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Buena Vista town, Colorado: commercial real estate data.
Buena Vista town is a Census town of 3,010 people across 3.48 square miles of land, in Chaffee County. Median household income is $78,323, 45.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 14 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $20.0 m.
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Buena Vista
What Buena Vista is
- Census place typetown
- Land area3.48 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land866
- County holding the largest share of its areaChaffee 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.
Buena Vista
How many people live in Buena Vista
- Population3,010
- Median age36.0 plus or minus 7.4
- Population under 18719 plus or minus 253
- Share under 1823.9 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Population 65 and over152 plus or minus 98
- Share 65 and over5.0 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Households1,617
- Family households838 plus or minus 211
- Share of households that are families51.8 percent plus or minus 11.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buena Vista
Income and work in Buena Vista
- Median household income$78,323 plus or minus $18,483
- Per capita income$40,139
- Civilian labor force1,773
- Employed1,553 plus or minus 322
- Unemployed220 plus or minus 232
- Unemployment rate12.4 percent plus or minus 12.9
- Adults 25 and over2,026
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher53.5 percent plus or minus 12.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree14.8 percent plus or minus 7.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buena Vista
Housing in Buena Vista
- Housing units1,676
- Occupied units1,617
- Vacant units59 plus or minus 79
- Vacancy rate3.5 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Owner occupied743 plus or minus 192
- Renter occupied874 plus or minus 242
- Ownership rate45.9 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Median owner-occupied home value$572,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,020 plus or minus $410
- Annual rent as a share of median income30.9 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Single family units1,422
- Share single family84.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more254 plus or minus 171
- Share in buildings of two or more15.2 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1991
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buena Vista
How Buena Vista gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,307 plus or minus 292
- Commuting under 15 minutes936 plus or minus 318
- Share commuting under 15 minutes71.6 percent plus or minus 18.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more198 plus or minus 123
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.1 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Drove alone75.0 percent
- Carpooled1.9 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.3 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Worked from home16.1 percent plus or minus 11.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buena Vista
SBA loans in Buena Vista (7(a))
- Approvals14
- Gross approval$20,015,000
- Average approval$1,429,643
- Median approval$500,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$4,458,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported498
- Jobs per approval35.6
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more7.1 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS10
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 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.
Buena Vista
SBA loans in Buena Vista (504)
- Approvals15
- Gross approval$9,513,000
- Average approval$634,200
- Median approval$385,000
- Largest approval$2,596,000
- Jobs supported133
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Chaffee County, not Buena Vista
Chaffee County context, not Buena Vista figures
These are Chaffee County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Buena Vista measurements.
- Establishments in Chaffee County1,076
- Employment at those establishments, Chaffee County7,171
- Covered employment, Chaffee County9,229
- Average annual pay, Chaffee County$52,718
- Average weekly wage, Chaffee County$1,014
- Housing units permitted, Chaffee County289
- Of those, single family, Chaffee County274
- County product, 2024, Chaffee County$1,304,751,000
- County product change over the prior year, Chaffee County6.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Chaffee County$120,160
Every figure in this section is published for Chaffee County as a whole and is not a measurement of Buena Vista. 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
Buena Vista questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Buena Vista, Colorado?
3,010, in 1,617 households. Buena Vista town covers 3.48 square miles of land, which is 866 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Buena Vista in?
Chaffee 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 Buena Vista?
$78,323. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $572,700. Median gross rent is $2,020 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Buena Vista businesses?
14 7(a) approvals totalling $20.0 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $500,000, plus 15 504 approvals worth $9.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Buena Vista, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Buena Vista borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Buena Vista. only 4 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 Buena Vista figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Chaffee 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 Buena Vista.
Is zoning published for Buena Vista?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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