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Bronson city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Bronson city is a Census city of 2,083 people across 1.37 square miles of land, in Branch County. Median household income is $46,359, 67.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.0 m.
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Bronson
What Bronson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.37 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,524
- County holding the largest share of its areaBranch 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.
Bronson
How many people live in Bronson
- Population2,083
- Median age35.3
- Population under 18551 plus or minus 125
- Share under 1826.5 percent
- Population 65 and over288 plus or minus 87
- Share 65 and over13.8 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Households839
- Family households537
- Share of households that are families64.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bronson
Income and work in Bronson
- Median household income$46,359
- Per capita income$25,278
- Civilian labor force1,039
- Employed1,010
- Unemployed29 plus or minus 26
- Unemployment rate2.8 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over1,445
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.0 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.8 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bronson
Housing in Bronson
- Housing units958
- Occupied units839
- Vacant units119 plus or minus 56
- Vacancy rate12.4 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Owner occupied570
- Renter occupied269 plus or minus 93
- Ownership rate67.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$114,800 plus or minus $26,074
- Median gross rent, monthly$938 plus or minus $218
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.3 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Single family units786
- Share single family82.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more141 plus or minus 63
- Share in buildings of two or more14.7 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Mobile homes31 plus or minus 26
- Median year structure built1953
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bronson
How Bronson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute944
- Commuting under 15 minutes240 plus or minus 90
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.4 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more150 plus or minus 49
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.9 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Drove alone79.2 percent
- Carpooled12.0 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.4 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Worked from home4.9 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bronson
SBA loans in Bronson (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$6,986,900
- Average approval$1,746,725
- Median approval$2,350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,830,900
- Largest approval$3,830,900
- Jobs supported75
- Jobs per approval18.8
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term170 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more25.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
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.
Bronson
SBA loans in Bronson (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$299,000
- Average approval$299,000
- Median approval$299,000
- Largest approval$299,000
- Jobs supported6
- 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.
Branch County, not Bronson
Branch County context, not Bronson figures
These are Branch County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bronson measurements.
- Establishments in Branch County833
- Employment at those establishments, Branch County13,376
- Covered employment, Branch County15,240
- Average annual pay, Branch County$53,639
- Average weekly wage, Branch County$1,032
- Housing units permitted, Branch County43
- Of those, single family, Branch County43
- County product, 2024, Branch County$1,938,449,000
- County product change over the prior year, Branch County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Branch County$56,315
Every figure in this section is published for Branch County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bronson. 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
Bronson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bronson, Michigan?
2,083, in 839 households. Bronson city covers 1.37 square miles of land, which is 1,524 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bronson in?
Branch 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 Bronson?
$46,359. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $114,800. Median gross rent is $938 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bronson businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $7.0 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $2,350,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $299,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bronson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bronson borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Bronson. 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 Bronson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Branch 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 Bronson.
Is zoning published for Bronson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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