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Durham, California: commercial real estate data.
Durham is a Census CDP of 5,340 people across 81.69 square miles of land, in Butte County. Median household income is $95,417, 70.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.1 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Durham
What Durham is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area81.69 sq mi
- Water area0.15 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land65
- County holding the largest share of its areaButte 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.
Durham
How many people live in Durham
- Population5,340
- Median age50.8
- Population under 18969 plus or minus 257
- Share under 1818.1 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Population 65 and over1,461 plus or minus 307
- Share 65 and over27.4 percent
- Households2,120
- Family households1,598
- Share of households that are families75.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Durham
Income and work in Durham
- Median household income$95,417 plus or minus $29,487
- Per capita income$50,130 plus or minus $10,347
- Civilian labor force2,220
- Employed2,072
- Unemployed148 plus or minus 143
- Unemployment rate6.7 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Adults 25 and over3,828
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher40.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree17.8 percent plus or minus 6.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Durham
Housing in Durham
- Housing units2,189
- Occupied units2,120
- Vacant units69 plus or minus 76
- Vacancy rate3.2 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Owner occupied1,503
- Renter occupied617 plus or minus 199
- Ownership rate70.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$700,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,105
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.9 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Single family units1,861
- Share single family85.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more151 plus or minus 117
- Share in buildings of two or more6.9 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Mobile homes177 plus or minus 126
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Durham
How Durham gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,711 plus or minus 366
- Commuting under 15 minutes667 plus or minus 246
- Share commuting under 15 minutes39.0 percent plus or minus 11.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more249 plus or minus 121
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more14.6 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Drove alone65.6 percent
- Carpooled8.2 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked5.7 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Worked from home16.8 percent plus or minus 9.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Durham
SBA loans in Durham (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,106,000
- Average approval$1,106,000
- Median approval$1,106,000
- Largest approval$1,106,000
- Jobs supported13
- Jobs per approval13.0
- 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 lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Durham, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Butte County, not Durham
Butte County context, not Durham figures
- Establishments in Butte County4,677
- Covered employment, Butte County78,999
- Average annual pay, Butte County$57,521
- Housing units permitted, Butte County946
Every figure in this section is published for Butte County as a whole and is not a measurement of Durham.
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.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Durham questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Durham, California?
5,340, in 2,120 households. Durham CDP covers 81.69 square miles of land, which is 65 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Durham in?
Butte 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 Durham?
$95,417. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $700,100. Median gross rent is $1,105 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Durham businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $1.1 m since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $1,106,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Durham, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Durham borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Durham. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Durham figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Butte 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 Durham.
Is zoning published for Durham?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.