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Planada, California: commercial real estate data.
Planada is a Census CDP of 3,506 people across 1.74 square miles of land, in Merced County. Median household income is $42,727, 49.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $8.1 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Planada
What Planada is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area1.74 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,013
- County holding the largest share of its areaMerced 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.
Planada
How many people live in Planada
- Population3,506
- Median age34.0
- Population under 18836 plus or minus 227
- Share under 1823.8 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Population 65 and over573 plus or minus 171
- Share 65 and over16.3 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Households1,126
- Family households839
- Share of households that are families74.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Planada
Income and work in Planada
- Median household income$42,727 plus or minus $26,829
- Per capita income$21,606
- Civilian labor force1,485
- Employed1,365
- Unemployed120 plus or minus 81
- Unemployment rate8.1 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over2,277
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher48.6 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher2.2 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.4 percent plus or minus 1.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Planada
Housing in Planada
- Housing units1,166
- Occupied units1,126
- Vacant units40 plus or minus 60
- Vacancy rate3.4 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Owner occupied559 plus or minus 135
- Renter occupied567 plus or minus 137
- Ownership rate49.6 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Median owner-occupied home value$266,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,036
- Annual rent as a share of median income29.1 percent plus or minus 18.8
- Single family units1,085
- Share single family93.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more54 plus or minus 49
- Share in buildings of two or more4.6 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Mobile homes27 plus or minus 39
- Median year structure built1983
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Planada
How Planada gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,326
- Commuting under 15 minutes309 plus or minus 130
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.3 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more476 plus or minus 158
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.9 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Drove alone78.4 percent
- Carpooled13.3 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Public transport2.5 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Worked from home2.9 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Planada
SBA loans in Planada (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$8,079,000
- Average approval$1,346,500
- Median approval$1,510,000
- Largest approval$2,342,000
- Jobs supported21
- Jobs per approval3.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more66.7 percent
- Share to franchises16.7 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Planada, 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.
Merced County, not Planada
Merced County context, not Planada figures
- Establishments in Merced County3,592
- Covered employment, Merced County84,952
- Average annual pay, Merced County$54,952
- Housing units permitted, Merced County520
Every figure in this section is published for Merced County as a whole and is not a measurement of Planada.
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.
Coverage
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
Planada questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Planada, California?
3,506, in 1,126 households. Planada CDP covers 1.74 square miles of land, which is 2,013 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Planada in?
Merced 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 Planada?
$42,727. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $266,400. Median gross rent is $1,036 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Planada businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totaling $8.1 m since FY2020, across 4 lenders, median approval $1,510,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Planada, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Planada borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Planada. 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 Planada figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Merced 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 Planada.
Is zoning published for Planada?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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