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Bridger, Montana: commercial real estate data.
Bridger is a Census town of 788 people across 0.84 square miles of land, in Carbon County. Median household income is $42,891, 74.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.5 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Bridger
What Bridger is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.84 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land935 plus or minus 210
- County holding the largest share of its areaCarbon County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bridger
How many people live in Bridger
- Population788 plus or minus 177
- Median age48.0 plus or minus 13.2
- Population under 18144 plus or minus 44
- Share under 1818.3 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Population 65 and over130 plus or minus 44
- Share 65 and over16.5 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Households309 plus or minus 387
- Family households189 plus or minus 259
- Share of households that are families61.2 percent plus or minus 34.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bridger
Income and work in Bridger
- Median household income$42,891 plus or minus $10,347
- Per capita income$28,568
- Civilian labor force425 plus or minus 105
- Employed395 plus or minus 105
- Unemployed30 plus or minus 27
- Unemployment rate7.1 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Adults 25 and over531 plus or minus 133
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.7 percent plus or minus 28.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.4 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.0 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bridger
Housing in Bridger
- Housing units352 plus or minus 389
- Occupied units309 plus or minus 387
- Vacant units43 plus or minus 35
- Vacancy rate12.2 percent plus or minus 16.8
- Owner occupied230 plus or minus 317
- Renter occupied79 plus or minus 75
- Ownership rate74.4 percent plus or minus 42.8
- Median owner-occupied home value$250,000 plus or minus $80,794
- Median gross rent, monthly$753
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.1 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Single family units264 plus or minus 370
- Share single family75.0 percent plus or minus 64.8
- Units in buildings of two or more33 plus or minus 24
- Share in buildings of two or more9.4 percent plus or minus 12.4
- Mobile homes54 plus or minus 30
- Median year structure built1964
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bridger
How Bridger gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute372 plus or minus 98
- Commuting under 15 minutes212 plus or minus 111
- Share commuting under 15 minutes57.0 percent plus or minus 25.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more128 plus or minus 66
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.4 percent plus or minus 15.3
- Drove alone60.4 percent
- Carpooled29.2 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked5.6 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Worked from home4.9 percent plus or minus 5.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bridger
SBA loans in Bridger (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,461,800
- Average approval$487,267
- Median approval$540,000
- Largest approval$796,800
- Jobs supported18
- Jobs per approval6.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term252 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more66.7 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bridger, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Carbon County, not Bridger
Carbon County context, not Bridger figures
- Establishments in Carbon County474
- Covered employment, Carbon County3,052
- Average annual pay, Carbon County$47,497
- Housing units permitted, Carbon County52
Every figure in this section is published for Carbon County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bridger.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Bridger questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bridger, Montana?
788, in 309 households. Bridger town covers 0.84 square miles of land, which is 935 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bridger in?
Carbon County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Bridger?
$42,891. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $250,000. Median gross rent is $753 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bridger businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totaling $1.5 m since FY2020, across 2 lenders, median approval $540,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bridger, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bridger borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Bridger. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Bridger figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Carbon County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Bridger.
Is zoning published for Bridger?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.