Glacier County, Montana: commercial real estate data.

Glacier County

How many people live in Glacier County

• Population, American Community Survey 2020-202413,637
• Households4,291
• Average household size3.18
• Median household income$46,875
• Median age33.4
• Median gross rent$548 per month
• Median owner-occupied home value$165,100
• Home value to household income3.5 times
• Annual rent as a share of median income14.0 percent
• Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.5 percent
• Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.7 percent
• Adults 25 and over8,226
• Population under 184,134
• Share under 1830.3 percent
• Population 65 and over1,802
• Share 65 and over13.2 percent
• Working age population, 18 to 647,701
• Civilian labor force5,508
• Unemployment rate10.0 percent
• Labor force participation, adults 18 and over58.0 percent
• Rank by population among Montana counties13th of 56
• Rank by population among US county-equivalents, Puerto Rico included2251st of 3,222

Glacier County is the 13th largest of 56 Montana counties by population. A median home costs 3.5 times median household income, which is moderately unaffordable by national standards. Residents under 18 outnumber those 65 and over, at 30.3 percent against 13.2 percent, a household formation profile rather than a retirement one.

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.

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Where are people moving to Glacier County from?

• Tax returns filed by households arriving176
• People arriving, from those returns346
• Tax returns filed by households leaving189
• Net household movement-13
• Adjusted gross income arriving$7.5 m
• Net adjusted gross income movement$-2.2 m
• Average income of an arriving household$42,784
• Average income of a leaving household$51,254
• Largest single destinationCascade County (27 households)

Households arriving report $8,470 less average income than households leaving, which drains spending power even where headcount holds up.

US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.

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Employment by industry in Glacier County

• Covered employment, annual average4,213
• Establishments reporting342
• Average annual pay$51,534
• Average weekly wage$991
• Accommodation and food services, employment453
• Accommodation and food services, average annual pay$28,594
• Retail trade, employment380
• Retail trade, average annual pay$35,122
• Health care and social assistance, employment216
• Health care and social assistance, average annual pay$59,443
• Other services, except public administration, employment84
• Other services, except public administration, average annual pay$41,669
• Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction, employment73
• Utilities, employment69

Accommodation and food services is the largest private sector at 453 jobs, 10.8 percent of covered employment.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.

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Building permits in Glacier County

• Housing units authorized by permit, 20240
• Declared construction value permitted$0
• Single family units authorized0
• Multifamily units authorized0

No residential units were authorized by permit in 2024. In a small county this is common and is not by itself a sign of distress, but it does mean there is no recent residential pipeline to read demand from.

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.

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SBA loan default and charge-off rates in Glacier County

Do SBA loans in Glacier County get paid back?

• Loans with a final outcome recorded0
• Paid in full0
• Charged off0
• Status: Exempt from disclosure2

Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.

Compare against the national and state SBA charge-off rates, computed the same way over resolved loans only.

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.

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Flood risk in Glacier County

• Participation of the county's own NFIP community Glacier County, unincorporated areasParticipating, community 300151
• Communities in the county in the NFIP Community Status Book2
• Of those, participating in the NFIP2
• NFIP participation rate100.0 percent
• Communities carrying a CRS class0
• Radon levels in Glacier County, EPA zone predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/LZone 1

The county's own community in the status book, unincorporated Glacier County (community 300151), participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies there. The EPA places Glacier County in radon zone 1, a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L. The zone is a screening prediction for the county and does not substitute for a test at an address. 100.0 percent of the county's listed communities participate in the National Flood Insurance Program, per Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.

Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26. US EPA, Map of Radon Zones, county spreadsheet, 2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001.

Feasibility studies

When a Glacier County site needs a document a lender will accept.

The same data layer behind this page is the one the studies are written from. A study for a Glacier County site starts with the figures you are reading, carrying the same source and period into the credit file.

• Population, American Community Survey 2020-202413,637
• Households4,291
• Average household size3.18
• Median household income$46,875
• Median age33.4

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Cities and places in Glacier.

18 Census places lie wholly or partly in Glacier County. 16 carry enough published place level data for a page of their own and are linked. The rest are named here and not linked, because the American Community Survey and the SBA record between them do not carry enough about them to write an honest page. A place existing is itself worth knowing, so nothing in the county is left out.