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Alanson village, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Alanson village is a Census village of 834 people across 0.98 square miles of land, in Emmet County. Median household income is $65,139, 81.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $880,900.
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Alanson
What Alanson is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area0.98 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land851 plus or minus 198
- County holding the largest share of its areaEmmet 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.
Alanson
How many people live in Alanson
- Population834 plus or minus 194
- Median age42.9
- Population under 18154 plus or minus 46
- Share under 1818.5 percent
- Population 65 and over118 plus or minus 48
- Share 65 and over14.1 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Households379 plus or minus 97
- Family households208 plus or minus 68
- Share of households that are families54.9 percent plus or minus 11.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alanson
Income and work in Alanson
- Median household income$65,139 plus or minus $16,704
- Per capita income$32,048
- Civilian labor force449 plus or minus 129
- Employed398 plus or minus 116
- Unemployed51 plus or minus 44
- Unemployment rate11.4 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Adults 25 and over636 plus or minus 156
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.4 percent plus or minus 30.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.9 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.7 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alanson
Housing in Alanson
- Housing units503 plus or minus 124
- Occupied units379 plus or minus 97
- Vacant units124 plus or minus 62
- Vacancy rate24.7 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Owner occupied310 plus or minus 88
- Renter occupied69 plus or minus 52
- Ownership rate81.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$134,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$393 plus or minus $298
- Annual rent as a share of median income7.2 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Single family units346 plus or minus 104
- Share single family68.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more46 plus or minus 51
- Share in buildings of two or more9.1 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Mobile homes111 plus or minus 51
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alanson
How Alanson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute381 plus or minus 111
- Commuting under 15 minutes147 plus or minus 55
- Share commuting under 15 minutes38.6 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more80 plus or minus 35
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.0 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Drove alone73.0 percent
- Carpooled11.9 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Public transport2.8 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Walked5.3 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Worked from home3.8 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alanson
SBA loans in Alanson (7(a))
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$880,900
- Average approval$125,843
- Median approval$70,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$342,900
- Largest approval$342,900
- Jobs supported27
- Jobs per approval3.9
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
Alanson
SBA loans in Alanson (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$235,000
- Average approval$117,500
- Median approval$127,000
- Largest approval$127,000
- Jobs supported12
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Emmet County, not Alanson
Emmet County context, not Alanson figures
These are Emmet County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Alanson measurements.
- Establishments in Emmet County1,577
- Employment at those establishments, Emmet County16,212
- Covered employment, Emmet County17,742
- Average annual pay, Emmet County$55,435
- Average weekly wage, Emmet County$1,066
- Housing units permitted, Emmet County161
- Of those, single family, Emmet County159
- County product, 2024, Emmet County$2,559,020,000
- County product change over the prior year, Emmet County5.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Emmet County$133,198
Every figure in this section is published for Emmet County as a whole and is not a measurement of Alanson. 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
Alanson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Alanson, Michigan?
834, in 379 households. Alanson village covers 0.98 square miles of land, which is 851 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Alanson in?
Emmet 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 Alanson?
$65,139. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $134,100. Median gross rent is $393 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Alanson businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $880,900, across 4 lenders, median approval $70,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $235,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Alanson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Alanson borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Alanson. only 1 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 Alanson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Emmet 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 Alanson.
Is zoning published for Alanson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.