Belt, Montana: commercial real estate data.
Belt is a Census town of 559 people across 0.34 square miles of land, in Cascade County. Median household income is $73,929, 75.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Belt
What Belt is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.34 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,655 plus or minus 705
- County holding the largest share of its areaCascade 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.
Belt
How many people live in Belt
- Population559 plus or minus 238
- Median age45.9
- Population under 1896 plus or minus 45
- Share under 1817.2 percent
- Population 65 and over108 plus or minus 42
- Share 65 and over19.3 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Households224 plus or minus 64
- Family households123 plus or minus 51
- Share of households that are families54.9 percent plus or minus 16.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belt
Income and work in Belt
- Median household income$73,929 plus or minus $16,390
- Per capita income$31,530
- Civilian labor force353 plus or minus 183
- Employed331 plus or minus 178
- Unemployed22 plus or minus 36
- Unemployment rate6.2 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Adults 25 and over408 plus or minus 156
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.1 percent plus or minus 44.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.0 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.1 percent plus or minus 6.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belt
Housing in Belt
- Housing units274 plus or minus 66
- Occupied units224 plus or minus 64
- Vacant units50 plus or minus 34
- Vacancy rate18.2 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Owner occupied168 plus or minus 59
- Renter occupied56 plus or minus 24
- Ownership rate75.0 percent plus or minus 15.3
- Median owner-occupied home value$171,700 plus or minus $45,486
- Median gross rent, monthly$900 plus or minus $217
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.6 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Single family units177 plus or minus 49
- Share single family64.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more42 plus or minus 21
- Share in buildings of two or more15.3 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Mobile homes55 plus or minus 37
- Median year structure built1964
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belt
How Belt gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute328 plus or minus 178
- Commuting under 15 minutes83 plus or minus 51
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.3 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more134 plus or minus 73
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.9 percent
- Drove alone65.6 percent plus or minus 27.0
- Carpooled26.6 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked5.7 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Worked from home0.9 percent plus or minus 1.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belt
SBA loans in Belt (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$5,000
- Average approval$5,000
- Median approval$5,000
- Largest approval$5,000
- Jobs supported0
- Jobs per approval0.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Belt, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have 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.
Belt
Flood risk in Belt
- NFIP communityCity of Belt
- NFIP community number300009
- Participating in the NFIPNo
- Community Rating System classClass 10
- Currently effective map date03/19/13
The City of Belt does not participate in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 300009 and carries Community Rating System class 10, a flood insurance premium discount for policies written there.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Cascade County, not Belt
Cascade County context, not Belt figures
- Establishments in Cascade County2,472
- Covered employment, Cascade County36,513
- Average annual pay, Cascade County$55,412
- Housing units permitted, Cascade County223
Every figure in this section is published for Cascade County as a whole and is not a measurement of Belt.
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.
Coverage
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
Belt questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Belt, Montana?
559, in 224 households. Belt town covers 0.34 square miles of land, which is 1,655 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Belt in?
Cascade 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 Belt?
$73,929. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $171,700. Median gross rent is $900 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Belt businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $5,000 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $5,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Belt, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Belt borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Belt. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Belt in the National Flood Insurance Program?
No, it is listed but not participating. Belt appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Belt, city of, community 300009, carrying Community Rating System class 10, which is a premium discount for exceeding the program minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Belt figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cascade 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 Belt.
Is zoning published for Belt?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.