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El Dorado city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
El Dorado city is a Census city of 17,115 people across 16.20 square miles of land, in Union County. Median household income is $49,244, 57.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 21 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $11.7 m.
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El Dorado
What El Dorado is
- Census place typecity
- Land area16.2 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,056
- County holding the largest share of its areaUnion 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.
El Dorado
How many people live in El Dorado
- Population17,115
- Median age36.6
- Population under 184,350
- Share under 1825.4 percent
- Population 65 and over3,131
- Share 65 and over18.3 percent
- Households6,561
- Family households3,697
- Share of households that are families56.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Dorado
Income and work in El Dorado
- Median household income$49,244
- Per capita income$26,751
- Civilian labor force7,491
- Employed6,964
- Unemployed527 plus or minus 185
- Unemployment rate7.0 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over11,510
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.4 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Dorado
Housing in El Dorado
- Housing units7,895
- Occupied units6,561
- Vacant units1,334
- Vacancy rate16.9 percent
- Owner occupied3,754
- Renter occupied2,807
- Ownership rate57.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$124,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$880
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.4 percent
- Single family units6,157
- Share single family78.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,314 plus or minus 278
- Share in buildings of two or more16.6 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Mobile homes424 plus or minus 145
- Median year structure built1970
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Dorado
How El Dorado gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute6,178
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,762
- Share commuting under 15 minutes60.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,158 plus or minus 309
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.7 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Drove alone81.0 percent
- Carpooled7.4 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Public transport0.2 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home10.2 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Dorado
SBA loans in El Dorado (7(a))
- Approvals21
- Gross approval$11,693,700
- Average approval$556,843
- Median approval$362,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,195,800
- Largest approval$2,169,300
- Jobs supported261
- Jobs per approval12.4
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more19.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS17
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Union County, not El Dorado
Union County context, not El Dorado figures
These are Union County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as El Dorado measurements.
- Establishments in Union County1,036
- Employment at those establishments, Union County15,851
- Covered employment, Union County16,449
- Average annual pay, Union County$61,648
- Average weekly wage, Union County$1,186
- Housing units permitted, Union County20
- Of those, single family, Union County20
- County product, 2024, Union County$3,375,420,000
- County product change over the prior year, Union County-3.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Union County$51,520
Every figure in this section is published for Union County as a whole and is not a measurement of El Dorado. 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
El Dorado questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in El Dorado, Arkansas?
17,115, in 6,561 households. El Dorado city covers 16.20 square miles of land, which is 1,056 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is El Dorado in?
Union 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 El Dorado?
$49,244. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $124,100. Median gross rent is $880 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to El Dorado businesses?
21 7(a) approvals totalling $11.7 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $362,500. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in El Dorado, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to El Dorado borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for El Dorado. only 2 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 El Dorado figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Union 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 El Dorado.
Is zoning published for El Dorado?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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