Great Falls, MT (Montana) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 58,827 (Urban population: 58,809, Rural population: 18 (all nonfarm))

Great Falls, Montana Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 25,253 (23,785 occupied: 15,011 owner occupied, 8,774 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	37%
State:	31%

Housing density: 1296 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $228,803.

Median contract rent in 2007: $393 (lower quartile is $266, upper quartile is $555)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $379

Median gross rent in Great Falls, MT in 2007: $468

Housing units in Great Falls with a mortgage: 8,889 (1,195 second mortgage, 817 home equity loan, 39 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,821

Great Falls,MT index of house prices

Household type by relationship

Households: 55,099

In family households: 44,708 (11,162 male householders, 3,794 female householders)
11,451 spouses, 15,982 children (14,633 natural, 495 adopted, 854 stepchildren), 407 grandchildren, 208 brothers or sisters, 317 parents, 378 other relatives, 1,009 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 10,391 (3,983 male householders (3,207 living alone)), 4,872 female householders (4,328 living alone)), 1,536 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,545 (1,291 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 7,093 2-persons, 3,205 3-persons, 2,894 4-persons, 1,174 5-persons, 375 6-persons, 215 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,535 1-person, 1,150 2-persons, 132 3-persons, 38 4-persons.

9,170 married couples with children.
3,926 single-parent households (886 men, 3,040 women).

95.1% of residents of Great Falls speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 1,395 (2.5%)
(68.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.4
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.8
State:	4.1

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Great Falls, Montana:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 132 3 rooms: 453 4 rooms: 2,071 5 rooms: 2,705 6 rooms: 2,267 7 rooms: 2,443 8 rooms: 2,504 9 or more rooms: 2,436

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Great Falls, Montana:
	1 room: 543 2 rooms: 1,211 3 rooms: 1,781 4 rooms: 2,532 5 rooms: 1,331 6 rooms: 660 7 rooms: 321 8 rooms: 186 9 or more rooms: 209

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 309
1995 to 1998: 989
1990 to 1994: 572
1980 to 1989: 1,661
1970 to 1979: 4,187
1960 to 1969: 4,984
1950 to 1959: 5,048
1940 to 1949: 2,453
1939 or earlier: 5,050

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Great Falls:
	no bedroom: 6 1 bedroom: 611 2 bedrooms: 3,679 3 bedrooms: 5,826 4 bedrooms: 3,595 5 or more bedrooms: 1,294

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Great Falls:
	no bedroom: 730 1 bedroom: 2,759 2 bedrooms: 3,545 3 bedrooms: 1,233 4 bedrooms: 372 5 or more bedrooms: 135

Cars and other vehicles available in Great Falls in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 440 1 vehicle: 3,924 2 vehicles: 6,923 3 vehicles: 2,565 4 vehicles: 828 5 or more vehicles: 331

Cars and other vehicles available in Great Falls in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,929 1 vehicle: 4,407 2 vehicles: 1,927 3 vehicles: 387 4 vehicles: 95 5 or more vehicles: 29

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Great Falls, MT:

Less than $10,000: 22
$10,000 to $14,999: 36
$15,000 to $19,999: 28
$20,000 to $24,999: 58
$25,000 to $29,999: 39
$30,000 to $34,999: 120
$35,000 to $39,999: 154
$40,000 to $49,999: 352
$50,000 to $59,999: 528
$60,000 to $69,999: 1060
$70,000 to $79,999: 1416
$80,000 to $89,999: 2168
$90,000 to $99,999: 1912
$100,000 to $124,999: 2152
$125,000 to $149,999: 1240
$150,000 to $174,999: 635
$175,000 to $199,999: 311
$200,000 to $249,999: 250
$250,000 to $299,999: 109
$300,000 to $399,999: 83
$400,000 to $499,999: 15
$500,000 to $749,999: 9
$750,000 to $999,999: 7
$1,000,000 or more: 6

Great Falls rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Great Falls:

Less than $100: 263 people
$100 to $149: 366
$150 to $199: 482
$200 to $249: 574
$250 to $299: 663
$300 to $349: 947
$350 to $399: 1,230
$400 to $449: 1,211
$450 to $499: 968
$500 to $549: 672
$550 to $599: 316
$600 to $649: 289
$650 to $699: 167
$700 to $749: 173
$750 to $799: 106
$800 to $899: 61
$900 to $999: 48
$1,000 to $1,249: 45
$1,250 to $1,499: 24
$1,500 to $1,999: 53
$2,000 or more: 65
No cash rent: 344

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 149 1990 to 1994: 95 1985 to 1989: 120 1980 to 1984: 119 1975 to 1979: 70 1970 to 1974: 88 1970 to 1974: 70 1965 to 1969: 684

