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Anderson city, Indiana: commercial real estate data.
Anderson city is a Census city of 55,367 people across 41.67 square miles of land, in Madison County. Median household income is $46,909, 55.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 97 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $37.9 m.
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Anderson
What Anderson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area41.67 sq mi
- Water area0.11 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,329
- County holding the largest share of its areaMadison 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.
Anderson
How many people live in Anderson
- Population55,367
- Median age38.9
- Population under 1811,582
- Share under 1820.9 percent
- Population 65 and over10,705
- Share 65 and over19.3 percent
- Households24,218
- Family households12,728
- Share of households that are families52.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Anderson
Income and work in Anderson
- Median household income$46,909
- Per capita income$28,833
- Civilian labor force26,008
- Employed24,116
- Unemployed1,892
- Unemployment rate7.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over38,525
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Anderson
Housing in Anderson
- Housing units27,483
- Occupied units24,218
- Vacant units3,265
- Vacancy rate11.9 percent
- Owner occupied13,431
- Renter occupied10,787
- Ownership rate55.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$119,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$925
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.7 percent
- Single family units20,556
- Share single family74.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more5,595
- Share in buildings of two or more20.4 percent
- Mobile homes1,321
- Median year structure built1961
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Anderson
How Anderson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute21,186
- Commuting under 15 minutes7,860
- Share commuting under 15 minutes37.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more7,644
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.1 percent
- Drove alone73.8 percent
- Carpooled11.9 percent
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked1.8 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home9.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Anderson
SBA loans in Anderson (7(a))
- Approvals97
- Gross approval$37,862,000
- Average approval$390,330
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$943,100
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported911
- Jobs per approval9.4
- Loans with a final outcome22
- Paid in full21
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans4.5 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more23.7 percent
- Share to franchises12.4 percent
- Distinct lenders25
- Distinct industries by NAICS52
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Anderson
SBA loans in Anderson (504)
- Approvals24
- Gross approval$12,871,000
- Average approval$536,292
- Median approval$380,000
- Largest approval$2,110,000
- Jobs supported298
- Loans with a final outcome10
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans10.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Madison County, not Anderson
Madison County context, not Anderson figures
These are Madison County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Anderson measurements.
- Establishments in Madison County2,353
- Employment at those establishments, Madison County34,645
- Covered employment, Madison County40,192
- Average annual pay, Madison County$49,965
- Average weekly wage, Madison County$961
- Housing units permitted, Madison County186
- Of those, single family, Madison County186
- County product, 2024, Madison County$5,525,746,000
- County product change over the prior year, Madison County6.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Madison County$49,810
Every figure in this section is published for Madison County as a whole and is not a measurement of Anderson. 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
Anderson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Anderson, Indiana?
55,367, in 24,218 households. Anderson city covers 41.67 square miles of land, which is 1,329 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Anderson in?
Madison 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 Anderson?
$46,909. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $119,000. Median gross rent is $925 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Anderson businesses?
97 7(a) approvals totalling $37.9 m, across 25 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 24 504 approvals worth $12.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Anderson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Anderson borrowers get paid back?
Of the 22 loans that have reached a final outcome, 21 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 4.5 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Anderson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Madison 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 Anderson.
Is zoning published for Anderson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.