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Crab Orchard, Kentucky: commercial real estate data.
Crab Orchard is a Census city of 739 people across 1.75 square miles of land, in Lincoln County. Median household income is $34,632, 60.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $324,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Crab Orchard
What Crab Orchard is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.75 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land423 plus or minus 145
- County holding the largest share of its areaLincoln 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.
Crab Orchard
How many people live in Crab Orchard
- Population739 plus or minus 253
- Median age39.1
- Population under 18144 plus or minus 64
- Share under 1819.5 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Population 65 and over120 plus or minus 43
- Share 65 and over16.2 percent
- Households317 plus or minus 88
- Family households181 plus or minus 63
- Share of households that are families57.1 percent plus or minus 12.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Crab Orchard
- Median household income$34,632
- Per capita income$20,596 plus or minus $4,968
- Civilian labor force280 plus or minus 113
- Employed227 plus or minus 103
- Unemployed53 plus or minus 46
- Unemployment rate18.9 percent plus or minus 14.5
- Adults 25 and over530 plus or minus 159
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher80.0 percent plus or minus 31.7
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher6.4 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.2 percent plus or minus 4.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Crab Orchard
- Housing units380 plus or minus 98
- Occupied units317 plus or minus 88
- Vacant units63 plus or minus 42
- Vacancy rate16.6 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Owner occupied193 plus or minus 69
- Renter occupied124 plus or minus 49
- Ownership rate60.9 percent plus or minus 13.7
- Median owner-occupied home value$98,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$608 plus or minus $322
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.1 percent plus or minus 11.7
- Single family units295 plus or minus 87
- Share single family77.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more61 plus or minus 37
- Share in buildings of two or more16.1 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Mobile homes24 plus or minus 24
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Crab Orchard gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute198 plus or minus 101
- Commuting under 15 minutes37 plus or minus 26
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.7 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more78 plus or minus 42
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.4 percent
- Drove alone82.2 percent plus or minus 18.2
- Carpooled10.3 percent plus or minus 12.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home7.5 percent plus or minus 7.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Crab Orchard
SBA loans in Crab Orchard (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$324,000
- Average approval$324,000
- Median approval$324,000
- Largest approval$324,000
- Jobs supported6
- Jobs per approval6.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term180 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises100.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Crab Orchard, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Crab Orchard
Flood risk in Crab Orchard
- NFIP communityTown of Crab Orchard
- NFIP community number210143
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date09/17/10(M)
The Town of Crab Orchard participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 210143 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Lincoln County, not Crab Orchard
Lincoln County context, not Crab Orchard figures
- Establishments in Lincoln County304
- Covered employment, Lincoln County3,920
- Average annual pay, Lincoln County$44,735
- Housing units permitted, Lincoln County91
Every figure in this section is published for Lincoln County as a whole and is not a measurement of Crab Orchard.
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Crab Orchard questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Crab Orchard, Kentucky?
739, in 317 households. Crab Orchard city covers 1.75 square miles of land, which is 423 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Crab Orchard in?
Lincoln 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 Crab Orchard?
$34,632. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $98,200. Median gross rent is $608 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Crab Orchard businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $324,000 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $324,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Crab Orchard, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Crab Orchard borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Crab Orchard. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Crab Orchard in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Crab Orchard appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Crab Orchard, town of, community 210143, 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 Crab Orchard figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lincoln 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 Crab Orchard.
Is zoning published for Crab Orchard?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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