Great Falls, MT Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 97.8%
Number of people working at home: 825 (3.2% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 985
5 to 9 minutes: 5412
10 to 14 minutes: 8565
15 to 19 minutes: 5807
20 to 24 minutes: 2322
25 to 29 minutes: 337
30 to 34 minutes: 696
35 to 39 minutes: 70
40 to 44 minutes: 154
45 to 59 minutes: 197
60 to 89 minutes: 215
90 or more minutes: 255

Great Falls mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 21,139 (82%)
Carpooled: 2,593 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 231 (1%)
Taxi: 22 (0%)
Motorcycle: 26 (0%)
Bicycle: 123 (0%)
Walked: 812 (3%)
Other means: 69 (0%)
Worked at home: 825 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 2914
$10,000 to $14,999: 2194
$15,000 to $19,999: 2022
$20,000 to $24,999: 2166
$25,000 to $29,999: 1684
$30,000 to $34,999: 1780
$35,000 to $39,999: 1659
$40,000 to $44,999: 1494
$45,000 to $49,999: 1341
$50,000 to $59,999: 2078
$60,000 to $74,999: 1773
$75,000 to $99,999: 1396
$100,000 to $124,999: 528
$125,000 to $149,999: 277
$150,000 to $199,999: 195
$200,000 or more: 310

First ancestries reported:

German: 10100

Other groups: 5366

Irish: 5176

Norwegian: 4809

English: 3905

United States or American: 3273

Italian: 1559

French (except Basque): 1276

Swedish: 1076

Scotch-Irish: 1014

Scottish: 1012

Polish: 956

Dutch: 697

French Canadian: 549

Danish: 544

European: 467

Finnish: 444

Czech: 245

Scandinavian: 231

Yugoslavian: 204

Welsh: 201

Czechoslovakian: 200

Russian: 199

Austrian: 195

British: 190

Greek: 176

Hungarian: 153

Croatian: 146

Slovak: 135

Swiss: 128

Belgian: 118

Ukrainian: 95

Portuguese: 74

Northern European: 67

Subsaharan African:: 58

Slavic: 56

Slovene: 52

Canadian: 49

African: 46

Arab:: 41

Lebanese: 35

Serbian: 28

Pennsylvania German: 25

Turkish: 25

Basque: 23

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 18

Romanian: 17

Australian: 14

Jamaican: 14

Luxemburger: 12

Estonian: 12

Celtic: 11

Icelander: 10

Lithuanian: 8

Bulgarian: 8

Other Subsaharan African: 6

Egyptian: 6

Nigerian: 6

German Russian: 5

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 4

Israeli: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Canada (20%)
Germany (17%)
United Kingdom (12%)
Philippines (7%)
Korea (5%)
France (4%)
Poland (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 32533
Northeast: 2017
Midwest: 8448
South: 3621
West: 7779

54% of Great Falls residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Montana.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 56
Nursery to 4th grade: 58
5th and 6th grade: 78
7th and 8th grade: 592
9th grade: 268
10th grade: 443
11th grade: 307
12th grade, no diploma: 427
High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,820
Less than 1 year of college: 1,386
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,957
Associate degree: 1,067
Bachelor's degree: 2,736
Master's degree: 986
Professional school degree: 458
Doctorate degree: 95

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 32
Nursery to 4th grade: 25
5th and 6th grade: 102
7th and 8th grade: 529
9th grade: 325
10th grade: 467
11th grade: 498
12th grade, no diploma: 607
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,486
Less than 1 year of college: 1,567
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,533
Associate degree: 1,503
Bachelor's degree: 2,998
Master's degree: 900
Professional school degree: 191
Doctorate degree: 30

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 7.5%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.1%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 21.4%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 7.1%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 24.2%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 19.3%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 3.1%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 3.1%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 8.9%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 3.4%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 2.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 10.7%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $44,165
Black householders: $15,923
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $18,377
Asian householders: $23,462
Some other race householders: $36,663
Two or more races householders: $38,854
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $23,472

Great Falls household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Great Falls household income for Black householders

Great Falls household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Great Falls household income for Asian householders

Great Falls household income for Some other race householders

Great Falls household income for Two or more races householders

Great Falls household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Great Falls marital status for males

Great Falls marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $143,650
Black or African American householders: $115,606
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $123,708
Asian householders: $116,852
Some other race householders: $138,197
Two or more races householders: $139,444
Hispanic or Latino householders: $142,092

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 15,744
One, attached: 706
Two: 1,241
3 or 4: 1,756
5 to 9: 1,098
10 to 19: 1,332
20 to 49: 1,164
50 or more: 850
Mobile homes: 1,342
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 20

Median worth of mobile homes: $22,693

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Great Falls:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (95%) Electricity (3%) Wood (1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (77%) Electricity (17%) Other fuel (2%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 544

Here:	8.2%
Montana:	7.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 123

Here:	3.5%
Montana:	6.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 620

Here:	32.3%
Montana:	11.5%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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