Columbia Falls, Montana

Columbia Falls population, 2020 to 2024

Columbia Falls added 317 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.9%. In the latest year it moved by -4. Among 19 Montana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 9th; the median place changed by +5.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Montana has 9,256 people, so Columbia Falls is 62% of it.

Columbia Falls covers 2.28 square miles of land, for 2,506 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Columbia Falls is denser than the typical town.

What county Columbia Falls is in

All of Columbia Falls's residents live in Flathead County, which had 114,527 residents in 2024. Columbia Falls holds 5.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Columbia Falls

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Columbia Falls by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59912. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Columbia Falls is

The Census internal point of Columbia Falls is at 48.371500, -114.191800. Helena, the capital, is 159.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Whitefish, MT (9,256 people), 8.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 148.8 miles away.

Daylight in Columbia Falls

At 48.37° N, Columbia Falls gets about 16 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Columbia Falls

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Whitefish, 8.5 miles away, with 9,256 people.