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Douglas city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Douglas city is a Census city of 1,427 people across 1.78 square miles of land, in Allegan County. Median household income is $81,627, 91.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.8 m.
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Douglas
What Douglas is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.78 sq mi
- Water area0.23 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land802 plus or minus 171
- County holding the largest share of its areaAllegan 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.
Douglas
How many people live in Douglas
- Population1,427 plus or minus 304
- Median age59.9
- Population under 18189 plus or minus 82
- Share under 1813.2 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Population 65 and over534 plus or minus 110
- Share 65 and over37.4 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Households708 plus or minus 145
- Family households370 plus or minus 113
- Share of households that are families52.3 percent plus or minus 11.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Douglas
Income and work in Douglas
- Median household income$81,627
- Per capita income$64,411
- Civilian labor force582 plus or minus 163
- Employed576 plus or minus 163
- Unemployed6 plus or minus 7
- Unemployment rate1.0 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Adults 25 and over1,181 plus or minus 239
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.2 percent plus or minus 27.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher57.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree21.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Douglas
Housing in Douglas
- Housing units1,293
- Occupied units708 plus or minus 145
- Vacant units585
- Vacancy rate45.2 percent
- Owner occupied644 plus or minus 147
- Renter occupied64 plus or minus 31
- Ownership rate91.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$426,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$781 plus or minus $293
- Annual rent as a share of median income11.5 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Single family units1,011
- Share single family78.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more124 plus or minus 45
- Share in buildings of two or more9.6 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Mobile homes158 plus or minus 83
- Median year structure built1992
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Douglas
How Douglas gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute472 plus or minus 164
- Commuting under 15 minutes194 plus or minus 97
- Share commuting under 15 minutes41.1 percent plus or minus 14.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more90 plus or minus 44
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more19.1 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Drove alone74.8 percent plus or minus 18.8
- Carpooled1.9 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.5 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Worked from home18.1 percent plus or minus 7.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Douglas
SBA loans in Douglas (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$6,785,100
- Average approval$1,696,275
- Median approval$2,433,900
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,075,000
- Largest approval$3,075,000
- Jobs supported40
- Jobs per approval10.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more75.0 percent
- Share to franchises25.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
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.
Douglas
SBA loans in Douglas (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$1,729,000
- Average approval$432,250
- Median approval$483,000
- Largest approval$714,000
- Jobs supported16
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Douglas
Flood risk in Douglas
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number260549
- Currently effective map date06/21/23
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Allegan County, not Douglas
Allegan County context, not Douglas figures
These are Allegan County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Douglas measurements.
- Establishments in Allegan County2,571
- Employment at those establishments, Allegan County38,899
- Covered employment, Allegan County41,360
- Average annual pay, Allegan County$60,226
- Average weekly wage, Allegan County$1,158
- Housing units permitted, Allegan County423
- Of those, single family, Allegan County423
- County product, 2024, Allegan County$6,699,359,000
- County product change over the prior year, Allegan County5.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Allegan County$90,512
Every figure in this section is published for Allegan County as a whole and is not a measurement of Douglas. 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.
- 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
Douglas questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Douglas, Michigan?
1,427, in 708 households. Douglas city covers 1.78 square miles of land, which is 802 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Douglas in?
Allegan 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 Douglas?
$81,627. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $426,400. Median gross rent is $781 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Douglas businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $6.8 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $2,433,900, plus 4 504 approvals worth $1.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Douglas, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Douglas borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Douglas. 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.
Is Douglas in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Douglas appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 260549, 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 Douglas figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Allegan 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 Douglas.
Is zoning published for Douglas?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.