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Lindstrom city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Lindstrom city is a Census city of 4,978 people across 3.82 square miles of land, in Chisago County. Median household income is $98,226, 85.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.8 m.
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Lindstrom
What Lindstrom is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.82 sq mi
- Water area0.07 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,304
- County holding the largest share of its areaChisago 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.
Lindstrom
How many people live in Lindstrom
- Population4,978
- Median age35.0
- Population under 181,520 plus or minus 341
- Share under 1830.5 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Population 65 and over673 plus or minus 179
- Share 65 and over13.5 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Households1,690
- Family households1,267
- Share of households that are families75.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lindstrom
Income and work in Lindstrom
- Median household income$98,226 plus or minus $21,356
- Per capita income$41,367
- Civilian labor force2,495
- Employed2,425
- Unemployed70 plus or minus 59
- Unemployment rate2.8 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over3,209
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.4 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.2 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lindstrom
Housing in Lindstrom
- Housing units1,847
- Occupied units1,690
- Vacant units157 plus or minus 98
- Vacancy rate8.5 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Owner occupied1,438
- Renter occupied252 plus or minus 90
- Ownership rate85.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$358,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,176 plus or minus $248
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.4 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Single family units1,520
- Share single family82.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more220 plus or minus 88
- Share in buildings of two or more11.9 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Mobile homes107 plus or minus 64
- Median year structure built1992
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lindstrom
How Lindstrom gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,967
- Commuting under 15 minutes458 plus or minus 139
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.3 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,070 plus or minus 226
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more54.4 percent
- Drove alone80.1 percent
- Carpooled2.0 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Worked from home16.7 percent plus or minus 5.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lindstrom
SBA loans in Lindstrom (7(a))
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$1,778,200
- Average approval$197,578
- Median approval$70,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$940,000
- Largest approval$940,000
- Jobs supported58
- Jobs per approval6.4
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.1 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
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.
Lindstrom
SBA loans in Lindstrom (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$438,000
- Average approval$219,000
- Median approval$228,000
- Largest approval$228,000
- Jobs supported14
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Chisago County, not Lindstrom
Chisago County context, not Lindstrom figures
These are Chisago County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lindstrom measurements.
- Establishments in Chisago County1,358
- Employment at those establishments, Chisago County15,081
- Covered employment, Chisago County16,091
- Average annual pay, Chisago County$57,806
- Average weekly wage, Chisago County$1,112
- Housing units permitted, Chisago County362
- Of those, single family, Chisago County233
- County product, 2024, Chisago County$2,241,737,000
- County product change over the prior year, Chisago County5.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Chisago County$74,784
Every figure in this section is published for Chisago County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lindstrom. 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
Lindstrom questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lindstrom, Minnesota?
4,978, in 1,690 households. Lindstrom city covers 3.82 square miles of land, which is 1,304 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lindstrom in?
Chisago 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 Lindstrom?
$98,226. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $358,100. Median gross rent is $1,176 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lindstrom businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $1.8 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $70,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $438,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lindstrom, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lindstrom borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lindstrom. 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 Lindstrom figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Chisago 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 Lindstrom.
Is zoning published for Lindstrom?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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