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Russell city, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Russell city is a Census city of 4,217 people across 4.86 square miles of land, in Russell County. Median household income is $56,832, 72.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.2 m.
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Russell
What Russell is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.86 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land868
- County holding the largest share of its areaRussell 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.
Russell
How many people live in Russell
- Population4,217
- Median age40.7
- Population under 18945
- Share under 1822.4 percent
- Population 65 and over1,030
- Share 65 and over24.4 percent
- Households1,981
- Family households1,180
- Share of households that are families59.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Russell
Income and work in Russell
- Median household income$56,832 plus or minus $12,407
- Per capita income$35,878
- Civilian labor force2,337
- Employed2,327
- Unemployed10 plus or minus 22
- Unemployment rate0.4 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Adults 25 and over3,032
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.0 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.8 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Russell
Housing in Russell
- Housing units2,232
- Occupied units1,981
- Vacant units251 plus or minus 142
- Vacancy rate11.2 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Owner occupied1,434
- Renter occupied547 plus or minus 156
- Ownership rate72.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$135,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$824
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.4 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Single family units2,039
- Share single family91.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more185 plus or minus 119
- Share in buildings of two or more8.3 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Mobile homes8 plus or minus 14
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Russell
How Russell gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,096
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,632
- Share commuting under 15 minutes77.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more334 plus or minus 169
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.9 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Drove alone78.1 percent
- Carpooled10.6 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Public transport0.8 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home9.5 percent plus or minus 4.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Russell
SBA 7(a) lending to Russell borrowers
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$1,232,200
- Average approval$176,029
- Median approval$76,900
- Ninetieth percentile approval$837,000
- Largest approval$837,000
- Jobs supported36
- Jobs per approval5.1
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full2
- Charged off1
- Median term60 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises14.3 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
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.
Russell
SBA 504 lending to Russell borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$680,000
- Average approval$340,000
- Median approval$481,000
- Largest approval$481,000
- Jobs supported19
- Loans with a final outcome1
- 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.
Russell County, not Russell
Russell County context, not Russell figures
These are Russell County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Russell measurements.
- Establishments in Russell County246
- Employment at those establishments, Russell County1,870
- Covered employment, Russell County2,485
- Average annual pay, Russell County$43,661
- Average weekly wage, Russell County$840
- Housing units permitted, Russell County6
- Of those, single family, Russell County6
- County product, 2024, Russell County$356,952,000
- County product change over the prior year, Russell County-9.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Russell County$43,436
Every figure in this section is published for Russell County as a whole and is not a measurement of Russell. 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
Russell questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Russell, Kansas?
4,217, in 1,981 households. Russell city covers 4.86 square miles of land, which is 868 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Russell in?
Russell 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 Russell?
$56,832. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $135,600. Median gross rent is $824 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Russell businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $1.2 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $76,900, plus 2 504 approvals worth $680,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Russell, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Russell borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Russell. 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 Russell figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Russell 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 Russell.
Is zoning published for Russell?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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