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Lewistown city, Montana: commercial real estate data.
Lewistown city is a Census city of 6,087 people across 5.72 square miles of land, in Fergus County. Median household income is $48,750, 56.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.5 m.
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Lewistown
What Lewistown is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.72 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,064
- County holding the largest share of its areaFergus 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.
Lewistown
How many people live in Lewistown
- Population6,087
- Median age44.7
- Population under 181,295
- Share under 1821.3 percent
- Population 65 and over1,526
- Share 65 and over25.1 percent
- Households2,880
- Family households1,456
- Share of households that are families50.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lewistown
Income and work in Lewistown
- Median household income$48,750
- Per capita income$30,049
- Civilian labor force3,076
- Employed2,861
- Unemployed215 plus or minus 101
- Unemployment rate7.0 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Adults 25 and over4,483
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.7 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.4 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lewistown
Housing in Lewistown
- Housing units3,101
- Occupied units2,880
- Vacant units221 plus or minus 132
- Vacancy rate7.1 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Owner occupied1,617
- Renter occupied1,263
- Ownership rate56.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$198,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,007
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.8 percent
- Single family units2,050
- Share single family66.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more641 plus or minus 170
- Share in buildings of two or more20.7 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Mobile homes404 plus or minus 147
- Median year structure built1954
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lewistown
How Lewistown gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,623
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,066
- Share commuting under 15 minutes78.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more287 plus or minus 120
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more10.9 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Drove alone73.3 percent
- Carpooled3.8 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked13.8 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Worked from home7.2 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lewistown
SBA loans in Lewistown (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$1,475,300
- Average approval$245,883
- Median approval$309,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$486,000
- Largest approval$486,000
- Jobs supported43
- Jobs per approval7.2
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Lewistown
SBA loans in Lewistown (504)
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$4,044,000
- Average approval$505,500
- Median approval$229,000
- Largest approval$2,179,000
- Jobs supported120
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Fergus County, not Lewistown
Fergus County context, not Lewistown figures
These are Fergus County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lewistown measurements.
- Establishments in Fergus County444
- Employment at those establishments, Fergus County3,428
- Covered employment, Fergus County4,664
- Average annual pay, Fergus County$48,764
- Average weekly wage, Fergus County$938
- Housing units permitted, Fergus County0
- Of those, single family, Fergus County0
- County product, 2024, Fergus County$776,741,000
- County product change over the prior year, Fergus County13.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Fergus County$64,537
Every figure in this section is published for Fergus County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lewistown. 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
Lewistown questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lewistown, Montana?
6,087, in 2,880 households. Lewistown city covers 5.72 square miles of land, which is 1,064 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lewistown in?
Fergus 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 Lewistown?
$48,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $198,400. Median gross rent is $1,007 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lewistown businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $1.5 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $309,000, plus 8 504 approvals worth $4.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lewistown, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lewistown borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lewistown. only 2 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 Lewistown figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Fergus 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 Lewistown.
Is zoning published for Lewistown?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.