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Sauk Rapids city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Sauk Rapids city is a Census city of 13,852 people across 6.29 square miles of land, in Benton County. Median household income is $71,841, 61.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 43 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $18.3 m.
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Sauk Rapids
What Sauk Rapids is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.29 sq mi
- Water area0.23 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,203
- County holding the largest share of its areaBenton 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.
Sauk Rapids
How many people live in Sauk Rapids
- Population13,852
- Median age35.3
- Population under 183,617
- Share under 1826.1 percent
- Population 65 and over1,713
- Share 65 and over12.4 percent
- Households5,656
- Family households3,054
- Share of households that are families54.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sauk Rapids
Income and work in Sauk Rapids
- Median household income$71,841
- Per capita income$38,385
- Civilian labor force7,906
- Employed7,560
- Unemployed346 plus or minus 211
- Unemployment rate4.4 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Adults 25 and over9,025
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.9 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sauk Rapids
Housing in Sauk Rapids
- Housing units5,870
- Occupied units5,656
- Vacant units214 plus or minus 129
- Vacancy rate3.6 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Owner occupied3,460
- Renter occupied2,196
- Ownership rate61.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$256,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$964
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.1 percent
- Single family units3,755
- Share single family64.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,992
- Share in buildings of two or more33.9 percent
- Mobile homes123 plus or minus 77
- Median year structure built1988
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Sauk Rapids gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute6,767
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,090
- Share commuting under 15 minutes45.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,437
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.2 percent
- Drove alone81.1 percent
- Carpooled5.5 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home9.9 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sauk Rapids
SBA 7(a) lending to Sauk Rapids borrowers
- Approvals43
- Gross approval$18,253,800
- Average approval$424,507
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$857,500
- Largest approval$2,940,000
- Jobs supported685
- Jobs per approval15.9
- Loans with a final outcome14
- Paid in full14
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.6 percent
- Share to franchises11.6 percent
- Distinct lenders14
- Distinct industries by NAICS29
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sauk Rapids
SBA 504 lending to Sauk Rapids borrowers
- Approvals30
- Gross approval$19,976,000
- Average approval$665,867
- Median approval$495,000
- Largest approval$2,836,000
- Jobs supported269
- Loans with a final outcome14
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans14.3 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Benton County, not Sauk Rapids
Benton County context, not Sauk Rapids figures
These are Benton County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Sauk Rapids measurements.
- Establishments in Benton County975
- Employment at those establishments, Benton County16,944
- Covered employment, Benton County17,384
- Average annual pay, Benton County$55,955
- Average weekly wage, Benton County$1,076
- Housing units permitted, Benton County82
- Of those, single family, Benton County75
- County product, 2024, Benton County$2,397,767,000
- County product change over the prior year, Benton County2.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Benton County$49,520
Every figure in this section is published for Benton County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sauk Rapids. 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
Sauk Rapids questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota?
13,852, in 5,656 households. Sauk Rapids city covers 6.29 square miles of land, which is 2,203 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sauk Rapids in?
Benton 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 Sauk Rapids?
$71,841. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $256,100. Median gross rent is $964 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sauk Rapids businesses?
43 7(a) approvals totalling $18.3 m, across 14 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 30 504 approvals worth $20.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sauk Rapids, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sauk Rapids borrowers get paid back?
Of the 14 loans that have reached a final outcome, 14 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Sauk Rapids figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Benton 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 Sauk Rapids.
Is zoning published for Sauk Rapids?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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