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Braidwood city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Braidwood city is a Census city of 6,062 people across 5.30 square miles of land, lying across Will County and Grundy County. Median household income is $82,202, 86.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $4.0 m.
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Braidwood
What Braidwood is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.3 sq mi
- Water area0.18 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,145
- County holding the largest share of its areaWill County, 89.4 percent
- Counties this place lies inWill County 89.4 percent, Grundy County 10.6 percent
Braidwood city 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.
Braidwood
How many people live in Braidwood
- Population6,062
- Median age46.3
- Population under 181,082 plus or minus 244
- Share under 1817.8 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Population 65 and over1,181 plus or minus 270
- Share 65 and over19.5 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Households2,584
- Family households1,691
- Share of households that are families65.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Braidwood
Income and work in Braidwood
- Median household income$82,202
- Per capita income$39,862
- Civilian labor force3,108
- Employed3,030
- Unemployed78 plus or minus 60
- Unemployment rate2.5 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over4,371
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.5 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.0 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Braidwood
Housing in Braidwood
- Housing units2,961
- Occupied units2,584
- Vacant units377 plus or minus 162
- Vacancy rate12.7 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Owner occupied2,244
- Renter occupied340 plus or minus 117
- Ownership rate86.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$202,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,044
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.2 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Single family units2,296
- Share single family77.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more127 plus or minus 73
- Share in buildings of two or more4.3 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Mobile homes538 plus or minus 142
- Median year structure built1994
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Braidwood
How Braidwood gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,905
- Commuting under 15 minutes804 plus or minus 205
- Share commuting under 15 minutes27.7 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,248
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more43.0 percent
- Drove alone84.2 percent
- Carpooled10.5 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Public transport1.1 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Walked0.2 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home3.8 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Braidwood
SBA loans in Braidwood (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$3,964,700
- Average approval$991,175
- Median approval$970,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,138,000
- Largest approval$2,138,000
- Jobs supported34
- Jobs per approval8.5
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more75.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
Braidwood
SBA loans in Braidwood (504)
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$14,115,000
- Average approval$2,352,500
- Median approval$3,921,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported49
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Braidwood
Flood risk in Braidwood
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170848
- Currently effective map date02/15/19(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Will County, not Braidwood
Will County context, not Braidwood figures
These are Will County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Braidwood measurements.
- Establishments in Will County17,085
- Employment at those establishments, Will County267,545
- Covered employment, Will County263,673
- Average annual pay, Will County$60,570
- Average weekly wage, Will County$1,165
- Housing units permitted, Will County2,002
- Of those, single family, Will County1,464
- County product, 2024, Will County$50,332,938,000
- County product change over the prior year, Will County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Will County$80,186
Every figure in this section is published for Will County as a whole and is not a measurement of Braidwood. 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.
- 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
Braidwood questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Braidwood, Illinois?
6,062, in 2,584 households. Braidwood city covers 5.30 square miles of land, which is 1,145 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Braidwood in?
Braidwood lies in more than one. By area it is 89.4 percent in Will County, 10.6 percent in Grundy County. This page sits under Will 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 Braidwood?
$82,202. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $202,500. Median gross rent is $1,044 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Braidwood businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $4.0 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $970,000, plus 6 504 approvals worth $14.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Braidwood, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Braidwood borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Braidwood. only 1 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.
Is Braidwood in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Braidwood appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170848, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Braidwood figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Will 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 Braidwood.
Is zoning published for Braidwood?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.