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Empire village, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Empire village is a Census village of 341 people across 1.03 square miles of land, in Leelanau County. Median household income is $83,929, 79.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $835,000.
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Empire
What Empire is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area1.03 sq mi
- Water area0.09 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land332 plus or minus 81
- County holding the largest share of its areaLeelanau 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.
Empire
How many people live in Empire
- Population341 plus or minus 83
- Median age63.6
- Population under 1865 plus or minus 44
- Share under 1819.1 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Population 65 and over147 plus or minus 30
- Share 65 and over43.1 percent plus or minus 13.7
- Households172 plus or minus 35
- Family households105 plus or minus 32
- Share of households that are families61.0 percent plus or minus 13.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Empire
- Median household income$83,929 plus or minus $33,750
- Per capita income$67,876 plus or minus $22,556
- Civilian labor force120 plus or minus 46
- Employed120 plus or minus 46
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over273 plus or minus 55
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher56.4 percent plus or minus 11.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree27.1 percent plus or minus 9.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Empire
- Housing units321
- Occupied units172 plus or minus 35
- Vacant units149 plus or minus 52
- Vacancy rate46.4 percent plus or minus 13.4
- Owner occupied137
- Renter occupied35 plus or minus 23
- Ownership rate79.7 percent plus or minus 22.6
- Median owner-occupied home value$456,300 plus or minus $193,327
- Single family units301
- Share single family93.8 percent plus or minus 25.6
- Units in buildings of two or more20 plus or minus 22
- Share in buildings of two or more6.2 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Empire gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute93 plus or minus 35
- Commuting under 15 minutes37 plus or minus 22
- Share commuting under 15 minutes39.8 percent plus or minus 18.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more42 plus or minus 21
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.2 percent plus or minus 15.3
- Drove alone72.0 percent plus or minus 38.6
- Carpooled4.2 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Worked from home21.2 percent plus or minus 20.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Empire
SBA loans in Empire (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$835,000
- Average approval$167,000
- Median approval$50,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$655,000
- Largest approval$655,000
- Jobs supported29
- Jobs per approval5.8
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
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SBA loans in Empire (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,216,000
- Average approval$608,000
- Median approval$1,070,000
- Largest approval$1,070,000
- Jobs supported41
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Empire
Flood risk in Empire
- Listed NFIP communities2
- Of those, participating2
- NFIP community number260765
- Currently effective map date06/07/23
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.
Leelanau County, not Empire
Leelanau County context, not Empire figures
These are Leelanau County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Empire measurements.
- Establishments in Leelanau County796
- Employment at those establishments, Leelanau County5,239
- Covered employment, Leelanau County6,662
- Average annual pay, Leelanau County$48,322
- Average weekly wage, Leelanau County$929
- Housing units permitted, Leelanau County201
- Of those, single family, Leelanau County201
- County product, 2024, Leelanau County$1,131,517,000
- County product change over the prior year, Leelanau County8.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Leelanau County$153,259
Every figure in this section is published for Leelanau County as a whole and is not a measurement of Empire. 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.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- 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
Empire questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Empire, Michigan?
341, in 172 households. Empire village covers 1.03 square miles of land, which is 332 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Empire in?
Leelanau 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 Empire?
$83,929. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $456,300. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Empire businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $835,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $50,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Empire, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Empire borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Empire. only 2 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 Empire in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Empire appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 260765, 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 Empire figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Leelanau 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 Empire.
Is zoning published for Empire?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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