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La Plata town, Maryland: commercial real estate data.
La Plata town is a Census town of 10,683 people across 7.98 square miles of land, in Charles County. Median household income is $121,208, 80.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 13 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.7 m.
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La Plata
What La Plata is
- Census place typetown
- Land area7.98 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,338
- County holding the largest share of its areaCharles 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.
La Plata
How many people live in La Plata
- Population10,683
- Median age41.7
- Population under 182,114 plus or minus 424
- Share under 1819.8 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Population 65 and over1,871
- Share 65 and over17.5 percent
- Households3,941
- Family households2,447
- Share of households that are families62.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Plata
Income and work in La Plata
- Median household income$121,208
- Per capita income$55,175
- Civilian labor force5,650
- Employed5,457
- Unemployed193 plus or minus 101
- Unemployment rate3.4 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over7,282
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher35.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.2 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Plata
Housing in La Plata
- Housing units4,201
- Occupied units3,941
- Vacant units260 plus or minus 156
- Vacancy rate6.2 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Owner occupied3,167
- Renter occupied774 plus or minus 159
- Ownership rate80.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$428,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,559
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.4 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Single family units3,491
- Share single family83.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more710 plus or minus 215
- Share in buildings of two or more16.9 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1995
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Plata
How La Plata gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,586
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,211 plus or minus 320
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.4 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,493
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more54.4 percent
- Drove alone68.4 percent
- Carpooled9.4 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Public transport2.8 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Walked0.5 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home16.7 percent plus or minus 5.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Plata
SBA loans in La Plata (7(a))
- Approvals13
- Gross approval$3,749,700
- Average approval$288,438
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$425,000
- Largest approval$2,335,000
- Jobs supported144
- Jobs per approval11.1
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more7.7 percent
- Share to franchises7.7 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS12
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Charles County, not La Plata
Charles County context, not La Plata figures
These are Charles County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as La Plata measurements.
- Establishments in Charles County2,793
- Employment at those establishments, Charles County33,675
- Covered employment, Charles County43,087
- Average annual pay, Charles County$60,436
- Average weekly wage, Charles County$1,162
- Housing units permitted, Charles County1,542
- Of those, single family, Charles County1,026
- County product, 2024, Charles County$8,671,815,000
- County product change over the prior year, Charles County8.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Charles County$66,786
Every figure in this section is published for Charles County as a whole and is not a measurement of La Plata. 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
La Plata questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in La Plata, Maryland?
10,683, in 3,941 households. La Plata town covers 7.98 square miles of land, which is 1,338 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is La Plata in?
Charles 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 La Plata?
$121,208. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $428,400. Median gross rent is $1,559 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to La Plata businesses?
13 7(a) approvals totalling $3.7 m, across 10 lenders, median approval $100,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in La Plata, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to La Plata borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for La Plata. only 0 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 La Plata figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Charles 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 La Plata.
Is zoning published for La Plata?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.