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Fort Benton city, Montana: commercial real estate data.
Fort Benton city is a Census city of 1,474 people across 2.29 square miles of land, in Chouteau County. Median household income is $67,188, 79.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $50,000.
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Fort Benton
What Fort Benton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.29 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land643
- County holding the largest share of its areaChouteau 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.
Fort Benton
How many people live in Fort Benton
- Population1,474
- Median age42.7
- Population under 18380 plus or minus 94
- Share under 1825.8 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Population 65 and over473 plus or minus 104
- Share 65 and over32.1 percent
- Households555
- Family households352
- Share of households that are families63.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Benton
Income and work in Fort Benton
- Median household income$67,188 plus or minus $19,600
- Per capita income$27,052
- Civilian labor force530
- Employed530
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over1,087
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher30.2 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.4 percent plus or minus 4.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Fort Benton
- Housing units750
- Occupied units555
- Vacant units195 plus or minus 68
- Vacancy rate26.0 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Owner occupied442
- Renter occupied113 plus or minus 46
- Ownership rate79.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$247,600 plus or minus $51,884
- Median gross rent, monthly$736
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.1 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Single family units549
- Share single family73.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more94 plus or minus 43
- Share in buildings of two or more12.5 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Mobile homes107 plus or minus 54
- Median year structure built1958
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Fort Benton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute476 plus or minus 97
- Commuting under 15 minutes312 plus or minus 72
- Share commuting under 15 minutes65.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more76 plus or minus 36
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more16.0 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Drove alone71.1 percent
- Carpooled9.0 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked10.8 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Worked from home6.5 percent plus or minus 5.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Benton
SBA loans in Fort Benton (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$50,000
- Average approval$50,000
- Median approval$50,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$50,000
- Largest approval$50,000
- Jobs supported1
- Jobs per approval1.0
- 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
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Fort Benton
SBA loans in Fort Benton (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$912,000
- Average approval$228,000
- Median approval$229,000
- Largest approval$502,000
- Jobs supported19
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Chouteau County, not Fort Benton
Chouteau County context, not Fort Benton figures
These are Chouteau County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fort Benton measurements.
- Establishments in Chouteau County153
- Employment at those establishments, Chouteau County772
- Covered employment, Chouteau County1,237
- Average annual pay, Chouteau County$44,304
- Average weekly wage, Chouteau County$852
- Housing units permitted, Chouteau County19
- Of those, single family, Chouteau County17
- County product, 2024, Chouteau County$292,455,000
- County product change over the prior year, Chouteau County-31.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Chouteau County$41,199
Every figure in this section is published for Chouteau County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fort Benton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
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. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Fort Benton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fort Benton, Montana?
1,474, in 555 households. Fort Benton city covers 2.29 square miles of land, which is 643 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fort Benton in?
Chouteau 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 Fort Benton?
$67,188. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $247,600. Median gross rent is $736 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fort Benton businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $50,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $50,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $912,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fort Benton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fort Benton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Fort Benton. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Fort Benton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Chouteau 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 Fort Benton.
Is zoning published for Fort Benton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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