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Romulus city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Romulus city is a Census city of 24,831 people across 35.61 square miles of land, in Wayne County. Median household income is $69,151, 69.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 34 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $21.1 m.
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Romulus
What Romulus is
- Census place typecity
- Land area35.61 sq mi
- Water area0.35 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land697
- County holding the largest share of its areaWayne 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.
Romulus
How many people live in Romulus
- Population24,831
- Median age37.9
- Population under 186,297
- Share under 1825.4 percent
- Population 65 and over3,919
- Share 65 and over15.8 percent
- Households9,452
- Family households6,120
- Share of households that are families64.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Romulus
Income and work in Romulus
- Median household income$69,151
- Per capita income$31,079
- Civilian labor force12,503
- Employed11,666
- Unemployed837 plus or minus 241
- Unemployment rate6.7 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over16,185
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.2 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Romulus
Housing in Romulus
- Housing units10,280
- Occupied units9,452
- Vacant units828 plus or minus 233
- Vacancy rate8.1 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Owner occupied6,611
- Renter occupied2,841
- Ownership rate69.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$159,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,049
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.2 percent
- Single family units7,594
- Share single family73.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,679 plus or minus 357
- Share in buildings of two or more16.3 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Mobile homes1,007 plus or minus 212
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Romulus
How Romulus gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute10,215
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,169 plus or minus 435
- Share commuting under 15 minutes21.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,849
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more37.7 percent
- Drove alone79.8 percent
- Carpooled8.4 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home9.4 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Romulus
SBA loans in Romulus (7(a))
- Approvals34
- Gross approval$21,097,200
- Average approval$620,506
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,345,300
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported285
- Jobs per approval8.4
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full1
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more17.6 percent
- Share to franchises5.9 percent
- Distinct lenders18
- Distinct industries by NAICS25
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.
Romulus
SBA loans in Romulus (504)
- Approvals14
- Gross approval$17,292,000
- Average approval$1,235,143
- Median approval$971,000
- Largest approval$3,751,000
- Jobs supported380
- Loans with a final outcome6
- 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.
Romulus
Flood risk in Romulus
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number260381
- Currently effective map date12/03/13
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.
Wayne County, not Romulus
Wayne County context, not Romulus figures
These are Wayne County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Romulus measurements.
- Establishments in Wayne County33,699
- Employment at those establishments, Wayne County665,558
- Covered employment, Wayne County725,504
- Average annual pay, Wayne County$76,411
- Average weekly wage, Wayne County$1,469
- Housing units permitted, Wayne County2,629
- Of those, single family, Wayne County1,058
- County product, 2024, Wayne County$129,920,105,000
- County product change over the prior year, Wayne County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Wayne County$60,504
Every figure in this section is published for Wayne County as a whole and is not a measurement of Romulus. 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
Romulus questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Romulus, Michigan?
24,831, in 9,452 households. Romulus city covers 35.61 square miles of land, which is 697 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Romulus in?
Wayne 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 Romulus?
$69,151. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $159,500. Median gross rent is $1,049 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Romulus businesses?
34 7(a) approvals totalling $21.1 m, across 18 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 14 504 approvals worth $17.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Romulus, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Romulus borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Romulus. 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 Romulus in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Romulus appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 260381, 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 Romulus figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wayne 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 Romulus.
Is zoning published for Romulus?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.