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Muskegon Heights city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Muskegon Heights city is a Census city of 9,841 people across 3.19 square miles of land, in Muskegon County. Median household income is $35,239, 44.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $597,000.
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Muskegon Heights
What Muskegon Heights is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.19 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,089
- County holding the largest share of its areaMuskegon 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.
Muskegon Heights
How many people live in Muskegon Heights
- Population9,841
- Median age32.7
- Population under 182,965
- Share under 1830.1 percent
- Population 65 and over1,325
- Share 65 and over13.5 percent
- Households3,847
- Family households2,405
- Share of households that are families62.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Muskegon Heights
Income and work in Muskegon Heights
- Median household income$35,239
- Per capita income$17,548
- Civilian labor force4,218
- Employed3,599
- Unemployed619 plus or minus 216
- Unemployment rate14.7 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Adults 25 and over6,038
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher8.6 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.8 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Muskegon Heights
Housing in Muskegon Heights
- Housing units4,630
- Occupied units3,847
- Vacant units783
- Vacancy rate16.9 percent
- Owner occupied1,729
- Renter occupied2,118
- Ownership rate44.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$68,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$889
- Annual rent as a share of median income30.3 percent
- Single family units3,574
- Share single family77.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,008 plus or minus 240
- Share in buildings of two or more21.8 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Mobile homes48 plus or minus 39
- Median year structure built1945
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Muskegon Heights gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,369
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,581 plus or minus 332
- Share commuting under 15 minutes46.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more528 plus or minus 185
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.7 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Drove alone82.4 percent
- Carpooled10.7 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.8 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home3.0 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Muskegon Heights
SBA loans in Muskegon Heights (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$597,000
- Average approval$298,500
- Median approval$522,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$522,000
- Largest approval$522,000
- Jobs supported18
- Jobs per approval9.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term168 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
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.
Muskegon Heights
SBA loans in Muskegon Heights (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$2,006,000
- Average approval$2,006,000
- Median approval$2,006,000
- Largest approval$2,006,000
- Jobs supported30
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Muskegon Heights
Flood risk in Muskegon Heights
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number260162
- Currently effective map date10/07/21
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.
Muskegon County, not Muskegon Heights
Muskegon County context, not Muskegon Heights figures
These are Muskegon County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Muskegon Heights measurements.
- Establishments in Muskegon County3,147
- Employment at those establishments, Muskegon County51,826
- Covered employment, Muskegon County63,475
- Average annual pay, Muskegon County$53,204
- Average weekly wage, Muskegon County$1,023
- Housing units permitted, Muskegon County423
- Of those, single family, Muskegon County308
- County product, 2024, Muskegon County$8,392,115,000
- County product change over the prior year, Muskegon County5.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Muskegon County$56,743
Every figure in this section is published for Muskegon County as a whole and is not a measurement of Muskegon Heights. 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
Muskegon Heights questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Muskegon Heights, Michigan?
9,841, in 3,847 households. Muskegon Heights city covers 3.19 square miles of land, which is 3,089 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Muskegon Heights in?
Muskegon 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 Muskegon Heights?
$35,239. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $68,000. Median gross rent is $889 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Muskegon Heights businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $597,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $522,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $2.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Muskegon Heights, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Muskegon Heights borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Muskegon Heights. 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.
Is Muskegon Heights in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Muskegon Heights appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 260162, 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 Muskegon Heights figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Muskegon 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 Muskegon Heights.
Is zoning published for Muskegon Heights?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.