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Sanders County, MT

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 79% of Montana's ($72,509); poverty 15.4% against 11.5%; 1.2% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

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Places in the county

• Thompson Falls 1,500 · median household income $46,313
• Plains 1,195 · median household income $25,491
• Hot Springs 557 · median household income $21,300
• Heron 328 · median household income $29,207
• Trout Creek 252 · median household income $64,853
• Noxon 209 · median household income $60,167
• Weeksville 147 · median household income $64,333
• Old Agency 129 · median household income $45,750
• Lonepine 122 · median household income $31,667
• Paradise 76 · median household income $-666,666,666
• Camas 34 · median household income $23,750
• Belknap 32 · median household income $-666,666,666

FURP records in Sanders County, MT

Cross-reference: 264 nonprofits for 13,285 residents is 198.7 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $52,271,030 is $3,935 per resident, 16.7% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $57,476.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

• PLAINS HOSPITALS INC Plains, MT · $34,673,796
• LITTLE BITTERROOT SERVICES Plains, MT · $3,992,380
• JACK I ESLER FOUNDATION Thompson Fls, MT · $2,574,359
• CAMP BIGHORN Plains, MT · $1,332,723
• DEPARTMENT OF MONTANA VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES Plains, MT · $1,103,296
• SANDERS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC Hot Springs, MT · $1,001,771
• GFWC THOMPSON FALLS WOMANS CLUB Thompson Fls, MT · $765,777
• SANDERS COUNTY COALITION FOR FAMILIES Thompson Fls, MT · $723,529
• PLAINS COMMUNITY AMBULANCE INC Plains, MT · $601,430
• Working Innovations Inc Lonepine, MT · $490,267

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

• WILLIAM BRECK HOWARD MD Plains, MT · $5,876,951
• WILDHORSE MANAGEMENT Plains, MT · $3,262,940
• JAMES DOHERTY DBA AMERICAN ROOFING LLC Thompson Falls, MT · $503,165
• MARK FRENCH Plains, MT · $420,076
• Neal Structural Repair LLC Noxon, MT · $270,875
• SULLIVAN BUILDING SERVICES INC Dixon, MT · $113,169

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

• UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORP Thompson Falls, MT · $12,915,000
• Go Roam Free Inc. Hot Springs, MT · $800,000

Political committees

• MARK FRENCH FOR CONGRESS Paradise, MT
• PUSSYHAT REVOLUTION Thompson Falls, MT

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

• INGRAM VETERINARY CLINIC PLLC Thompson Falls, MT · 2
• ORDELHEIDE DENTAL, INC. Plains, MT · 2
• PLAINS HOSPITAL, INC. Plains, MT · 2
• ARK II INC Plains, MT · 1
• BLUE SLIDE LLC Trout Creek, MT · 1
• BUILDING BRIDGES, INC. Thompson Falls, MT · 1
• DENNY MILLER ASSOCIATES, INC. Plains, MT · 1
• EAST END FUEL INC. Thompson Falls, MT · 1
• ELK CREEK CONTRACTING, INC. Heron, MT · 1
• FARWEST FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC Heron, MT · 1

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

• JOSHUA L SPAKE Thompson Falls, MT · $1,366
• RANDY LOVELL Thompson Falls, MT · $500
• DONALD DAMSCHEN Plains, MT · $161
• Michael Frank Breslow Noxon, MT · $150
• RAYMOND CURTIS NELSON Thompson Falls, MT · $77
• AMY DAWN SCHNEIDER Plains, MT · $76
• ANDREW TIMOTHY ORDELHEIDE Plains, MT · $75
• BARBARA STEWARD Plains, MT · $66
• RHONDA E DAMSCHEN Plains, MT · $50
• JESSICA VALENTINE Plains, MT · $30

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

• Go Roam Free, LLC Hot Springs, MT · 10
• Trophy Taker, Inc Plains, MT · 6
• Option Archery, LLC Thompson Falls, MT · 4
• Arctos Research LLC Plains, MT · 3
• Kadence Designs LLC Thompson Falls, MT · 3
• ODE, L3C Noxon, MT · 3
• Branez, Inc. Trout Creek, MT · 2
• Catalyst Solutions LLC Heron, MT · 2
• Cyber Savvy, Inc. Heron, MT · 2
• DEDtec, Inc. Plains, MT · 2

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

• UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORPORATION Thompson Falls, MT · $57,804,923
• MONTCAL LLC Plains, MT · $29,820,170
• SANDERS COUNTY Thompson Falls, MT · $23,788,074
• CITY OF THOMPSON FALLS Thompson Falls, MT · $19,410,078
• GASKETS ORINGS RUBBER INC Plains, MT · $8,402,291
• SANDERS COUNTY COALITION FOR FAMILIES Thompson Falls, MT · $8,049,689
• DIXON SCHOOL DISTRICT 9 Dixon, MT · $4,748,464
• TOWN OF HOT SPRINGS TOWN HALL Hot Springs, MT · $3,654,700
• REHBEIN ENTERPRISES INC Plains, MT · $3,335,276
• TAYLOR SERVICES, INC. Thompson Falls, MT · $1,977,135

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0