Housing units in zip code 59912 with a mortgage: 2,317 (178 second mortgage, 449 home equity loan, 63 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,484
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,340
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $377
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
15.8%
Whole state:
14.6%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2010:
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 59912: Glacier Mountain Shadows RV Park (A), Columbia Falls RV Resort (B), Glacier Peaks RV Park (C), LaSalle RV Park and Campground (D), Grizzly (E), Falls Station (F), Big Creek Campground (G), Kokanee Bend Fishing Access (H), Teakettle Campground (I), Big Creek Work Center (J), Midway Grange (K), Steamer Oakes (L), Teakettle Fishing Access Site (M), Fool Hen Hill (N), Montana State Soldiers Home (O), Great Northern Flats use site (P), Conkelley (Q), Columbia Falls (R), Half Moon (S), Meadow Lake Golf Course (T). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 59912 include: Assembly of God Church (A), North Valley Baptist Church (B), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (C), Fellowship Alliance Church (D), First Baptist Church (E), First Christian Church (F), Our Redeemer Lutheran Church (G), Our Saviors Lutheran Church (H), Saint Richards Catholic Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Canyon Creek (A), Cedar Creek (B), Vogt Creek (C), Crystal Creek (D), Depuy Creek (E), Dry Creek (F), Garnier Creek (G), Hell Roaring Creek (H), McGinnis Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in zip code 59912 include: Bad Rock Canyon Historical Marker (1), Surrounded by Wilderness Historical Marker (2), Pinewood Park (3), Columbus Park (4), Moran Tette Park (5), Corner Park (6), Clare Park (7), Horine Park (8), Berne Memorial Park (9). Display/hide their locations on the map
Year house built
2005 or later: 592
2000 to 2004: 689
1990 to 1999: 935
1980 to 1989: 932
1970 to 1979: 1,450
1960 to 1969: 482
1950 to 1959: 561
1940 to 1949: 235
1939 or earlier: 662
Estimated household income distribution in 2009:
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2010 in zip code 59912:
Less than $10,000: 29
$10,000 to $14,999: 142
$15,000 to $19,999: 46
$20,000 to $24,999: 85
$25,000 to $29,999: 134
$30,000 to $34,999: 7
$35,000 to $39,999: 139
$40,000 to $49,999: 178
$50,000 to $59,999: 125
$60,000 to $69,999: 58
$70,000 to $79,999: 68
$80,000 to $89,999: 356
$90,000 to $99,999: 102
$100,000 to $124,999: 220
$125,000 to $149,999: 247
$150,000 to $174,999: 437
$175,000 to $199,999: 320
$200,000 to $249,999: 678
$250,000 to $299,999: 509
$300,000 to $399,999: 457
$400,000 to $499,999: 221
$500,000 to $749,999: 635
$750,000 to $999,999: 102
$1,000,000 or more: 179
Rent paid by renters in 2010 in zip code 59912:
Less than $100: 18
$150 to $199: 126
$200 to $249: 787
$250 to $299: 23
$300 to $349: 31
$350 to $399: 591
$400 to $449: 274
$450 to $499: 60
$500 to $549: 1,352
$550 to $599: 824
$600 to $649: 565
$650 to $699: 346
$700 to $749: 461
$750 to $799: 584
$800 to $899: 638
$900 to $999: 299
$1,000 to $1,249: 82
$1,250 to $1,499: 42
$1,500 to $1,999: 28
$2,000 or more: 464
No cash rent: 213
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2010: $971,109.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2010 for:
White Non-Hispanic householders: $286,460
Black or African American householders: $475,743
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $310,818
Asian householders: $215,670
Some other race householders: $213,894
Two or more races householders: $164,924
Hispanic or Latino householders: $206,535
Estimated median house or condo value in 2010: $273,013
59912:
$273,013
Montana:
$180,800
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $162,839 - $384,390
Mean price in 2010:
Detached houses: $140,322
Here:
$140,322
State:
$253,284
Mobile homes: $321,924
Here:
$321,924
State:
$85,782
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 4,216
One, attached: 148
Two: 572
3 or 4: 600
5 to 9: 275
10 to 19: 4,319
20 to 49: 783
50 or more: 141
Mobile homes: 640
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 275
Means of transportation to work
Drove a car alone: 4,515 (77%)
Carpooled: 620 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,390 (24%)
Motorcycle: 34 (1%)
Bicycle: 77 (1%)
Walked: 141 (2%)
Other means: 94 (2%)
Worked at home: 515 (9%)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 292
5 to 9 minutes: 897
10 to 14 minutes: 1,440
15 to 19 minutes: 661
20 to 24 minutes: 1,073
25 to 29 minutes: 294
30 to 34 minutes: 576
35 to 39 minutes: 77
40 to 44 minutes: 113
45 to 59 minutes: 67
60 to 89 minutes: 89
90 or more minutes: 178
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 97.0%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,835
In family households: 10,456 (2,819 male householders, 584 female householders)
2,729 spouses, 3,760 children (3,325 natural, 89 adopted, 346 stepchildren), 166 grandchildren, 41 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 111 other relatives, 222 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,379 (560 male householders (439 living alone)), 531 female householders (433 living alone)), 288 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 168 (106 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,725 2-persons, 810 3-persons, 897 4-persons, 567 5-persons, 97 6-persons, 76 7-or-more-persons
2,497 married couples with children.
