Montana · Census place 3040075

Kalispell, Montana

Kalispell is a city in Flathead County, Montana with an estimated 31,296 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 7th largest of 55 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
31,296
#7 of 55 in Montana
Change since 2020
+23.9%
+6,029 people
Land area
12.9 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
2,424 / sq mi
State median 2,232
Orange pin: Kalispell. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Helena.

Kalispell population, 2020 to 2024

Kalispell added 6,029 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +23.9%. In the latest year it moved by +1,125. Among 19 Montana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 1st; the median place changed by +5.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Montana has 9,256 people, so Kalispell is 3.4 times that size.

25.3k202026.8k202128.9k202230.2k202331.3k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 25,078. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Kalispell covers 12.91 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 2,424 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Kalispell is close to the typical town.

What county Kalispell is in

All of Kalispell's residents live in Flathead County, which had 114,527 residents in 2024. Kalispell holds 27.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kalispell

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kalispell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59901. 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 Kalispell is

The Census internal point of Kalispell is at 48.216200, -114.327600. Helena, the capital, is 156.1 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Missoula, MT (78,204 people), 93.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 139.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
48.216200, -114.327600
DMS
48°12'58.32"N 114°19'39.36"W
UTM
11N 698506.7E 5343783.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
85W76M8C+FX

Daylight in Kalispell

At 48.22° N, Kalispell gets about 16 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kalispell

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Columbia Falls, 12.4 miles away, with 5,713 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Kalispell, MT?

31,296 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 6,029 (23.9%) from 25,267 in July 2020.

What county is Kalispell in?

Flathead County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Kalispell?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 59901.

How far is Kalispell from Helena?

156.1 miles (251.2 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Kalispell.

What is the nearest larger city to Kalispell?

Missoula, MT, with 78,204 residents, 93.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.