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Buttonwillow CDP, California: commercial real estate data.
Buttonwillow CDP is a Census CDP of 1,163 people across 6.93 square miles of land, in Kern County. Median household income is $35,086, 38.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.5 m.
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Buttonwillow
What Buttonwillow is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area6.93 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land168 plus or minus 41
- County holding the largest share of its areaKern 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.
Buttonwillow
How many people live in Buttonwillow
- Population1,163 plus or minus 281
- Median age29.0 plus or minus 11.9
- Population under 18357 plus or minus 90
- Share under 1830.7 percent
- Population 65 and over112 plus or minus 58
- Share 65 and over9.6 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Households362 plus or minus 83
- Family households293 plus or minus 80
- Share of households that are families80.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buttonwillow
Income and work in Buttonwillow
- Median household income$35,086 plus or minus $8,593
- Per capita income$16,636 plus or minus $4,280
- Civilian labor force429 plus or minus 136
- Employed412 plus or minus 134
- Unemployed17 plus or minus 22
- Unemployment rate4.0 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Adults 25 and over665 plus or minus 195
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher41.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher2.3 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buttonwillow
Housing in Buttonwillow
- Housing units396 plus or minus 87
- Occupied units362 plus or minus 83
- Vacant units34 plus or minus 27
- Vacancy rate8.6 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Owner occupied138 plus or minus 48
- Renter occupied224 plus or minus 73
- Ownership rate38.1 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Median owner-occupied home value$213,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,131
- Annual rent as a share of median income38.7 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Single family units315 plus or minus 84
- Share single family79.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more49 plus or minus 34
- Share in buildings of two or more12.4 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Mobile homes32 plus or minus 24
- Median year structure built1967
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buttonwillow
How Buttonwillow gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute388 plus or minus 134
- Commuting under 15 minutes74 plus or minus 42
- Share commuting under 15 minutes19.1 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more219 plus or minus 78
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more56.4 percent
- Drove alone79.6 percent
- Carpooled13.9 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.4 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buttonwillow
SBA loans in Buttonwillow (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$7,531,000
- Average approval$1,882,750
- Median approval$2,013,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,825,000
- Largest approval$2,825,000
- Jobs supported30
- Jobs per approval7.5
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises50.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
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.
Buttonwillow
SBA loans in Buttonwillow (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$3,164,000
- Average approval$3,164,000
- Median approval$3,164,000
- Largest approval$3,164,000
- Jobs supported7
- 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.
Kern County, not Buttonwillow
Kern County context, not Buttonwillow figures
These are Kern County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Buttonwillow measurements.
- Establishments in Kern County14,352
- Employment at those establishments, Kern County219,016
- Covered employment, Kern County347,664
- Average annual pay, Kern County$60,066
- Average weekly wage, Kern County$1,155
- Housing units permitted, Kern County3,244
- Of those, single family, Kern County2,812
- County product, 2024, Kern County$63,069,657,000
- County product change over the prior year, Kern County4.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Kern County$54,556
Every figure in this section is published for Kern County as a whole and is not a measurement of Buttonwillow. 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
Buttonwillow questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Buttonwillow, California?
1,163, in 362 households. Buttonwillow CDP covers 6.93 square miles of land, which is 168 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Buttonwillow in?
Kern 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 Buttonwillow?
$35,086. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $213,600. Median gross rent is $1,131 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Buttonwillow businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $7.5 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $2,013,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $3.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Buttonwillow, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Buttonwillow borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Buttonwillow. 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.
Are the county figures on this page Buttonwillow figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kern 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 Buttonwillow.
Is zoning published for Buttonwillow?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.