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Detroit Lakes city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Detroit Lakes city is a Census city of 10,025 people across 11.84 square miles of land, in Becker County. Median household income is $62,958, 56.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 25 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.7 m.
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Detroit Lakes
What Detroit Lakes is
- Census place typecity
- Land area11.84 sq mi
- Water area5.62 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land847
- County holding the largest share of its areaBecker 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.
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How many people live in Detroit Lakes
- Population10,025
- Median age41.6
- Population under 182,181
- Share under 1821.8 percent
- Population 65 and over2,539
- Share 65 and over25.3 percent
- Households4,455
- Family households2,315
- Share of households that are families52.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Detroit Lakes
- Median household income$62,958
- Per capita income$46,289
- Civilian labor force4,842
- Employed4,513
- Unemployed329 plus or minus 154
- Unemployment rate6.8 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Adults 25 and over7,096
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.4 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Detroit Lakes
- Housing units5,137
- Occupied units4,455
- Vacant units682 plus or minus 216
- Vacancy rate13.3 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Owner occupied2,501
- Renter occupied1,954
- Ownership rate56.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$265,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$954
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.2 percent
- Single family units3,440
- Share single family67.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,584
- Share in buildings of two or more30.8 percent
- Mobile homes113 plus or minus 76
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Detroit Lakes gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,170
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,950
- Share commuting under 15 minutes70.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more525 plus or minus 147
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more12.6 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Drove alone77.9 percent
- Carpooled9.7 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Public transport0.9 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked4.0 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Worked from home6.6 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 7(a) lending to Detroit Lakes borrowers
- Approvals25
- Gross approval$5,658,500
- Average approval$226,340
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$480,000
- Largest approval$1,781,000
- Jobs supported181
- Jobs per approval7.2
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Paid in full6
- Charged off0
- Median term84 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more4.0 percent
- Share to franchises20.0 percent
- Distinct lenders13
- Distinct industries by NAICS18
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 6 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.
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SBA 504 lending to Detroit Lakes borrowers
- Approvals16
- Gross approval$10,965,000
- Average approval$685,313
- Median approval$530,000
- Largest approval$1,980,000
- Jobs supported113
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Becker County, not Detroit Lakes
Becker County context, not Detroit Lakes figures
These are Becker County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Detroit Lakes measurements.
- Establishments in Becker County956
- Employment at those establishments, Becker County10,874
- Covered employment, Becker County15,120
- Average annual pay, Becker County$53,242
- Average weekly wage, Becker County$1,024
- Housing units permitted, Becker County151
- Of those, single family, Becker County151
- County product, 2024, Becker County$2,058,087,000
- County product change over the prior year, Becker County6.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Becker County$67,117
Every figure in this section is published for Becker County as a whole and is not a measurement of Detroit Lakes. 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
Detroit Lakes questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota?
10,025, in 4,455 households. Detroit Lakes city covers 11.84 square miles of land, which is 847 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Detroit Lakes in?
Becker 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 Detroit Lakes?
$62,958. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $265,800. Median gross rent is $954 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Detroit Lakes businesses?
25 7(a) approvals totalling $5.7 m, across 13 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 16 504 approvals worth $11.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Detroit Lakes, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Detroit Lakes borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Detroit Lakes. only 6 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 Detroit Lakes figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Becker 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 Detroit Lakes.
Is zoning published for Detroit Lakes?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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