908 single-parent households (380 men, 528 women).
98.8% of residents of 59912 zip code speak English at home.
3.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% very well, 14% well, 12% not well).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (13% very well, 87% well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (13% very well, 87% well).
Foreign born population: 204 (1.5%) (66.3% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
1.5%
Whole state:
2.0%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Canada (32%)
Mexico (16%)
Korea (13%)
Asia, n.e.c. (10%)
United Kingdom (8%)
Austria (6%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 107
1990 to 1999: 20
1980 to 1989: 82
Before 1980: 205
Races in zip code 59912:
White population: 11,303 Black population: 223 American Indian population: 580 Asian population: 336 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 13 Two or more races population: 441 Hispanic or Latino population: 1,235
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
COLUMBIA FALLS ALUMINUM COMPANY, LLC (2000 ALUMINUM DRIVE/PO BOX 10 in COLUMBIA FALLS, MT)
AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS) AIR MONITORING SITE (Airborne pollution emission tracking) (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-08-1991-0010, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) STATE MASTER (Montana air and water quality tracking) - MT-CEDARS-100021, AIR PROGRAM, MT-CEDARS-100043, ASBESTOS STATE MASTER (Montana air and water quality tracking) STATE MASTER (Montana air and water quality tracking) - MT-CEDARS-100051, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: PRIMARY PRODUCTION OF ALUMINUM Business NAICS classification: PRIMARY ALUMINUM PRODUCTION.; PRIMARY ALUMINUM PRODUCTION. Organizations: COLUMBIA FALLS ALUMINUM COMPANY LLC (CONTACT/APPLICANT)
, STEVE WRIGHT (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, COLUMBIA FALLS ALUMINUM CO LLC (CONTACT/OWNER)
, COLUMBIA FALLS ALUMINUM COMPANY LLC (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: CFAC-PM10 AMBIENT, COLUMBIA FALLS ALUMINUM COMPANY, LLC (15-04003), COLUMBIA FALLS ALUMINUM-DOANE, COLUMBIA FALLS ALUMINUM-HOFFMAN
BEAVER WOOD PRODUCTS (7401 HWY 2 E in COLUMBIA FALLS, MT)
STATE MASTER (Montana air and water quality tracking) - MT-CEDARS-100051, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business NAICS classification: WOOD PRESERVATION. Organizations: DAVID ROMERO (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, DICK GROSSWILER (CONTACT/OWNER)
, BEAVER WOOD PRODUCTS INCORPORATED (CONTACT/OWNER)
GREAT NORTHERN BARK COMPANY (NW 1/4, SEC. 9, T30N, R20W in COLUMBIA FALLS, MT)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (Montana air and water quality tracking) - MT-CEDARS-100021, AIR PROGRAM CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) Business SIC classification: SAWMILLS AND PLANING MILLS, GENERAL Organizations: GREAT NORTHERN BARK COMPANY LLC (CONTACT/APPLICANT)
Alternative names: GREAT NORTHERN BARK - 3027
DEER PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT 2 (2105 MIDDLE ROAD in COLUMBIA FALLS, MT)
(Geographic Names Information System) ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-0409 Business SIC and NAICS classification: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS Organizations: DEER PARK ELEM (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
DEER PARK 7-8 (2105 MIDDLE ROAD in COLUMBIA FALLS, MT)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-1693 Organizations: DEER PARK ELEM (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
EAST WOOD VILLAGE TRAILER PARK (BOX 1695 in COLUMBIA FALLS, MT)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-08-2000-0155, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM (SDWIS) Business SIC classification: OPERATORS OF RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME SITES
COLUMBIA FALLS 7-8 (1805 TALBOT ROAD in COLUMBIA FALLS, MT)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-0419 Organizations: COLUMBIA FALLS ELEM (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
COLUMBIA FALLS GRADE 6 (1805 TALBOT ROAD in COLUMBIA FALLS, MT)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-1572 Organizations: COLUMBIA FALLS ELEM (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
COLUMBIA FALLS HIGH SCHL (610 13TH STREET WEST in COLUMBIA FALLS, MT)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-0425 Organizations: COLUMBIA FALLS H S (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
