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Mears CDP, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Mears CDP is a Census CDP of 204 people across 1.14 square miles of land, in Oceana County. Median household income is $44,583, 72.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $125,000.
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Mears
What Mears is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area1.14 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land179 plus or minus 69
- County holding the largest share of its areaOceana 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.
Mears
How many people live in Mears
- Population204 plus or minus 78
- Median age51.7 plus or minus 21.6
- Population under 1835 plus or minus 24
- Share under 1817.2 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Population 65 and over49 plus or minus 26
- Share 65 and over24.0 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Households87 plus or minus 29
- Family households63 plus or minus 23
- Share of households that are families72.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mears
Income and work in Mears
- Median household income$44,583 plus or minus $43,030
- Per capita income$29,126 plus or minus $6,177
- Civilian labor force94 plus or minus 50
- Employed94 plus or minus 50
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over161 plus or minus 53
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.1 percent plus or minus 40.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.0 percent plus or minus 11.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.1 percent plus or minus 8.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mears
Housing in Mears
- Housing units103 plus or minus 35
- Occupied units87 plus or minus 29
- Vacant units16 plus or minus 19
- Vacancy rate15.5 percent plus or minus 17.7
- Owner occupied63 plus or minus 20
- Renter occupied24 plus or minus 19
- Ownership rate72.4 percent plus or minus 33.3
- Median owner-occupied home value$131,300 plus or minus $27,727
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,031 plus or minus $809
- Annual rent as a share of median income27.8 percent plus or minus 34.5
- Single family units55 plus or minus 22
- Share single family53.4 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Units in buildings of two or more6 plus or minus 13
- Share in buildings of two or more5.8 percent plus or minus 12.0
- Mobile homes42 plus or minus 30
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mears
How Mears gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute94 plus or minus 50
- Commuting under 15 minutes44 plus or minus 27
- Share commuting under 15 minutes46.8 percent plus or minus 14.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more32 plus or minus 23
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.0 percent plus or minus 16.0
- Drove alone78.7 percent plus or minus 58.9
- Carpooled3.2 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mears
SBA loans in Mears (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$125,000
- Average approval$62,500
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$100,000
- Largest approval$100,000
- Jobs supported5
- Jobs per approval2.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
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.
Oceana County, not Mears
Oceana County context, not Mears figures
These are Oceana County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Mears measurements.
- Establishments in Oceana County468
- Employment at those establishments, Oceana County4,588
- Covered employment, Oceana County6,470
- Average annual pay, Oceana County$45,679
- Average weekly wage, Oceana County$878
- Housing units permitted, Oceana County147
- Of those, single family, Oceana County147
- County product, 2024, Oceana County$832,889,000
- County product change over the prior year, Oceana County-2.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Oceana County$75,921
Every figure in this section is published for Oceana County as a whole and is not a measurement of Mears. 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
Mears questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Mears, Michigan?
204, in 87 households. Mears CDP covers 1.14 square miles of land, which is 179 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Mears in?
Oceana 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 Mears?
$44,583. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $131,300. Median gross rent is $1,031 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Mears businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $125,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $100,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Mears, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Mears borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Mears. 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.
Are the county figures on this page Mears figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Oceana 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 Mears.
Is zoning published for Mears?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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