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Gonzales city, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Gonzales city is a Census city of 13,108 people across 9.16 square miles of land, in Ascension Parish. Median household income is $75,451, 63.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 62 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $42.1 m.
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Gonzales
What Gonzales is
- Census place typecity
- Land area9.16 sq mi
- Water area0.11 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,431
- County holding the largest share of its areaAscension Parish, 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.
Gonzales
How many people live in Gonzales
- Population13,108
- Median age38.9
- Population under 182,731 plus or minus 647
- Share under 1820.8 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Population 65 and over2,246
- Share 65 and over17.1 percent
- Households5,531
- Family households3,379
- Share of households that are families61.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gonzales
Income and work in Gonzales
- Median household income$75,451 plus or minus $15,845
- Per capita income$37,944
- Civilian labor force6,893
- Employed6,350
- Unemployed543 plus or minus 348
- Unemployment rate7.9 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Adults 25 and over9,269
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.1 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.7 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gonzales
Housing in Gonzales
- Housing units5,959
- Occupied units5,531
- Vacant units428 plus or minus 205
- Vacancy rate7.2 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Owner occupied3,517
- Renter occupied2,014 plus or minus 447
- Ownership rate63.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$225,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,497
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.8 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Single family units4,029
- Share single family67.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,433 plus or minus 412
- Share in buildings of two or more24.0 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Mobile homes497 plus or minus 243
- Median year structure built1999
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gonzales
How Gonzales gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,814
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,712 plus or minus 451
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.4 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,157 plus or minus 500
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more37.1 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Drove alone71.0 percent
- Carpooled19.3 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home7.7 percent plus or minus 3.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gonzales
SBA loans in Gonzales (7(a))
- Approvals62
- Gross approval$42,092,600
- Average approval$678,913
- Median approval$344,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,410,000
- Largest approval$4,300,000
- Jobs supported1,098
- Jobs per approval17.7
- Loans with a final outcome10
- Paid in full8
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans20.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.3 percent
- Share to franchises12.9 percent
- Distinct lenders22
- Distinct industries by NAICS36
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Gonzales
SBA loans in Gonzales (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$507,000
- Average approval$507,000
- Median approval$507,000
- Largest approval$507,000
- Jobs supported15
- 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.
Ascension Parish, not Gonzales
Ascension Parish context, not Gonzales figures
These are Ascension Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Gonzales measurements.
- Establishments in Ascension Parish2,626
- Employment at those establishments, Ascension Parish45,262
- Covered employment, Ascension Parish50,590
- Average annual pay, Ascension Parish$71,805
- Average weekly wage, Ascension Parish$1,381
- Housing units permitted, Ascension Parish531
- Of those, single family, Ascension Parish531
- County product, 2024, Ascension Parish$12,654,433,000
- County product change over the prior year, Ascension Parish6.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Ascension Parish$64,298
Every figure in this section is published for Ascension Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Gonzales. 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
Gonzales questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Gonzales, Louisiana?
13,108, in 5,531 households. Gonzales city covers 9.16 square miles of land, which is 1,431 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Gonzales in?
Ascension Parish, 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 Gonzales?
$75,451. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $225,800. Median gross rent is $1,497 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Gonzales businesses?
62 7(a) approvals totalling $42.1 m, across 22 lenders, median approval $344,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $507,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Gonzales, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Gonzales borrowers get paid back?
Of the 10 loans that have reached a final outcome, 8 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 20.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Gonzales figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Ascension Parish 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 Gonzales.
Is zoning published for Gonzales?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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