GLACIER GATEWAY ELEM (440 4TH AVENUE WEST in COLUMBIA FALLS, MT)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-0418 Organizations: COLUMBIA FALLS ELEM (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
KOKANEE BEND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION (300 KOKANEE BEND DR in COLUMBIA FALLS, MT)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-08-2000-0166, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM (SDWIS) Alternative names: KOKANEE BEND HOA
CARVERS UNLIMITED (110 9TH ST W in COLUMBIA FALLS, MT)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: MIKE WEBB (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
BAUSKA SITE (4965 US HIGHWAY 2 W in COLUMBIA FALLS, MT)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: GREG BAUSKA (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: BANSKA SITE
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2.0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1.8%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Utility gas (47%)
Electricity (22%)
Wood (13%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
Other fuel (2%)
No fuel used (2%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
Population in 1990: 9,275. Population change in the 1990s: +2,814 (+30.3%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 5,944
Northeast: 411
Midwest: 2,184
South: 559
West: 2,714
55% of the 59912 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Montana.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 202
Here:
11.4%
Montana:
9.7%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 96
Here:
9.4%
Montana:
7.4%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 676
Here:
70.1%
Montana:
12.1%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code (COLUMBIA FALLS, MT):
PURDY ENTERPRISES (HWY 2 W; small business) : $196,552 in 6 contractsfrom 2000 to 2004
Contracts for Forest/Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression Services, Specialized Shipping and Storage Containers by Forest Service, Forest Service (disused code: now 12C2), Army Signed by year:2000: $7,000; 2001: $51,000; 2002: $0; 2003: $104,252; 2004: $34,300; 2005: $0; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$72,252 with Forest Service for Forest/Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression Services. Signed on 2003-09-15. Completion date: 2005-06-15.
$51,000 with Forest Service (disused code: now 12C2) for Forest/Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression Services. Signed on 2001-09-15. Completion date: 2003-06-15.
$34,300 with Army for Specialized Shipping and Storage Containers. Signed on 2004-07-23. Completion date: 2004-07-26.
$24,600, same as above.Signed on 2003-12-08. Completion date: 2003-11-21.
T & C MAINTENANCE, LLC (4140 CLUMBIA FLS STATE RD; small business)
$83,040 with Forest Service for Forest/Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression Services. Signed on 2003-09-15. Completion date: 2005-06-15.
WILLIAM & AUDREY STACY (No data from D and B; small business)
$26,744 with Forest Service for Forest/Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression Services. Signed on 2003-09-15. Completion date: 2005-06-15.
WHITEFISH SKATE RAMP CO INC (174 SANDY HILL LANE; small business) : $17,283 in 3 contractsfrom 2003 to 2005
$9,008 with Army for Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials. Signed on 2003-09-10. Completion date: 2003-09-16.
$5,062 with Air Force for Hardware, Commercial. Taking place in AK. Signed on 2005-08-23. Completion date: 2005-08-31.
$3,213 with Army for Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials. Signed on 2004-04-05. Completion date: 2004-04-16.
WEE HAUL GARBAGE INC (55 W VALLEY DR; small business) 6 employees, $310000 revenue. : $11,000 in 3 contractsin 2000
$8,000 with Forest Service (disused code: now 12C2) for Trash/Garbage Collection Services - Including Portable Sanitation Services. Signed on 2000-10-15. Completion date: 2001-09-15.
$3,000 with Forest Service (disused code: now 12C2) for Forest/Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression Services. Signed on 2000-09-15. Completion date: 2002-06-15.
$0 with Forest Service (disused code: now 12C2) for Trash/Garbage Collection Services - Including Portable Sanitation Services. Signed on 2000-10-15. Completion date: 2001-09-15.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005: