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Nowthen city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Nowthen city is a Census city of 4,538 people across 33.66 square miles of land, in Anoka County. Median household income is $160,417, 97.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.2 m.
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Nowthen
What Nowthen is
- Census place typecity
- Land area33.66 sq mi
- Water area1.54 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land135
- County holding the largest share of its areaAnoka 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.
Nowthen
How many people live in Nowthen
- Population4,538
- Median age40.3
- Population under 181,342 plus or minus 271
- Share under 1829.6 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Population 65 and over576 plus or minus 129
- Share 65 and over12.7 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Households1,424
- Family households1,164
- Share of households that are families81.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nowthen
Income and work in Nowthen
- Median household income$160,417 plus or minus $43,086
- Per capita income$51,265
- Civilian labor force2,358
- Employed2,281
- Unemployed77 plus or minus 49
- Unemployment rate3.3 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Adults 25 and over2,892
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher37.9 percent plus or minus 12.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree21.7 percent plus or minus 12.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nowthen
Housing in Nowthen
- Housing units1,454
- Occupied units1,424
- Vacant units30 plus or minus 40
- Vacancy rate2.1 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Owner occupied1,385
- Renter occupied39 plus or minus 39
- Ownership rate97.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$460,000
- Single family units1,439
- Share single family99.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4 plus or minus 12
- Share in buildings of two or more0.3 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Mobile homes11 plus or minus 17
- Median year structure built1995
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nowthen
How Nowthen gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,724
- Commuting under 15 minutes514 plus or minus 277
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.8 percent plus or minus 15.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more753 plus or minus 180
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more43.7 percent
- Drove alone57.6 percent plus or minus 13.4
- Carpooled3.2 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked13.7 percent plus or minus 16.7
- Worked from home24.0 percent plus or minus 8.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nowthen
SBA loans in Nowthen (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$7,224,900
- Average approval$1,204,150
- Median approval$500,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$5,000,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported110
- Jobs per approval18.3
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
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.
Nowthen
SBA loans in Nowthen (504)
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$4,968,000
- Average approval$828,000
- Median approval$828,000
- Largest approval$1,998,000
- Jobs supported13
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Anoka County, not Nowthen
Anoka County context, not Nowthen figures
These are Anoka County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Nowthen measurements.
- Establishments in Anoka County8,438
- Employment at those establishments, Anoka County123,486
- Covered employment, Anoka County133,130
- Average annual pay, Anoka County$65,235
- Average weekly wage, Anoka County$1,255
- Housing units permitted, Anoka County1,062
- Of those, single family, Anoka County898
- County product, 2024, Anoka County$20,602,517,000
- County product change over the prior year, Anoka County4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Anoka County$63,023
Every figure in this section is published for Anoka County as a whole and is not a measurement of Nowthen. 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.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- 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
Nowthen questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Nowthen, Minnesota?
4,538, in 1,424 households. Nowthen city covers 33.66 square miles of land, which is 135 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Nowthen in?
Anoka 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 Nowthen?
$160,417. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $460,000. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Nowthen businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $7.2 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $500,000, plus 6 504 approvals worth $5.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Nowthen, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Nowthen borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Nowthen. 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.
Are the county figures on this page Nowthen figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Anoka 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 Nowthen.
Is zoning published for Nowthen?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.