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Hamilton city, Montana: commercial real estate data.
Hamilton city is a Census city of 5,101 people across 2.54 square miles of land, in Ravalli County. Median household income is $49,204, 55.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 17 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $12.9 m.
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Hamilton
What Hamilton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.54 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,005
- County holding the largest share of its areaRavalli 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.
Hamilton
How many people live in Hamilton
- Population5,101
- Median age51.8
- Population under 18709 plus or minus 228
- Share under 1813.9 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Population 65 and over1,748 plus or minus 376
- Share 65 and over34.3 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Households2,748
- Family households1,188
- Share of households that are families43.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hamilton
Income and work in Hamilton
- Median household income$49,204
- Per capita income$38,231
- Civilian labor force2,667
- Employed2,613
- Unemployed54 plus or minus 71
- Unemployment rate2.0 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Adults 25 and over4,197
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher30.8 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.8 percent plus or minus 6.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hamilton
Housing in Hamilton
- Housing units3,101
- Occupied units2,748
- Vacant units353 plus or minus 216
- Vacancy rate11.4 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Owner occupied1,530
- Renter occupied1,218
- Ownership rate55.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$310,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$947
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.1 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Single family units1,742
- Share single family56.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,111 plus or minus 346
- Share in buildings of two or more35.8 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Mobile homes232 plus or minus 130
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hamilton
How Hamilton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,313
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,540 plus or minus 321
- Share commuting under 15 minutes66.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more205 plus or minus 133
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more8.9 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Drove alone77.0 percent
- Carpooled14.0 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Public transport1.1 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Walked3.3 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Worked from home3.4 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hamilton
SBA loans in Hamilton (7(a))
- Approvals17
- Gross approval$12,913,100
- Average approval$759,594
- Median approval$180,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,020,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported117
- Jobs per approval6.9
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more23.5 percent
- Share to franchises11.8 percent
- Distinct lenders13
- Distinct industries by NAICS16
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.
Hamilton
SBA loans in Hamilton (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$739,000
- Average approval$246,333
- Median approval$272,000
- Largest approval$384,000
- Jobs supported11
- Loans with a final outcome1
- 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.
Ravalli County, not Hamilton
Ravalli County context, not Hamilton figures
These are Ravalli County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Hamilton measurements.
- Establishments in Ravalli County1,715
- Employment at those establishments, Ravalli County11,260
- Covered employment, Ravalli County13,757
- Average annual pay, Ravalli County$52,992
- Average weekly wage, Ravalli County$1,019
- Housing units permitted, Ravalli County29
- Of those, single family, Ravalli County11
- County product, 2024, Ravalli County$1,925,783,000
- County product change over the prior year, Ravalli County7.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Ravalli County$109,170
Every figure in this section is published for Ravalli County as a whole and is not a measurement of Hamilton. 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
Hamilton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Hamilton, Montana?
5,101, in 2,748 households. Hamilton city covers 2.54 square miles of land, which is 2,005 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Hamilton in?
Ravalli 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 Hamilton?
$49,204. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $310,000. Median gross rent is $947 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Hamilton businesses?
17 7(a) approvals totalling $12.9 m, across 13 lenders, median approval $180,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $739,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Hamilton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Hamilton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Hamilton. 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 Hamilton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Ravalli 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 Hamilton.
Is zoning published for Hamilton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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