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Brewton city, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Brewton city is a Census city of 5,186 people across 11.30 square miles of land, in Escambia County. Median household income is $50,721, 72.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $138,800.
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Brewton
What Brewton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area11.3 sq mi
- Water area0.24 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land459
- County holding the largest share of its areaEscambia County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brewton
How many people live in Brewton
- Population5,186
- Median age46.4
- Population under 18995 plus or minus 256
- Share under 1819.2 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Population 65 and over1,235 plus or minus 280
- Share 65 and over23.8 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Households1,944
- Family households1,053
- Share of households that are families54.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brewton
Income and work in Brewton
- Median household income$50,721
- Per capita income$31,668
- Civilian labor force1,893
- Employed1,812
- Unemployed81 plus or minus 54
- Unemployment rate4.3 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Adults 25 and over3,741
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher83.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.2 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.8 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brewton
Housing in Brewton
- Housing units2,429
- Occupied units1,944
- Vacant units485 plus or minus 164
- Vacancy rate20.0 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Owner occupied1,399
- Renter occupied545 plus or minus 168
- Ownership rate72.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$150,100 plus or minus $30,966
- Median gross rent, monthly$695
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.4 percent
- Single family units1,939
- Share single family79.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more444 plus or minus 180
- Share in buildings of two or more18.3 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Mobile homes46 plus or minus 37
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brewton
How Brewton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,758
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,089 plus or minus 253
- Share commuting under 15 minutes61.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more375 plus or minus 159
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.3 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Drove alone93.8 percent
- Carpooled2.5 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home3.2 percent plus or minus 4.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brewton
SBA loans in Brewton (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$138,800
- Average approval$69,400
- Median approval$74,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$74,000
- Largest approval$74,000
- Jobs supported20
- Jobs per approval10.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Brewton
SBA loans in Brewton (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$531,000
- Average approval$177,000
- Median approval$162,000
- Largest approval$280,000
- Jobs supported13
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Escambia County, not Brewton
Escambia County context, not Brewton figures
These are Escambia County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Brewton measurements.
- Establishments in Escambia County755
- Employment at those establishments, Escambia County9,975
- Covered employment, Escambia County12,924
- Average annual pay, Escambia County$51,384
- Average weekly wage, Escambia County$988
- Housing units permitted, Escambia County35
- Of those, single family, Escambia County30
- County product, 2024, Escambia County$1,686,284,000
- County product change over the prior year, Escambia County3.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Escambia County$39,454
Every figure in this section is published for Escambia County as a whole and is not a measurement of Brewton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Brewton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Brewton, Alabama?
5,186, in 1,944 households. Brewton city covers 11.30 square miles of land, which is 459 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Brewton in?
Escambia County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Brewton?
$50,721. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $150,100. Median gross rent is $695 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Brewton businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $138,800, across 2 lenders, median approval $74,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $531,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Brewton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Brewton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Brewton. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Brewton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Escambia County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Brewton.
Is zoning published for Brewton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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