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Plains, Montana: commercial real estate data.
Plains is a Census town of 1,195 people across 0.61 square miles of land, in Sanders County. Median household income is $25,491, 53.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.2 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Plains
What Plains is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.61 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,944 plus or minus 472
- County holding the largest share of its areaSanders 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.
Plains
How many people live in Plains
- Population1,195 plus or minus 290
- Median age43.3
- Population under 18132 plus or minus 67
- Share under 1811.0 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Population 65 and over262 plus or minus 94
- Share 65 and over21.9 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Households631 plus or minus 158
- Family households199 plus or minus 67
- Share of households that are families31.5 percent plus or minus 7.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plains
Income and work in Plains
- Median household income$25,491 plus or minus $8,554
- Per capita income$41,283 plus or minus $22,423
- Civilian labor force637 plus or minus 205
- Employed515 plus or minus 168
- Unemployed122 plus or minus 105
- Unemployment rate19.2 percent plus or minus 15.3
- Adults 25 and over827 plus or minus 195
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.4 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.3 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plains
Housing in Plains
- Housing units707 plus or minus 164
- Occupied units631 plus or minus 158
- Vacant units76 plus or minus 47
- Vacancy rate10.7 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Owner occupied335 plus or minus 104
- Renter occupied296 plus or minus 129
- Ownership rate53.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$248,300 plus or minus $118,802
- Median gross rent, monthly$843
- Annual rent as a share of median income39.7 percent plus or minus 13.5
- Single family units370 plus or minus 105
- Share single family52.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more111 plus or minus 71
- Share in buildings of two or more15.7 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Mobile homes208 plus or minus 110
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plains
How Plains gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute424 plus or minus 167
- Commuting under 15 minutes321 plus or minus 136
- Share commuting under 15 minutes75.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more73 plus or minus 60
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more17.2 percent plus or minus 12.4
- Drove alone51.8 percent plus or minus 15.1
- Carpooled15.9 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Public transport1.4 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Walked15.1 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Worked from home15.9 percent plus or minus 7.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plains
SBA loans in Plains (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$2,168,300
- Average approval$542,075
- Median approval$618,000
- Largest approval$886,000
- Jobs supported24
- Jobs per approval6.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term210 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Plains, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 1 loan has 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.
Plains
Flood risk in Plains
- NFIP communityTown of Plains
- NFIP community number300074
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date06/05/12(M)
The Town of Plains participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 300074 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Sanders County, not Plains
Sanders County context, not Plains figures
- Establishments in Sanders County394
- Covered employment, Sanders County3,306
- Average annual pay, Sanders County$45,909
Every figure in this section is published for Sanders County as a whole and is not a measurement of Plains.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.
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
Plains questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Plains, Montana?
1,195, in 631 households. Plains town covers 0.61 square miles of land, which is 1,944 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Plains in?
Sanders 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 Plains?
$25,491. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $248,300. Median gross rent is $843 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Plains businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totaling $2.2 m since FY2020, across 3 lenders, median approval $618,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Plains, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Plains borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Plains. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Plains in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Plains appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Plains, town of, community 300074, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Plains figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sanders 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 Plains.
Is zoning published for Plains?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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