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Thompson Falls city, Montana: commercial real estate data.
Thompson Falls city is a Census city of 1,500 people across 1.60 square miles of land, in Sanders County. Median household income is $46,313, 73.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $617,000.
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Thompson Falls
What Thompson Falls is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.6 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land935 plus or minus 257
- 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.
Thompson Falls
How many people live in Thompson Falls
- Population1,500 plus or minus 413
- Median age48.8
- Population under 18322 plus or minus 149
- Share under 1821.5 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Population 65 and over457 plus or minus 139
- Share 65 and over30.5 percent
- Households623 plus or minus 158
- Family households391 plus or minus 127
- Share of households that are families62.8 percent plus or minus 12.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Thompson Falls
- Median household income$46,313 plus or minus $12,402
- Per capita income$25,576
- Civilian labor force537 plus or minus 186
- Employed537 plus or minus 186
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over1,144 plus or minus 296
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.1 percent plus or minus 32.7
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.6 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.8 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Thompson Falls
- Housing units726 plus or minus 173
- Occupied units623 plus or minus 158
- Vacant units103 plus or minus 54
- Vacancy rate14.2 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Owner occupied457 plus or minus 146
- Renter occupied166 plus or minus 69
- Ownership rate73.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$266,400 plus or minus $122,032
- Median gross rent, monthly$543 plus or minus $142
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.1 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Single family units490 plus or minus 133
- Share single family67.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more89 plus or minus 49
- Share in buildings of two or more12.3 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Mobile homes147 plus or minus 78
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Thompson Falls gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute513 plus or minus 181
- Commuting under 15 minutes344 plus or minus 137
- Share commuting under 15 minutes67.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more109 plus or minus 59
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.2 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Drove alone73.8 percent plus or minus 19.4
- Carpooled15.1 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Public transport2.8 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Walked4.9 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Worked from home3.4 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Thompson Falls
SBA loans in Thompson Falls (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$617,000
- Average approval$617,000
- Median approval$617,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$617,000
- Largest approval$617,000
- Jobs supported15
- Jobs per approval15.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Sanders County, not Thompson Falls
Sanders County context, not Thompson Falls figures
These are Sanders County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Thompson Falls measurements.
- Establishments in Sanders County394
- Employment at those establishments, Sanders County2,585
- Covered employment, Sanders County3,306
- Average annual pay, Sanders County$45,909
- Average weekly wage, Sanders County$883
- County product, 2024, Sanders County$552,158,000
- County product change over the prior year, Sanders County4.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Sanders County$91,054
Every figure in this section is published for Sanders County as a whole and is not a measurement of Thompson Falls. 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 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
Thompson Falls questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Thompson Falls, Montana?
1,500, in 623 households. Thompson Falls city covers 1.60 square miles of land, which is 935 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Thompson Falls 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 Thompson Falls?
$46,313. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $266,400. Median gross rent is $543 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Thompson Falls businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $617,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $617,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Thompson Falls, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Thompson Falls borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Thompson Falls. only 0 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 Thompson Falls figures?
No, and they are labelled 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 Thompson Falls.
Is zoning published for Thompson Falls?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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