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Denton town, Maryland: commercial real estate data.
Denton town is a Census town of 4,936 people across 5.27 square miles of land, in Caroline County. Median household income is $66,510, 48.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 11 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $867,200.
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Denton
What Denton is
- Census place typetown
- Land area5.27 sq mi
- Water area0.09 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land937
- County holding the largest share of its areaCaroline 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.
Denton
How many people live in Denton
- Population4,936
- Median age39.2
- Population under 181,209
- Share under 1824.5 percent
- Population 65 and over790 plus or minus 202
- Share 65 and over16.0 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Households1,798
- Family households1,057
- Share of households that are families58.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Denton
Income and work in Denton
- Median household income$66,510
- Per capita income$29,780
- Civilian labor force2,484
- Employed2,169
- Unemployed315 plus or minus 126
- Unemployment rate12.7 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Adults 25 and over3,247
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.5 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.6 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Denton
Housing in Denton
- Housing units1,864
- Occupied units1,798
- Vacant units66 plus or minus 75
- Vacancy rate3.5 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Owner occupied864 plus or minus 205
- Renter occupied934 plus or minus 215
- Ownership rate48.1 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Median owner-occupied home value$234,600 plus or minus $54,376
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,043
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.8 percent
- Single family units1,252 plus or minus 274
- Share single family67.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more612 plus or minus 208
- Share in buildings of two or more32.8 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1967
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Denton
How Denton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,001
- Commuting under 15 minutes572 plus or minus 163
- Share commuting under 15 minutes28.6 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,135 plus or minus 272
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more56.7 percent plus or minus 11.8
- Drove alone75.8 percent
- Carpooled11.2 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Public transport0.2 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked1.8 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Worked from home7.7 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Denton
SBA 7(a) lending to Denton borrowers
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$867,200
- Average approval$78,836
- Median approval$25,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$120,000
- Largest approval$540,000
- Jobs supported70
- Jobs per approval6.4
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises18.2 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
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.
Denton
SBA 504 lending to Denton borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$685,000
- Average approval$685,000
- Median approval$685,000
- Largest approval$685,000
- Jobs supported25
- Loans with a final outcome0
- 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.
Caroline County, not Denton
Caroline County context, not Denton figures
These are Caroline County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Denton measurements.
- Establishments in Caroline County634
- Employment at those establishments, Caroline County6,996
- Covered employment, Caroline County9,246
- Average annual pay, Caroline County$53,786
- Average weekly wage, Caroline County$1,034
- Housing units permitted, Caroline County55
- Of those, single family, Caroline County55
- County product, 2024, Caroline County$1,589,731,000
- County product change over the prior year, Caroline County6.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Caroline County$55,423
Every figure in this section is published for Caroline County as a whole and is not a measurement of Denton. 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
Denton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Denton, Maryland?
4,936, in 1,798 households. Denton town covers 5.27 square miles of land, which is 937 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Denton in?
Caroline 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 Denton?
$66,510. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $234,600. Median gross rent is $1,043 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Denton businesses?
11 7(a) approvals totalling $867,200, across 3 lenders, median approval $25,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $685,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Denton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Denton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Denton. 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.
Are the county figures on this page Denton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Caroline 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 Denton.
Is zoning published for Denton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.