in Montana: $375,800 ±$3,433
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.5% ±2.8% (907  ±245.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 11.8% † 12,936 (±1.2% / ±1,358.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 13.5% 148,934 (±0.4% / ±4,359.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.2% ±8.9% (6,772  ±667.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 95.5% 75,850 (±2.5% / ±1,988.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Montana: 94.6% 739,351 (±0.7% / ±5,772.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
56.8% ±6.5% (3,953  ±478.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 37.2% 29,533 (±1.5% / ±1,184.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 35.2% 274,703 (±0.5% / ±3,522.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.5% ±1.4% (304  ±124) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 2.8% 3,114
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,679
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±2.2% (425  ±163) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kalispell, MT Micro Area: 8.9% 7,748 (±0.7% / ±591)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Montana: 9% 79,357 (±0.2% / ±1,969)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
425 Total veterans ±163 392 Male ±157 33 Female ±37

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