Columbia Falls is a somewhat small city located in the state of Montana. With a population of 5,723 people and three associated neighborhoods, Columbia Falls is the 17th largest community in Montana.

Also of interest is that Columbia Falls has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Columbia Falls is also a city of artists. Columbia Falls has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Columbia Falls’s character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 17.52% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Being a small city, Columbia Falls does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, Columbia Falls is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.63% of adults in Columbia Falls have a college degree.

The per capita income in Columbia Falls in 2022 was $31,286, which is middle income relative to Montana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $125,144 for a family of four. However, Columbia Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Columbia Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Columbia Falls residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Columbia Falls include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Czech.

The most common language spoken in Columbia Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.