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Southfield city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Southfield city is a Census city of 76,236 people across 26.26 square miles of land, in Oakland County. Median household income is $68,166, 53.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 172 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $64.8 m.
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Southfield
What Southfield is
- Census place typecity
- Land area26.26 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,903
- County holding the largest share of its areaOakland 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.
Southfield
How many people live in Southfield
- Population76,236
- Median age42.3
- Population under 1814,012
- Share under 1818.4 percent
- Population 65 and over17,213
- Share 65 and over22.6 percent
- Households34,860
- Family households17,891
- Share of households that are families51.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Southfield
Income and work in Southfield
- Median household income$68,166
- Per capita income$41,500
- Civilian labor force39,405
- Employed36,671
- Unemployed2,734
- Unemployment rate6.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over55,996
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher40.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Southfield
Housing in Southfield
- Housing units38,305
- Occupied units34,860
- Vacant units3,445
- Vacancy rate9.0 percent
- Owner occupied18,618
- Renter occupied16,242
- Ownership rate53.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$236,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,340
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.6 percent
- Single family units20,897
- Share single family54.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more17,307
- Share in buildings of two or more45.2 percent
- Mobile homes11 plus or minus 18
- Median year structure built1969
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Southfield
How Southfield gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute29,755
- Commuting under 15 minutes6,508
- Share commuting under 15 minutes21.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more10,484
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.2 percent
- Drove alone71.0 percent
- Carpooled6.4 percent
- Public transport1.8 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked1.9 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home17.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Southfield
SBA 7(a) lending to Southfield borrowers
- Approvals172
- Gross approval$64,768,100
- Average approval$376,559
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,040,500
- Largest approval$4,150,000
- Jobs supported2,406
- Jobs per approval14.0
- Loans with a final outcome27
- Paid in full22
- Charged off5
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans18.5 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.6 percent
- Share to franchises2.3 percent
- Distinct lenders37
- Distinct industries by NAICS82
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Southfield
SBA 504 lending to Southfield borrowers
- Approvals26
- Gross approval$24,616,000
- Average approval$946,769
- Median approval$665,000
- Largest approval$4,869,000
- Jobs supported587
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Southfield
Flood programme status in Southfield
- Listed NFIP communities2
- Of those, participating2
- NFIP community number260176
- Currently effective map date09/29/06
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.
Oakland County, not Southfield
Oakland County context, not Southfield figures
These are Oakland County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Southfield measurements.
- Establishments in Oakland County39,792
- Employment at those establishments, Oakland County733,671
- Covered employment, Oakland County723,862
- Average annual pay, Oakland County$77,917
- Average weekly wage, Oakland County$1,498
- Housing units permitted, Oakland County2,886
- Of those, single family, Oakland County1,870
- County product, 2024, Oakland County$143,144,361,000
- County product change over the prior year, Oakland County3.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Oakland County$85,214
Every figure in this section is published for Oakland County as a whole and is not a measurement of Southfield. 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
Southfield questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Southfield, Michigan?
76,236, in 34,860 households. Southfield city covers 26.26 square miles of land, which is 2,903 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Southfield in?
Oakland 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 Southfield?
$68,166. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $236,200. Median gross rent is $1,340 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Southfield businesses?
172 7(a) approvals totalling $64.8 m, across 37 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 26 504 approvals worth $24.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Southfield, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Southfield borrowers get paid back?
Of the 27 loans that have reached a final outcome, 22 were paid in full and 5 charged off, a charge off rate of 18.5 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Southfield in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Southfield appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 260176, 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 Southfield figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Oakland 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 Southfield.
Is zoning published for Southfield?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.