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Fruita city, Colorado: commercial real estate data.
Fruita city is a Census city of 13,691 people across 8.01 square miles of land, in Mesa County. Median household income is $87,184, 79.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 16 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.1 m.
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Fruita
What Fruita is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.01 sq mi
- Water area0.29 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,709
- County holding the largest share of its areaMesa 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.
Fruita
How many people live in Fruita
- Population13,691
- Median age41.5
- Population under 183,756
- Share under 1827.4 percent
- Population 65 and over2,624
- Share 65 and over19.2 percent
- Households5,273
- Family households3,735
- Share of households that are families70.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fruita
Income and work in Fruita
- Median household income$87,184
- Per capita income$40,059
- Civilian labor force6,526
- Employed6,366
- Unemployed160 plus or minus 129
- Unemployment rate2.5 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Adults 25 and over9,311
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher33.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.1 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fruita
Housing in Fruita
- Housing units5,455
- Occupied units5,273
- Vacant units182 plus or minus 154
- Vacancy rate3.3 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Owner occupied4,212
- Renter occupied1,061 plus or minus 275
- Ownership rate79.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$398,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,472 plus or minus $340
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.3 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Single family units4,729
- Share single family86.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more439 plus or minus 187
- Share in buildings of two or more8.0 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Mobile homes287 plus or minus 150
- Median year structure built1999
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fruita
How Fruita gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,654
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,916 plus or minus 483
- Share commuting under 15 minutes33.9 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more675 plus or minus 233
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more11.9 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Drove alone79.9 percent
- Carpooled5.6 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.2 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Worked from home10.3 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fruita
SBA 7(a) lending to Fruita borrowers
- Approvals16
- Gross approval$7,143,200
- Average approval$446,450
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,292,000
- Largest approval$1,344,000
- Jobs supported173
- Jobs per approval10.8
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full5
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more25.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders9
- Distinct industries by NAICS11
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 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.
Fruita
SBA 504 lending to Fruita borrowers
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$4,165,000
- Average approval$694,167
- Median approval$648,000
- Largest approval$1,709,000
- Jobs supported30
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Mesa County, not Fruita
Mesa County context, not Fruita figures
These are Mesa County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fruita measurements.
- Establishments in Mesa County4,827
- Employment at those establishments, Mesa County56,737
- Covered employment, Mesa County66,864
- Average annual pay, Mesa County$57,309
- Average weekly wage, Mesa County$1,102
- Housing units permitted, Mesa County1,014
- Of those, single family, Mesa County714
- County product, 2024, Mesa County$9,476,333,000
- County product change over the prior year, Mesa County5.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Mesa County$69,892
Every figure in this section is published for Mesa County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fruita. 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
Fruita questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fruita, Colorado?
13,691, in 5,273 households. Fruita city covers 8.01 square miles of land, which is 1,709 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fruita in?
Mesa 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 Fruita?
$87,184. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $398,200. Median gross rent is $1,472 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fruita businesses?
16 7(a) approvals totalling $7.1 m, across 9 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 6 504 approvals worth $4.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fruita, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fruita borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Fruita. only 5 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 Fruita figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Mesa 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 Fruita.
Is zoning published for Fruita?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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