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Van Buren city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Van Buren city is a Census city of 23,763 people across 15.48 square miles of land, in Crawford County. Median household income is $61,149, 65.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 17 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.7 m.
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Van Buren
What Van Buren is
- Census place typecity
- Land area15.48 sq mi
- Water area0.68 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,535
- County holding the largest share of its areaCrawford 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.
Van Buren
How many people live in Van Buren
- Population23,763
- Median age36.5
- Population under 185,774
- Share under 1824.3 percent
- Population 65 and over4,133
- Share 65 and over17.4 percent
- Households9,149
- Family households6,571
- Share of households that are families71.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Van Buren
Income and work in Van Buren
- Median household income$61,149
- Per capita income$29,398
- Civilian labor force11,128
- Employed10,558
- Unemployed570 plus or minus 242
- Unemployment rate5.1 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over16,154
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.6 percent plus or minus 1.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Van Buren
Housing in Van Buren
- Housing units9,862
- Occupied units9,149
- Vacant units713 plus or minus 226
- Vacancy rate7.2 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Owner occupied6,005
- Renter occupied3,144
- Ownership rate65.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$181,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$847
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.6 percent
- Single family units7,689
- Share single family78.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,041
- Share in buildings of two or more20.7 percent
- Mobile homes132 plus or minus 108
- Median year structure built1990
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Van Buren
How Van Buren gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute9,887
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,791
- Share commuting under 15 minutes38.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,707
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more17.3 percent
- Drove alone82.2 percent
- Carpooled11.4 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home3.3 percent plus or minus 1.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Van Buren
SBA loans in Van Buren (7(a))
- Approvals17
- Gross approval$5,679,000
- Average approval$334,059
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,000,000
- Largest approval$1,043,100
- Jobs supported172
- Jobs per approval10.1
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Paid in full8
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.8 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS14
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 8 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.
Van Buren
SBA loans in Van Buren (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$2,263,000
- Average approval$1,131,500
- Median approval$1,823,000
- Largest approval$1,823,000
- Jobs supported24
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Crawford County, not Van Buren
Crawford County context, not Van Buren figures
These are Crawford County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Van Buren measurements.
- Establishments in Crawford County1,130
- Employment at those establishments, Crawford County15,230
- Covered employment, Crawford County19,290
- Average annual pay, Crawford County$48,778
- Average weekly wage, Crawford County$938
- Housing units permitted, Crawford County46
- Of those, single family, Crawford County35
- County product, 2024, Crawford County$2,328,337,000
- County product change over the prior year, Crawford County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Crawford County$49,182
Every figure in this section is published for Crawford County as a whole and is not a measurement of Van Buren. 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
Van Buren questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Van Buren, Arkansas?
23,763, in 9,149 households. Van Buren city covers 15.48 square miles of land, which is 1,535 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Van Buren in?
Crawford 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 Van Buren?
$61,149. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $181,500. Median gross rent is $847 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Van Buren businesses?
17 7(a) approvals totalling $5.7 m, across 10 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $2.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Van Buren, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Van Buren borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Van Buren. only 8 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 Van Buren figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Crawford 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 Van Buren.
Is zoning published for Van Buren?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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