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Backus city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Backus city is a Census city of 291 people across 0.62 square miles of land, in Cass County. Median household income is $56,250, 70.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.6 m.
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Backus
What Backus is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.62 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land470 plus or minus 129
- County holding the largest share of its areaCass 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.
Backus
How many people live in Backus
- Population291 plus or minus 80
- Median age45.3 plus or minus 29.2
- Population under 1875 plus or minus 25
- Share under 1825.8 percent
- Population 65 and over54 plus or minus 20
- Share 65 and over18.6 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Households112 plus or minus 27
- Family households72 plus or minus 25
- Share of households that are families64.3 percent plus or minus 16.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Backus
Income and work in Backus
- Median household income$56,250 plus or minus $25,182
- Per capita income$30,042 plus or minus $7,150
- Civilian labor force132 plus or minus 46
- Employed128 plus or minus 46
- Unemployed4 plus or minus 4
- Unemployment rate3.0 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Adults 25 and over203 plus or minus 54
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.1 percent plus or minus 33.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.8 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.9 percent plus or minus 7.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Backus
Housing in Backus
- Housing units165
- Occupied units112 plus or minus 27
- Vacant units53 plus or minus 25
- Vacancy rate32.1 percent plus or minus 13.9
- Owner occupied79 plus or minus 23
- Renter occupied33 plus or minus 15
- Ownership rate70.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$134,700 plus or minus $42,213
- Median gross rent, monthly$720 plus or minus $329
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.4 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Single family units131 plus or minus 28
- Share single family79.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more16 plus or minus 15
- Share in buildings of two or more9.7 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Mobile homes17 plus or minus 10
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Backus
How Backus gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute118 plus or minus 42
- Commuting under 15 minutes44 plus or minus 27
- Share commuting under 15 minutes37.3 percent plus or minus 19.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more54 plus or minus 29
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.8 percent plus or minus 18.6
- Drove alone70.3 percent
- Carpooled15.6 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Public transport5.5 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home7.8 percent plus or minus 8.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Backus
SBA 7(a) lending to Backus borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$3,587,200
- Average approval$1,793,600
- Median approval$3,477,200
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,477,200
- Largest approval$3,477,200
- Jobs supported17
- Jobs per approval8.5
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
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.
Backus
SBA 504 lending to Backus borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$784,000
- Average approval$392,000
- Median approval$627,000
- Largest approval$627,000
- Jobs supported10
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Cass County, not Backus
Cass County context, not Backus figures
These are Cass County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Backus measurements.
- Establishments in Cass County891
- Employment at those establishments, Cass County7,493
- Covered employment, Cass County10,661
- Average annual pay, Cass County$43,904
- Average weekly wage, Cass County$844
- Housing units permitted, Cass County294
- Of those, single family, Cass County286
- County product, 2024, Cass County$1,362,903,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cass County5.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cass County$97,603
Every figure in this section is published for Cass County as a whole and is not a measurement of Backus. 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
Backus questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Backus, Minnesota?
291, in 112 households. Backus city covers 0.62 square miles of land, which is 470 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Backus in?
Cass 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 Backus?
$56,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $134,700. Median gross rent is $720 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Backus businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $3.6 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $3,477,200, plus 2 504 approvals worth $784,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Backus, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Backus borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Backus. 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 Backus figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cass 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 Backus.
Is zoning published for Backus?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.