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Durango city, Colorado: commercial real estate data.
Durango city is a Census city of 19,411 people across 17.68 square miles of land, in La Plata County. Median household income is $78,602, 53.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 98 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $55.3 m.
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Durango
What Durango is
- Census place typecity
- Land area17.68 sq mi
- Water area2.39 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,098
- County holding the largest share of its areaLa Plata 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.
Durango
How many people live in Durango
- Population19,411
- Median age38.3
- Population under 182,659
- Share under 1813.7 percent
- Population 65 and over3,232
- Share 65 and over16.7 percent
- Households8,916
- Family households4,279
- Share of households that are families48.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Durango
Income and work in Durango
- Median household income$78,602
- Per capita income$48,642
- Civilian labor force11,505
- Employed11,148
- Unemployed357 plus or minus 174
- Unemployment rate3.1 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over13,275
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher60.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree22.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Durango
Housing in Durango
- Housing units9,634
- Occupied units8,916
- Vacant units718 plus or minus 278
- Vacancy rate7.5 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Owner occupied4,726
- Renter occupied4,190
- Ownership rate53.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$668,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,636
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.0 percent
- Single family units5,724
- Share single family59.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,423
- Share in buildings of two or more35.5 percent
- Mobile homes452 plus or minus 234
- Median year structure built1989
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Durango
How Durango gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute9,390
- Commuting under 15 minutes5,504
- Share commuting under 15 minutes58.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more756 plus or minus 190
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more8.1 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Drove alone63.5 percent
- Carpooled6.1 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked8.9 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Worked from home15.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Durango
SBA loans in Durango (7(a))
- Approvals98
- Gross approval$55,269,700
- Average approval$563,977
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,532,900
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported825
- Jobs per approval8.4
- Loans with a final outcome26
- Paid in full22
- Charged off4
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans15.4 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more19.4 percent
- Share to franchises11.2 percent
- Distinct lenders28
- Distinct industries by NAICS60
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Durango
SBA loans in Durango (504)
- Approvals36
- Gross approval$22,139,000
- Average approval$614,972
- Median approval$330,000
- Largest approval$4,123,000
- Jobs supported187
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
La Plata County, not Durango
La Plata County context, not Durango figures
These are La Plata County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Durango measurements.
- Establishments in La Plata County2,447
- Employment at those establishments, La Plata County20,351
- Covered employment, La Plata County26,983
- Average annual pay, La Plata County$61,965
- Average weekly wage, La Plata County$1,192
- Housing units permitted, La Plata County208
- Of those, single family, La Plata County173
- County product, 2024, La Plata County$4,264,000,000
- County product change over the prior year, La Plata County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, La Plata County$111,211
Every figure in this section is published for La Plata County as a whole and is not a measurement of Durango. 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
Durango questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Durango, Colorado?
19,411, in 8,916 households. Durango city covers 17.68 square miles of land, which is 1,098 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Durango in?
La Plata 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 Durango?
$78,602. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $668,400. Median gross rent is $1,636 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Durango businesses?
98 7(a) approvals totalling $55.3 m, across 28 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 36 504 approvals worth $22.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Durango, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Durango borrowers get paid back?
Of the 26 loans that have reached a final outcome, 22 were paid in full and 4 charged off, a charge off rate of 15.4 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Durango figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for La Plata 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 Durango.
Is zoning published for Durango?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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