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Center town, Colorado: commercial real estate data.
Center town is a Census town of 2,120 people across 0.86 square miles of land, lying across Saguache County and Rio Grande County. Median household income is $45,750, 69.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 10 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.9 m.
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Center
What Center is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.86 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,454
- County holding the largest share of its areaSaguache County, 80.5 percent
- Counties this place lies inSaguache County 80.5 percent, Rio Grande County 19.5 percent
Center town crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Center
How many people live in Center
- Population2,120
- Median age37.9 plus or minus 7.9
- Population under 18608 plus or minus 164
- Share under 1828.7 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Population 65 and over343 plus or minus 117
- Share 65 and over16.2 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Households1,031
- Family households616 plus or minus 139
- Share of households that are families59.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Center
Income and work in Center
- Median household income$45,750 plus or minus $22,835
- Per capita income$26,337
- Civilian labor force1,119
- Employed917 plus or minus 189
- Unemployed202 plus or minus 120
- Unemployment rate18.1 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Adults 25 and over1,403
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher81.5 percent plus or minus 17.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.0 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.6 percent plus or minus 8.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Center
Housing in Center
- Housing units1,117
- Occupied units1,031
- Vacant units86 plus or minus 66
- Vacancy rate7.7 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Owner occupied720 plus or minus 172
- Renter occupied311 plus or minus 137
- Ownership rate69.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$126,000 plus or minus $28,711
- Median gross rent, monthly$490 plus or minus $444
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.9 percent plus or minus 13.3
- Single family units811 plus or minus 163
- Share single family72.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more257 plus or minus 127
- Share in buildings of two or more23.0 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Mobile homes49 plus or minus 39
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Center
How Center gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute881 plus or minus 181
- Commuting under 15 minutes544 plus or minus 185
- Share commuting under 15 minutes61.7 percent plus or minus 16.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more142 plus or minus 95
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more16.1 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Drove alone70.3 percent
- Carpooled25.0 percent plus or minus 14.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.8 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Center
SBA loans in Center (7(a))
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$1,931,000
- Average approval$193,100
- Median approval$60,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,000,000
- Largest approval$1,000,000
- Jobs supported45
- Jobs per approval4.5
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full5
- Charged off0
- Median term62 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
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.
Saguache County, not Center
Saguache County context, not Center figures
These are Saguache County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Center measurements.
- Establishments in Saguache County130
- Employment at those establishments, Saguache County791
- Covered employment, Saguache County1,768
- Average annual pay, Saguache County$42,969
- Average weekly wage, Saguache County$826
- Housing units permitted, Saguache County104
- Of those, single family, Saguache County80
- County product, 2024, Saguache County$219,670,000
- County product change over the prior year, Saguache County-13.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Saguache County$62,529
Every figure in this section is published for Saguache County as a whole and is not a measurement of Center. 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
Center questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Center, Colorado?
2,120, in 1,031 households. Center town covers 0.86 square miles of land, which is 2,454 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Center in?
Center lies in more than one. By area it is 80.5 percent in Saguache County, 19.5 percent in Rio Grande County. This page sits under Saguache County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Center?
$45,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $126,000. Median gross rent is $490 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Center businesses?
10 7(a) approvals totalling $1.9 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $60,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Center, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Center borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Center. 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 Center figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Saguache 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 Center.
Is zoning published for Center?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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