Thompson Falls, Montana

Thompson Falls population, 2020 to 2024

Thompson Falls added 159 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.6%. In the latest year it moved by +18.

Thompson Falls covers 1.60 square miles of land, for 954 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Thompson Falls is less dense than the typical town.

What county Thompson Falls is in

All of Thompson Falls's residents live in Sanders County, which had 13,895 residents in 2024. Thompson Falls holds 11.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Thompson Falls

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Thompson Falls by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59873. 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 Thompson Falls is

The Census internal point of Thompson Falls is at 47.599300, -115.342500. Helena, the capital, is 171.4 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Osburn, ID (1,678 people), 31.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 88.1 miles away.

Daylight in Thompson Falls

At 47.60° N, Thompson Falls gets about 15 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Thompson Falls

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Plains, 23.4 miles away, with 1,244 people.