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Red Bud city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Red Bud city is a Census city of 3,782 people across 2.62 square miles of land, in Randolph County. Median household income is $71,850, 76.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $690,500.
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Red Bud
What Red Bud is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.62 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,442
- County holding the largest share of its areaRandolph 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.
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How many people live in Red Bud
- Population3,782
- Median age39.7
- Population under 18882 plus or minus 209
- Share under 1823.3 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Population 65 and over798 plus or minus 167
- Share 65 and over21.1 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Households1,635
- Family households1,064
- Share of households that are families65.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Red Bud
Income and work in Red Bud
- Median household income$71,850
- Per capita income$37,419
- Civilian labor force1,988
- Employed1,942
- Unemployed46 plus or minus 49
- Unemployment rate2.3 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over2,656
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.1 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.6 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Red Bud
- Housing units1,651
- Occupied units1,635
- Vacant units16 plus or minus 19
- Vacancy rate1.0 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Owner occupied1,254
- Renter occupied381 plus or minus 117
- Ownership rate76.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$171,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$845 plus or minus $173
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.1 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Single family units1,199
- Share single family72.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more288 plus or minus 131
- Share in buildings of two or more17.4 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Mobile homes164 plus or minus 72
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Red Bud gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,705
- Commuting under 15 minutes660 plus or minus 170
- Share commuting under 15 minutes38.7 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more628 plus or minus 149
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.8 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Drove alone71.4 percent
- Carpooled16.0 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.0 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Worked from home9.5 percent plus or minus 5.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Red Bud
SBA loans in Red Bud (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$690,500
- Average approval$172,625
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$265,500
- Largest approval$265,500
- Jobs supported56
- Jobs per approval14.0
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full2
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
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.
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SBA loans in Red Bud (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$2,049,000
- Average approval$512,250
- Median approval$408,000
- Largest approval$1,173,000
- Jobs supported63
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Randolph County, not Red Bud
Randolph County context, not Red Bud figures
These are Randolph County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Red Bud measurements.
- Establishments in Randolph County636
- Employment at those establishments, Randolph County10,736
- Covered employment, Randolph County11,393
- Average annual pay, Randolph County$55,632
- Average weekly wage, Randolph County$1,070
- Housing units permitted, Randolph County8
- Of those, single family, Randolph County8
- County product, 2024, Randolph County$2,022,513,000
- County product change over the prior year, Randolph County2.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Randolph County$45,141
Every figure in this section is published for Randolph County as a whole and is not a measurement of Red Bud. 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
Red Bud questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Red Bud, Illinois?
3,782, in 1,635 households. Red Bud city covers 2.62 square miles of land, which is 1,442 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Red Bud in?
Randolph 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 Red Bud?
$71,850. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $171,000. Median gross rent is $845 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Red Bud businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $690,500, across 3 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $2.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Red Bud, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Red Bud borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Red Bud. 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 Red Bud figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Randolph 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 Red Bud.
Is zoning published for Red Bud?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.