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Melstone, Montana: commercial real estate data.
Melstone is a Census town of 80 people across 0.61 square miles of land, in Musselshell County. Median household income is $65,625, 93.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $275,600 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
This is a small place, and the figures below carry wide margins.
The American Community Survey reaches Melstone through a sample, not a count, and in a place this size that sample is thin. The population estimate here is 80 with a margin of error of plus or minus 42, which is 52.5 percent of the estimate itself. Every figure whose margin reaches 20 percent is printed with that margin beside it, so you can see the width of each one rather than having to assume it.
Nothing has been removed or adjusted. These are the published federal estimates, shown with the uncertainty the Census publishes alongside them.
Melstone
What Melstone is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.61 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land130 plus or minus 68
- County holding the largest share of its areaMusselshell 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.
Melstone
How many people live in Melstone
- Population80 plus or minus 42
- Median age47.5 plus or minus 14.8
- Population under 1822 plus or minus 20
- Share under 1827.5 percent plus or minus 20.5
- Population 65 and over9 plus or minus 14
- Share 65 and over11.3 percent plus or minus 16.8
- Households31 plus or minus 18
- Family households25 plus or minus 15
- Share of households that are families80.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Melstone
Income and work in Melstone
- Median household income$65,625 plus or minus $19,992
- Per capita income$35,579 plus or minus $17,674
- Civilian labor force52 plus or minus 30
- Employed50 plus or minus 30
- Unemployed2 plus or minus 5
- Unemployment rate3.8 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Adults 25 and over53 plus or minus 29
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.8 percent plus or minus 25.3
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher9.4 percent plus or minus 23.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.8 percent plus or minus 22.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Melstone
- Housing units33 plus or minus 19
- Occupied units31 plus or minus 18
- Vacant units2 plus or minus 3
- Vacancy rate6.1 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Owner occupied29 plus or minus 17
- Renter occupied2 plus or minus 5
- Ownership rate93.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$156,300 plus or minus $152,418
- Single family units24 plus or minus 17
- Share single family72.7 percent plus or minus 32.4
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes9 plus or minus 7
- Median year structure built1985
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Melstone
How Melstone gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute41 plus or minus 23
- Commuting under 15 minutes23 plus or minus 15
- Share commuting under 15 minutes56.1 percent plus or minus 20.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more18 plus or minus 18
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more43.9 percent plus or minus 37.3
- Drove alone87.2 percent plus or minus 70.0
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home12.8 percent plus or minus 17.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Melstone
SBA loans in Melstone (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$275,600
- Average approval$275,600
- Median approval$275,600
- Largest approval$275,600
- Jobs supported5
- Jobs per approval5.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises100.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Melstone, 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.
Musselshell County, not Melstone
Musselshell County context, not Melstone figures
- Establishments in Musselshell County118
- Covered employment, Musselshell County1,325
- Average annual pay, Musselshell County$62,379
- Housing units permitted, Musselshell County7
Every figure in this section is published for Musselshell County as a whole and is not a measurement of Melstone.
All Musselshell County figures →
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
Melstone questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Melstone, Montana?
80, in 31 households. Melstone town covers 0.61 square miles of land, which is 130 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Melstone in?
Musselshell 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 Melstone?
$65,625. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $156,300. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Melstone businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $275,600 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $275,600. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Melstone, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Melstone borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Melstone. 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.
Are the county figures on this page Melstone figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Musselshell 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 Melstone.
Is zoning published for Melstone?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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