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Colstrip city, Montana: commercial real estate data.
Colstrip city is a Census city of 2,101 people across 4.05 square miles of land, in Rosebud County. Median household income is $82,500, 82.8 percent of occupied homes are owned.
60 sourced place values · tier FULL · 7 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Colstrip
What Colstrip is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.05 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land519
- County holding the largest share of its areaRosebud 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.
Colstrip
How many people live in Colstrip
- Population2,101
- Median age44.2
- Population under 18571 plus or minus 158
- Share under 1827.2 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Population 65 and over284 plus or minus 90
- Share 65 and over13.5 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Households802
- Family households631
- Share of households that are families78.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Colstrip
Income and work in Colstrip
- Median household income$82,500 plus or minus $51,101
- Per capita income$42,447
- Civilian labor force1,089 plus or minus 220
- Employed1,000 plus or minus 210
- Unemployed89 plus or minus 124
- Unemployment rate8.2 percent plus or minus 11.3
- Adults 25 and over1,425
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher25.9 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.6 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Colstrip
- Housing units940
- Occupied units802
- Vacant units138 plus or minus 73
- Vacancy rate14.7 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Owner occupied664
- Renter occupied138 plus or minus 77
- Ownership rate82.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$194,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$659
- Annual rent as a share of median income9.6 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Single family units463 plus or minus 101
- Share single family49.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more161 plus or minus 102
- Share in buildings of two or more17.1 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Mobile homes299 plus or minus 110
- Median year structure built1983
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Colstrip gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute928 plus or minus 195
- Commuting under 15 minutes734 plus or minus 189
- Share commuting under 15 minutes79.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more65 plus or minus 51
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more7.0 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Drove alone89.1 percent
- Carpooled5.4 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Worked from home2.6 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Colstrip
SBA loans in Colstrip (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$484,000
- Average approval$484,000
- Median approval$484,000
- Largest approval$484,000
- Jobs supported7
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Rosebud County, not Colstrip
Rosebud County context, not Colstrip figures
These are Rosebud County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Colstrip measurements.
- Establishments in Rosebud County178
- Employment at those establishments, Rosebud County2,214
- Covered employment, Rosebud County3,607
- Average annual pay, Rosebud County$63,780
- Average weekly wage, Rosebud County$1,227
- Housing units permitted, Rosebud County0
- Of those, single family, Rosebud County0
- County product, 2024, Rosebud County$1,077,626,000
- County product change over the prior year, Rosebud County0.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Rosebud County$54,802
Every figure in this section is published for Rosebud County as a whole and is not a measurement of Colstrip. 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
Colstrip questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Colstrip, Montana?
2,101, in 802 households. Colstrip city covers 4.05 square miles of land, which is 519 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Colstrip in?
Rosebud 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 Colstrip?
$82,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $194,900. Median gross rent is $659 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Colstrip figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Rosebud 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 Colstrip.
Is zoning published for Colstrip?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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