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Buchanan city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Buchanan city is a Census city of 4,223 people across 2.52 square miles of land, in Berrien County. Median household income is $56,163, 57.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.5 m.
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Buchanan
What Buchanan is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.52 sq mi
- Water area0.07 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,674
- County holding the largest share of its areaBerrien 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.
Buchanan
How many people live in Buchanan
- Population4,223
- Median age32.7 plus or minus 8.6
- Population under 18948 plus or minus 284
- Share under 1822.4 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Population 65 and over646 plus or minus 190
- Share 65 and over15.3 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Households1,752
- Family households946
- Share of households that are families54.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buchanan
Income and work in Buchanan
- Median household income$56,163
- Per capita income$28,399
- Civilian labor force2,260
- Employed2,210
- Unemployed50 plus or minus 66
- Unemployment rate2.2 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Adults 25 and over2,617
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.1 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.7 percent plus or minus 1.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buchanan
Housing in Buchanan
- Housing units2,125
- Occupied units1,752
- Vacant units373 plus or minus 199
- Vacancy rate17.6 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Owner occupied1,008
- Renter occupied744 plus or minus 203
- Ownership rate57.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$154,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$903 plus or minus $211
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.3 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Single family units1,298
- Share single family61.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more827 plus or minus 294
- Share in buildings of two or more38.9 percent plus or minus 13.1
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1960
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buchanan
How Buchanan gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,091
- Commuting under 15 minutes556 plus or minus 190
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.6 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more431 plus or minus 198
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.6 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Drove alone79.8 percent
- Carpooled12.0 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.7 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Worked from home4.2 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buchanan
SBA loans in Buchanan (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,527,000
- Average approval$1,527,000
- Median approval$1,527,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,527,000
- Largest approval$1,527,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
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.
Buchanan
SBA loans in Buchanan (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$342,000
- Average approval$171,000
- Median approval$249,000
- Largest approval$249,000
- Jobs supported58
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Buchanan
Flood risk in Buchanan
- Listed NFIP communities2
- Of those, participating2
- NFIP community number260555
- Currently effective map date04/17/06
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.
Berrien County, not Buchanan
Berrien County context, not Buchanan figures
These are Berrien County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Buchanan measurements.
- Establishments in Berrien County3,561
- Employment at those establishments, Berrien County52,794
- Covered employment, Berrien County60,626
- Average annual pay, Berrien County$57,009
- Average weekly wage, Berrien County$1,096
- Housing units permitted, Berrien County354
- Of those, single family, Berrien County339
- County product, 2024, Berrien County$9,718,372,000
- County product change over the prior year, Berrien County2.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Berrien County$91,777
Every figure in this section is published for Berrien County as a whole and is not a measurement of Buchanan. 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
Buchanan questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Buchanan, Michigan?
4,223, in 1,752 households. Buchanan city covers 2.52 square miles of land, which is 1,674 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Buchanan in?
Berrien 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 Buchanan?
$56,163. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $154,300. Median gross rent is $903 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Buchanan businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $1.5 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $1,527,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $342,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Buchanan, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Buchanan borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Buchanan. 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 Buchanan in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Buchanan appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 260555, 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 Buchanan figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Berrien 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 Buchanan.
Is zoning published for Buchanan?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.