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Sidney city, Montana: commercial real estate data.
Sidney city is a Census city of 6,171 people across 3.29 square miles of land, in Richland County. Median household income is $62,538, 57.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 10 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.8 m.
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Sidney
What Sidney is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.29 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,877
- County holding the largest share of its areaRichland 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.
Sidney
How many people live in Sidney
- Population6,171
- Median age37.3
- Population under 181,562
- Share under 1825.3 percent
- Population 65 and over838
- Share 65 and over13.6 percent
- Households2,505
- Family households1,362
- Share of households that are families54.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sidney
Income and work in Sidney
- Median household income$62,538 plus or minus $13,627
- Per capita income$45,385
- Civilian labor force3,540
- Employed3,418
- Unemployed122 plus or minus 54
- Unemployment rate3.4 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over4,092
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.0 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.9 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sidney
Housing in Sidney
- Housing units3,198
- Occupied units2,505
- Vacant units693 plus or minus 227
- Vacancy rate21.7 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Owner occupied1,443
- Renter occupied1,062
- Ownership rate57.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$236,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$931
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.9 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Single family units1,863
- Share single family58.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more933 plus or minus 241
- Share in buildings of two or more29.2 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Mobile homes402 plus or minus 140
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sidney
How Sidney gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,251
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,673
- Share commuting under 15 minutes51.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more855 plus or minus 199
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.3 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Drove alone79.5 percent
- Carpooled10.7 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked6.3 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Worked from home1.9 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sidney
SBA loans in Sidney (7(a))
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$1,797,900
- Average approval$179,790
- Median approval$80,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$686,000
- Largest approval$686,000
- Jobs supported62
- Jobs per approval6.2
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full5
- Charged off0
- Median term60 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 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.
Sidney
SBA loans in Sidney (504)
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$5,292,000
- Average approval$661,500
- Median approval$414,000
- Largest approval$1,696,000
- Jobs supported82
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Richland County, not Sidney
Richland County context, not Sidney figures
These are Richland County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Sidney measurements.
- Establishments in Richland County498
- Employment at those establishments, Richland County4,321
- Covered employment, Richland County5,235
- Average annual pay, Richland County$63,143
- Average weekly wage, Richland County$1,214
- Housing units permitted, Richland County0
- Of those, single family, Richland County0
- County product, 2024, Richland County$1,187,847,000
- County product change over the prior year, Richland County7.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Richland County$59,193
Every figure in this section is published for Richland County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sidney. 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
Sidney questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sidney, Montana?
6,171, in 2,505 households. Sidney city covers 3.29 square miles of land, which is 1,877 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sidney in?
Richland 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 Sidney?
$62,538. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $236,900. Median gross rent is $931 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sidney businesses?
10 7(a) approvals totalling $1.8 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $80,000, plus 8 504 approvals worth $5.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sidney, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sidney borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sidney. only 5 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 Sidney figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Richland 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 Sidney.
Is zoning published for Sidney?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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