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Colchester CDP, Connecticut: commercial real estate data.
Colchester CDP is a Census CDP of 4,692 people across 4.47 square miles of land, in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. Median household income is $86,760, 53.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 24 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.9 m.
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Colchester
What Colchester is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area4.47 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,050
- County holding the largest share of its areaSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region, 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.
Colchester
How many people live in Colchester
- Population4,692
- Median age54.2
- Population under 18542 plus or minus 202
- Share under 1811.6 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Population 65 and over1,318
- Share 65 and over28.1 percent
- Households2,215
- Family households1,414
- Share of households that are families63.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Colchester
Income and work in Colchester
- Median household income$86,760
- Per capita income$50,829
- Civilian labor force2,403
- Employed2,330
- Unemployed73 plus or minus 70
- Unemployment rate3.0 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Adults 25 and over3,770
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher33.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.3 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Colchester
Housing in Colchester
- Housing units2,441
- Occupied units2,215
- Vacant units226 plus or minus 148
- Vacancy rate9.3 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Owner occupied1,184
- Renter occupied1,031 plus or minus 238
- Ownership rate53.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$294,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,475
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.4 percent
- Single family units1,396
- Share single family57.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,017 plus or minus 243
- Share in buildings of two or more41.7 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Mobile homes28 plus or minus 41
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Colchester
How Colchester gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,950
- Commuting under 15 minutes309 plus or minus 129
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.8 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,298 plus or minus 281
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more66.6 percent
- Drove alone68.2 percent
- Carpooled8.7 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked2.4 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Worked from home16.0 percent plus or minus 6.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Colchester
SBA loans in Colchester (7(a))
- Approvals24
- Gross approval$9,900,700
- Average approval$412,529
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,285,000
- Largest approval$2,993,800
- Jobs supported131
- Jobs per approval5.5
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more4.2 percent
- Share to franchises8.3 percent
- Distinct lenders11
- Distinct industries by NAICS19
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 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.
Colchester
SBA loans in Colchester (504)
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$5,818,000
- Average approval$484,833
- Median approval$270,000
- Largest approval$2,128,000
- Jobs supported71
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, not Colchester
Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region context, not Colchester figures
These are Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Colchester measurements.
- Establishments in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region5,883
- Employment at those establishments, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region100,654
- Covered employment, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region127,106
- Average annual pay, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region$70,518
- Average weekly wage, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region$1,356
- Housing units permitted, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region509
- Of those, single family, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region261
- County product, 2024, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region$24,086,923,000
- Average income of an arriving household, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region$76,706
Every figure in this section is published for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region as a whole and is not a measurement of Colchester. 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
Colchester questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Colchester, Connecticut?
4,692, in 2,215 households. Colchester CDP covers 4.47 square miles of land, which is 1,050 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Colchester in?
Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, 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 Colchester?
$86,760. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $294,600. Median gross rent is $1,475 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Colchester businesses?
24 7(a) approvals totalling $9.9 m, across 11 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 12 504 approvals worth $5.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Colchester, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Colchester borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Colchester. only 3 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 Colchester figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region 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 Colchester.
Is zoning published for Colchester?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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