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Blythe city, California: commercial real estate data.
Blythe city is a Census city of 17,396 people across 26.50 square miles of land, in Riverside County. Median household income is $56,625, 57.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 17 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $22.9 m.
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Blythe
What Blythe is
- Census place typecity
- Land area26.5 sq mi
- Water area0.77 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land656
- County holding the largest share of its areaRiverside 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.
Blythe
How many people live in Blythe
- Population17,396
- Median age38.3
- Population under 183,525
- Share under 1820.3 percent
- Population 65 and over1,774
- Share 65 and over10.2 percent
- Households4,137
- Family households2,843
- Share of households that are families68.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blythe
Income and work in Blythe
- Median household income$56,625 plus or minus $12,452
- Per capita income$20,619
- Civilian labor force4,896
- Employed4,322
- Unemployed574 plus or minus 170
- Unemployment rate11.7 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over12,398
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher69.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher8.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.5 percent plus or minus 1.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blythe
Housing in Blythe
- Housing units4,962
- Occupied units4,137
- Vacant units825 plus or minus 218
- Vacancy rate16.6 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Owner occupied2,370
- Renter occupied1,767
- Ownership rate57.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$225,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$938
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.9 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Single family units3,180
- Share single family64.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,310
- Share in buildings of two or more26.4 percent
- Mobile homes472 plus or minus 145
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blythe
How Blythe gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,030
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,554
- Share commuting under 15 minutes63.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more718 plus or minus 152
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more17.8 percent
- Drove alone79.8 percent
- Carpooled12.3 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Public transport1.0 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Walked2.7 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home3.3 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blythe
SBA 7(a) lending to Blythe borrowers
- Approvals17
- Gross approval$22,855,300
- Average approval$1,344,429
- Median approval$602,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$5,000,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported169
- Jobs per approval9.9
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more76.5 percent
- Share to franchises35.3 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
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.
Blythe
SBA 504 lending to Blythe borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,449,000
- Average approval$724,500
- Median approval$1,161,000
- Largest approval$1,161,000
- Jobs supported7
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Blythe
Flood programme status in Blythe
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060248
- Currently effective map date(NSFHA)
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.
Riverside County, not Blythe
Riverside County context, not Blythe figures
These are Riverside County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Blythe measurements.
- Establishments in Riverside County46,244
- Employment at those establishments, Riverside County687,526
- Covered employment, Riverside County840,433
- Average annual pay, Riverside County$59,734
- Average weekly wage, Riverside County$1,149
- Housing units permitted, Riverside County9,598
- Of those, single family, Riverside County8,016
- County product, 2024, Riverside County$134,756,586,000
- County product change over the prior year, Riverside County6.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Riverside County$80,685
Every figure in this section is published for Riverside County as a whole and is not a measurement of Blythe. 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
Blythe questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Blythe, California?
17,396, in 4,137 households. Blythe city covers 26.50 square miles of land, which is 656 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Blythe in?
Riverside 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 Blythe?
$56,625. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $225,000. Median gross rent is $938 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Blythe businesses?
17 7(a) approvals totalling $22.9 m, across 10 lenders, median approval $602,500, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Blythe, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Blythe borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Blythe. 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.
Is Blythe in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Blythe appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060248, 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 Blythe figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Riverside 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 Blythe.
Is zoning published for Blythe?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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