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Battle Creek city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Battle Creek city is a Census city of 52,374 people across 42.61 square miles of land, in Calhoun County. Median household income is $55,693, 66.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 86 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $66.8 m.
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Battle Creek
What Battle Creek is
- Census place typecity
- Land area42.61 sq mi
- Water area1.12 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,229
- County holding the largest share of its areaCalhoun 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.
Battle Creek
How many people live in Battle Creek
- Population52,374
- Median age38.0
- Population under 1813,013
- Share under 1824.8 percent
- Population 65 and over8,804
- Share 65 and over16.8 percent
- Households21,128
- Family households12,004
- Share of households that are families56.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Battle Creek
Income and work in Battle Creek
- Median household income$55,693
- Per capita income$30,455
- Civilian labor force25,222
- Employed23,447
- Unemployed1,775 plus or minus 371
- Unemployment rate7.0 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over34,887
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Battle Creek
- Housing units23,600
- Occupied units21,128
- Vacant units2,472
- Vacancy rate10.5 percent
- Owner occupied13,950
- Renter occupied7,178
- Ownership rate66.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$141,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$957
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.6 percent
- Single family units16,513
- Share single family70.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more6,509
- Share in buildings of two or more27.6 percent
- Mobile homes578 plus or minus 181
- Median year structure built1956
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Battle Creek gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute21,087
- Commuting under 15 minutes9,630
- Share commuting under 15 minutes45.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,986
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.9 percent
- Drove alone77.2 percent
- Carpooled10.2 percent
- Public transport0.5 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked2.3 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home8.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Battle Creek
SBA 7(a) lending to Battle Creek borrowers
- Approvals86
- Gross approval$66,796,400
- Average approval$776,702
- Median approval$267,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,900,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,086
- Jobs per approval12.6
- Loans with a final outcome19
- Paid in full17
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans10.5 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more27.9 percent
- Share to franchises16.3 percent
- Distinct lenders33
- Distinct industries by NAICS57
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Battle Creek
SBA 504 lending to Battle Creek borrowers
- Approvals18
- Gross approval$12,365,000
- Average approval$686,944
- Median approval$436,000
- Largest approval$1,505,000
- Jobs supported243
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Battle Creek
Flood programme status in Battle Creek
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number260051
- Currently effective map date04/04/11
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.
Calhoun County, not Battle Creek
Calhoun County context, not Battle Creek figures
These are Calhoun County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Battle Creek measurements.
- Establishments in Calhoun County2,482
- Employment at those establishments, Calhoun County48,331
- Covered employment, Calhoun County54,415
- Average annual pay, Calhoun County$64,067
- Average weekly wage, Calhoun County$1,232
- Housing units permitted, Calhoun County91
- Of those, single family, Calhoun County85
- County product, 2024, Calhoun County$9,106,912,000
- County product change over the prior year, Calhoun County5.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Calhoun County$49,383
Every figure in this section is published for Calhoun County as a whole and is not a measurement of Battle Creek. 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
Battle Creek questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Battle Creek, Michigan?
52,374, in 21,128 households. Battle Creek city covers 42.61 square miles of land, which is 1,229 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Battle Creek in?
Calhoun 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 Battle Creek?
$55,693. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $141,900. Median gross rent is $957 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Battle Creek businesses?
86 7(a) approvals totalling $66.8 m, across 33 lenders, median approval $267,500, plus 18 504 approvals worth $12.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Battle Creek, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Battle Creek borrowers get paid back?
Of the 19 loans that have reached a final outcome, 17 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 10.5 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Battle Creek in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Battle Creek appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 260051, 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 Battle Creek figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Calhoun 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 Battle Creek.
Is zoning published for Battle Creek?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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