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Grayling city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Grayling city is a Census city of 1,671 people across 2.05 square miles of land, in Crawford County. Median household income is $32,545, 42.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 37 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $12.5 m.
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Grayling
What Grayling is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.05 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land815
- County holding the largest share of its areaCrawford 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.
Grayling
How many people live in Grayling
- Population1,671
- Median age43.4
- Population under 18276 plus or minus 78
- Share under 1816.5 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Population 65 and over445 plus or minus 107
- Share 65 and over26.6 percent
- Households755
- Family households348 plus or minus 100
- Share of households that are families46.1 percent plus or minus 10.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grayling
Income and work in Grayling
- Median household income$32,545 plus or minus $7,502
- Per capita income$22,940
- Civilian labor force538 plus or minus 109
- Employed513 plus or minus 103
- Unemployed25 plus or minus 28
- Unemployment rate4.6 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Adults 25 and over1,256
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.8 percent plus or minus 18.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.4 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.1 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Grayling
- Housing units833
- Occupied units755
- Vacant units78 plus or minus 45
- Vacancy rate9.4 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Owner occupied318 plus or minus 93
- Renter occupied437 plus or minus 93
- Ownership rate42.1 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Median owner-occupied home value$160,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$788
- Annual rent as a share of median income29.1 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Single family units532
- Share single family63.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more293 plus or minus 77
- Share in buildings of two or more35.2 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Mobile homes8 plus or minus 9
- Median year structure built1969
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grayling
How Grayling gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute494 plus or minus 100
- Commuting under 15 minutes354 plus or minus 94
- Share commuting under 15 minutes71.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more78 plus or minus 36
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.8 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Drove alone69.3 percent
- Carpooled13.6 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Public transport2.5 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Walked10.7 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Worked from home3.9 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grayling
SBA 7(a) lending to Grayling borrowers
- Approvals37
- Gross approval$12,530,400
- Average approval$338,659
- Median approval$50,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$996,800
- Largest approval$3,935,000
- Jobs supported248
- Jobs per approval6.7
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Paid in full12
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more13.5 percent
- Share to franchises5.4 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS28
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA 504 lending to Grayling borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$2,093,000
- Average approval$523,250
- Median approval$433,000
- Largest approval$975,000
- Jobs supported14
- Loans with a final outcome2
- 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.
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Flood programme status in Grayling
- Listed NFIP communities2
- Of those, participating2
- NFIP community number260901
- Currently effective map date04/17/12(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.
Crawford County, not Grayling
Crawford County context, not Grayling figures
These are Crawford County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Grayling measurements.
- Establishments in Crawford County320
- Employment at those establishments, Crawford County3,715
- Covered employment, Crawford County4,105
- Average annual pay, Crawford County$52,174
- Average weekly wage, Crawford County$1,003
- Housing units permitted, Crawford County75
- Of those, single family, Crawford County43
- County product, 2024, Crawford County$562,607,000
- County product change over the prior year, Crawford County2.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Crawford County$56,876
Every figure in this section is published for Crawford County as a whole and is not a measurement of Grayling. 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
Grayling questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Grayling, Michigan?
1,671, in 755 households. Grayling city covers 2.05 square miles of land, which is 815 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Grayling in?
Crawford 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 Grayling?
$32,545. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $160,800. Median gross rent is $788 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Grayling businesses?
37 7(a) approvals totalling $12.5 m, across 10 lenders, median approval $50,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $2.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Grayling, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Grayling borrowers get paid back?
Of the 12 loans that have reached a final outcome, 12 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Grayling in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Grayling appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 260901, 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 Grayling figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Crawford 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 Grayling.
Is zoning published for Grayling?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.