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Empire CDP, California: commercial real estate data.
Empire CDP is a Census CDP of 3,429 people across 1.17 square miles of land, in Stanislaus County. Median household income is $52,563, 60.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $212,000.
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Empire
What Empire is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area1.17 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,935
- County holding the largest share of its areaStanislaus 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.
Empire
How many people live in Empire
- Population3,429
- Median age41.1 plus or minus 8.4
- Population under 18673 plus or minus 226
- Share under 1819.6 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Population 65 and over552 plus or minus 186
- Share 65 and over16.1 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Households1,093
- Family households990
- Share of households that are families90.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Empire
- Median household income$52,563 plus or minus $22,679
- Per capita income$24,645
- Civilian labor force1,571 plus or minus 324
- Employed1,367 plus or minus 273
- Unemployed204 plus or minus 128
- Unemployment rate13.0 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Adults 25 and over2,616
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher74.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher7.7 percent plus or minus 4.0
- 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.
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Housing in Empire
- Housing units1,217
- Occupied units1,093
- Vacant units124 plus or minus 77
- Vacancy rate10.2 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Owner occupied665 plus or minus 160
- Renter occupied428 plus or minus 150
- Ownership rate60.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$335,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,238 plus or minus $264
- Annual rent as a share of median income28.3 percent plus or minus 13.6
- Single family units1,045
- Share single family85.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more72 plus or minus 64
- Share in buildings of two or more5.9 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Mobile homes100 plus or minus 79
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Empire gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,281
- Commuting under 15 minutes409 plus or minus 173
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.9 percent plus or minus 12.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more503 plus or minus 163
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.3 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Drove alone81.0 percent
- Carpooled14.9 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Empire
SBA loans in Empire (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$212,000
- Average approval$212,000
- Median approval$212,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$212,000
- Largest approval$212,000
- Jobs supported8
- Jobs per approval8.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Stanislaus County, not Empire
Stanislaus County context, not Empire figures
These are Stanislaus County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Empire measurements.
- Establishments in Stanislaus County10,013
- Employment at those establishments, Stanislaus County152,942
- Covered employment, Stanislaus County199,396
- Average annual pay, Stanislaus County$63,795
- Average weekly wage, Stanislaus County$1,227
- Housing units permitted, Stanislaus County902
- Of those, single family, Stanislaus County833
- County product, 2024, Stanislaus County$32,065,240,000
- County product change over the prior year, Stanislaus County7.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Stanislaus County$62,846
Every figure in this section is published for Stanislaus County as a whole and is not a measurement of Empire. 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
Empire questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Empire, California?
3,429, in 1,093 households. Empire CDP covers 1.17 square miles of land, which is 2,935 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Empire in?
Stanislaus 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 Empire?
$52,563. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $335,200. Median gross rent is $1,238 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Empire businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $212,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $212,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Empire, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Empire borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Empire. only 0 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 Empire figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Stanislaus 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 Empire.
Is zoning published for Empire?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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