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Columbus town, Montana: commercial real estate data.
Columbus town is a Census town of 2,003 people across 1.37 square miles of land, in Stillwater County. Median household income is $65,250, 76.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $580,000.
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Columbus
What Columbus is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.37 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,459
- County holding the largest share of its areaStillwater 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.
Columbus
How many people live in Columbus
- Population2,003
- Median age47.2
- Population under 18382 plus or minus 84
- Share under 1819.1 percent
- Population 65 and over548
- Share 65 and over27.4 percent
- Households893
- Family households488 plus or minus 98
- Share of households that are families54.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
Income and work in Columbus
- Median household income$65,250 plus or minus $16,643
- Per capita income$43,115
- Civilian labor force1,054
- Employed1,021
- Unemployed33 plus or minus 37
- Unemployment rate3.1 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Adults 25 and over1,444
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.0 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.5 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
Housing in Columbus
- Housing units943
- Occupied units893
- Vacant units50 plus or minus 42
- Vacancy rate5.3 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Owner occupied685
- Renter occupied208 plus or minus 72
- Ownership rate76.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$282,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$945
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.4 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Single family units721
- Share single family76.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more98 plus or minus 51
- Share in buildings of two or more10.4 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Mobile homes124 plus or minus 57
- Median year structure built1969
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
How Columbus gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute957
- Commuting under 15 minutes542 plus or minus 128
- Share commuting under 15 minutes56.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more380 plus or minus 102
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.7 percent
- Drove alone80.1 percent
- Carpooled7.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Public transport4.6 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Walked2.3 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Worked from home5.4 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Columbus
SBA 7(a) lending to Columbus borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$580,000
- Average approval$193,333
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$280,000
- Largest approval$280,000
- Jobs supported23
- Jobs per approval7.7
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term13 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
Columbus
SBA 504 lending to Columbus borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$812,000
- Average approval$406,000
- Median approval$692,000
- Largest approval$692,000
- Jobs supported33
- Loans with a final outcome0
- 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.
Stillwater County, not Columbus
Stillwater County context, not Columbus figures
These are Stillwater County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Columbus measurements.
- Establishments in Stillwater County263
- Employment at those establishments, Stillwater County3,021
- Covered employment, Stillwater County3,401
- Average annual pay, Stillwater County$75,084
- Average weekly wage, Stillwater County$1,444
- Housing units permitted, Stillwater County0
- Of those, single family, Stillwater County0
- County product, 2024, Stillwater County$725,086,000
- County product change over the prior year, Stillwater County-3.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Stillwater County$90,008
Every figure in this section is published for Stillwater County as a whole and is not a measurement of Columbus. 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
Columbus questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Columbus, Montana?
2,003, in 893 households. Columbus town covers 1.37 square miles of land, which is 1,459 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Columbus in?
Stillwater 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 Columbus?
$65,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $282,800. Median gross rent is $945 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Columbus businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $580,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $812,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Columbus, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Columbus borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Columbus. only 1 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 Columbus figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Stillwater 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 Columbus.
Is zoning published for Columbus?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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