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Somerton city, Arizona: commercial real estate data.
Somerton city is a Census city of 14,574 people across 7.27 square miles of land, in Yuma County. Median household income is $74,015, 73.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.5 m.
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Somerton
What Somerton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area7.27 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,004
- County holding the largest share of its areaYuma 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.
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How many people live in Somerton
- Population14,574
- Median age31.3
- Population under 183,818
- Share under 1826.2 percent
- Population 65 and over1,625 plus or minus 396
- Share 65 and over11.1 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Households4,964
- Family households4,197
- Share of households that are families84.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Somerton
- Median household income$74,015
- Per capita income$25,658
- Civilian labor force6,630
- Employed6,382
- Unemployed248 plus or minus 122
- Unemployment rate3.7 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over8,656
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher61.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.4 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.4 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Somerton
- Housing units5,168
- Occupied units4,964
- Vacant units204 plus or minus 119
- Vacancy rate3.9 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Owner occupied3,660
- Renter occupied1,304 plus or minus 398
- Ownership rate73.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$232,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$896 plus or minus $254
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.5 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Single family units4,230
- Share single family81.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more722 plus or minus 376
- Share in buildings of two or more14.0 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Mobile homes216 plus or minus 126
- Median year structure built2002
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Somerton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,963
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,665 plus or minus 456
- Share commuting under 15 minutes27.9 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,405 plus or minus 412
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more23.6 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Drove alone91.4 percent
- Carpooled2.4 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home6.2 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Somerton (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$1,474,000
- Average approval$245,667
- Median approval$45,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,029,000
- Largest approval$1,029,000
- Jobs supported13
- Jobs per approval2.2
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full0
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.7 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
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SBA loans in Somerton (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$538,000
- Average approval$538,000
- Median approval$538,000
- Largest approval$538,000
- Jobs supported18
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Somerton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number040114
- Currently effective map date(NSFHA)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Yuma County, not Somerton
Yuma County context, not Somerton figures
These are Yuma County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Somerton measurements.
- Establishments in Yuma County3,376
- Employment at those establishments, Yuma County50,443
- Covered employment, Yuma County71,978
- Average annual pay, Yuma County$53,873
- Average weekly wage, Yuma County$1,036
- Housing units permitted, Yuma County1,401
- Of those, single family, Yuma County1,183
- County product, 2024, Yuma County$11,353,488,000
- County product change over the prior year, Yuma County5.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Yuma County$56,146
Every figure in this section is published for Yuma County as a whole and is not a measurement of Somerton. 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.
- 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
Somerton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Somerton, Arizona?
14,574, in 4,964 households. Somerton city covers 7.27 square miles of land, which is 2,004 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Somerton in?
Yuma 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 Somerton?
$74,015. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $232,600. Median gross rent is $896 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Somerton businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $1.5 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $45,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $538,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Somerton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Somerton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Somerton. only 1 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.
Is Somerton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Somerton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 040114, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Somerton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Yuma 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 Somerton.
Is zoning published for Somerton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.