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Gobles city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Gobles city is a Census city of 595 people across 1.03 square miles of land, in Van Buren County. Median household income is $44,250, 69.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.4 m.
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Gobles
What Gobles is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.03 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land576 plus or minus 132
- County holding the largest share of its areaVan Buren 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.
Gobles
How many people live in Gobles
- Population595 plus or minus 136
- Median age51.4 plus or minus 10.7
- Population under 1872 plus or minus 31
- Share under 1812.1 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Population 65 and over192 plus or minus 74
- Share 65 and over32.3 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Households335 plus or minus 83
- Family households156 plus or minus 46
- Share of households that are families46.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gobles
Income and work in Gobles
- Median household income$44,250 plus or minus $17,692
- Per capita income$29,893
- Civilian labor force278 plus or minus 78
- Employed259 plus or minus 71
- Unemployed19 plus or minus 22
- Unemployment rate6.8 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Adults 25 and over466 plus or minus 116
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.4 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.1 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gobles
Housing in Gobles
- Housing units354 plus or minus 83
- Occupied units335 plus or minus 83
- Vacant units19 plus or minus 18
- Vacancy rate5.4 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Owner occupied233 plus or minus 80
- Renter occupied102 plus or minus 33
- Ownership rate69.6 percent plus or minus 16.5
- Median owner-occupied home value$104,200 plus or minus $23,975
- Median gross rent, monthly$630 plus or minus $146
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.1 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Single family units225 plus or minus 83
- Share single family63.6 percent plus or minus 18.0
- Units in buildings of two or more84 plus or minus 30
- Share in buildings of two or more23.7 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Mobile homes45 plus or minus 30
- Median year structure built1959
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gobles
How Gobles gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute237 plus or minus 70
- Commuting under 15 minutes43 plus or minus 25
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.1 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more66 plus or minus 27
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.8 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Drove alone70.4 percent
- Carpooled10.3 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked8.3 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Worked from home6.3 percent plus or minus 5.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gobles
SBA 7(a) lending to Gobles borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$1,423,200
- Average approval$284,640
- Median approval$327,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$615,000
- Largest approval$615,000
- Jobs supported184
- Jobs per approval36.8
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more40.0 percent
- Share to franchises20.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
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.
Van Buren County, not Gobles
Van Buren County context, not Gobles figures
These are Van Buren County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Gobles measurements.
- Establishments in Van Buren County1,327
- Employment at those establishments, Van Buren County17,635
- Covered employment, Van Buren County21,597
- Average annual pay, Van Buren County$51,293
- Average weekly wage, Van Buren County$986
- Housing units permitted, Van Buren County212
- Of those, single family, Van Buren County208
- County product, 2024, Van Buren County$3,313,230,000
- County product change over the prior year, Van Buren County-1.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Van Buren County$72,845
Every figure in this section is published for Van Buren County as a whole and is not a measurement of Gobles. 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
Gobles questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Gobles, Michigan?
595, in 335 households. Gobles city covers 1.03 square miles of land, which is 576 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Gobles in?
Van Buren 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 Gobles?
$44,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $104,200. Median gross rent is $630 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Gobles businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $1.4 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $327,500. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Gobles, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Gobles borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Gobles. 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 Gobles figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Van Buren 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 Gobles.
Is zoning published for Gobles?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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