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Downey city, California: commercial real estate data.
Downey city is a Census city of 110,939 people across 12.41 square miles of land, in Los Angeles County. Median household income is $90,699, 51.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 126 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $72.0 m.
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Downey
What Downey is
- Census place typecity
- Land area12.41 sq mi
- Water area0.16 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land8,940
- County holding the largest share of its areaLos Angeles 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.
Downey
How many people live in Downey
- Population110,939
- Median age37.7
- Population under 1823,664
- Share under 1821.3 percent
- Population 65 and over15,788
- Share 65 and over14.2 percent
- Households34,876
- Family households27,120
- Share of households that are families77.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Downey
Income and work in Downey
- Median household income$90,699
- Per capita income$38,523
- Civilian labor force59,357
- Employed55,915
- Unemployed3,442
- Unemployment rate5.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over77,064
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher81.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Downey
Housing in Downey
- Housing units35,919
- Occupied units34,876
- Vacant units1,043 plus or minus 287
- Vacancy rate2.9 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Owner occupied17,807
- Renter occupied17,069
- Ownership rate51.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$796,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,937
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.6 percent
- Single family units22,493
- Share single family62.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more13,175
- Share in buildings of two or more36.7 percent
- Mobile homes186 plus or minus 103
- Median year structure built1959
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Downey gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute49,255
- Commuting under 15 minutes8,211
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more23,637
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more48.0 percent
- Drove alone73.6 percent
- Carpooled11.2 percent
- Public transport2.6 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home9.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Downey
SBA 7(a) lending to Downey borrowers
- Approvals126
- Gross approval$72,028,400
- Average approval$571,654
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,690,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,045
- Jobs per approval8.3
- Loans with a final outcome28
- Paid in full25
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans10.7 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more21.4 percent
- Share to franchises7.1 percent
- Distinct lenders42
- Distinct industries by NAICS76
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Downey
SBA 504 lending to Downey borrowers
- Approvals67
- Gross approval$59,773,000
- Average approval$892,134
- Median approval$611,000
- Largest approval$4,906,000
- Jobs supported839
- Loans with a final outcome15
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs10
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Downey
Flood programme status in Downey
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060645
- Currently effective map date09/26/08(M)
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.
Los Angeles County, not Downey
Los Angeles County context, not Downey figures
These are Los Angeles County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Downey measurements.
- Establishments in Los Angeles County304,988
- Employment at those establishments, Los Angeles County3,987,736
- Covered employment, Los Angeles County4,525,711
- Average annual pay, Los Angeles County$83,554
- Average weekly wage, Los Angeles County$1,607
- Housing units permitted, Los Angeles County19,809
- Of those, single family, Los Angeles County9,106
- County product, 2024, Los Angeles County$1,002,965,029,000
- County product change over the prior year, Los Angeles County4.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Los Angeles County$103,070
Every figure in this section is published for Los Angeles County as a whole and is not a measurement of Downey. 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
Downey questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Downey, California?
110,939, in 34,876 households. Downey city covers 12.41 square miles of land, which is 8,940 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Downey in?
Los Angeles 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 Downey?
$90,699. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $796,600. Median gross rent is $1,937 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Downey businesses?
126 7(a) approvals totalling $72.0 m, across 42 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 67 504 approvals worth $59.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Downey, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Downey borrowers get paid back?
Of the 28 loans that have reached a final outcome, 25 were paid in full and 3 charged off, a charge off rate of 10.7 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Downey in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Downey appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060645, 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 Downey figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Los Angeles 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 Downey.
Is zoning published for Downey?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.