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Plainwell city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Plainwell city is a Census city of 3,763 people across 2.08 square miles of land, in Allegan County. Median household income is $66,525, 69.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 13 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.2 m.
80 sourced place values · tier FULL · 9 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Plainwell
What Plainwell is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.08 sq mi
- Water area0.08 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,813
- 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.
Plainwell
How many people live in Plainwell
- Population3,763
- Median age39.4
- Population under 18654 plus or minus 180
- Share under 1817.4 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Population 65 and over808 plus or minus 210
- Share 65 and over21.5 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Households1,570
- Family households1,016
- Share of households that are families64.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plainwell
Income and work in Plainwell
- Median household income$66,525 plus or minus $13,389
- Per capita income$30,234
- Civilian labor force1,813
- Employed1,692
- Unemployed121 plus or minus 77
- Unemployment rate6.7 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Adults 25 and over2,867
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.2 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.5 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plainwell
Housing in Plainwell
- Housing units1,611
- Occupied units1,570
- Vacant units41 plus or minus 46
- Vacancy rate2.5 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Owner occupied1,086
- Renter occupied484 plus or minus 132
- Ownership rate69.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$220,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$900 plus or minus $295
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.2 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Single family units1,047
- Share single family65.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more485 plus or minus 172
- Share in buildings of two or more30.1 percent plus or minus 10.4
- Mobile homes79 plus or minus 77
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plainwell
How Plainwell gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,563
- Commuting under 15 minutes427 plus or minus 142
- Share commuting under 15 minutes27.3 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more469 plus or minus 154
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more30.0 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Drove alone83.3 percent
- Carpooled7.2 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Public transport3.2 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Walked1.3 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Worked from home4.4 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plainwell
SBA loans in Plainwell (7(a))
- Approvals13
- Gross approval$6,193,000
- Average approval$476,385
- Median approval$317,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$910,000
- Largest approval$2,400,000
- Jobs supported128
- Jobs per approval9.8
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more38.5 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS11
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 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.
Plainwell
SBA loans in Plainwell (504)
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$4,033,000
- Average approval$806,600
- Median approval$698,000
- Largest approval$2,018,000
- Jobs supported35
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Plainwell
Flood risk in Plainwell
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number260008
- Currently effective map date06/21/23(M)
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 Plainwell
Allegan County context, not Plainwell 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 Plainwell 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 Plainwell. 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
Plainwell questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Plainwell, Michigan?
3,763, in 1,570 households. Plainwell city covers 2.08 square miles of land, which is 1,813 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Plainwell 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 Plainwell?
$66,525. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $220,500. Median gross rent is $900 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Plainwell businesses?
13 7(a) approvals totalling $6.2 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $317,500, plus 5 504 approvals worth $4.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Plainwell, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Plainwell borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Plainwell. only 3 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 Plainwell in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Plainwell appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 260008, 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 Plainwell 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 Plainwell.
Is zoning published for Plainwell?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.