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Brandon city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Brandon city is a Census city of 451 people across 0.48 square miles of land, in Douglas County. Median household income is $73,375, 74.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $4.0 m.
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Brandon
What Brandon is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.48 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land934 plus or minus 400
- County holding the largest share of its areaDouglas 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.
Brandon
How many people live in Brandon
- Population451 plus or minus 193
- Median age46.3
- Population under 1893 plus or minus 52
- Share under 1820.6 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Population 65 and over108 plus or minus 37
- Share 65 and over23.9 percent plus or minus 13.1
- Households179 plus or minus 53
- Family households116 plus or minus 44
- Share of households that are families64.8 percent plus or minus 15.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brandon
Income and work in Brandon
- Median household income$73,375 plus or minus $19,273
- Per capita income$34,951 plus or minus $6,999
- Civilian labor force271 plus or minus 138
- Employed269 plus or minus 138
- Unemployed2 plus or minus 4
- Unemployment rate0.7 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over327 plus or minus 120
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.5 percent plus or minus 50.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.3 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.0 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brandon
Housing in Brandon
- Housing units212 plus or minus 57
- Occupied units179 plus or minus 53
- Vacant units33 plus or minus 21
- Vacancy rate15.6 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Owner occupied134 plus or minus 45
- Renter occupied45 plus or minus 25
- Ownership rate74.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$175,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$860 plus or minus $346
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.1 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Single family units145 plus or minus 35
- Share single family68.4 percent plus or minus 24.6
- Units in buildings of two or more39 plus or minus 24
- Share in buildings of two or more18.4 percent plus or minus 10.4
- Mobile homes28 plus or minus 34
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brandon
How Brandon gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute251 plus or minus 138
- Commuting under 15 minutes79 plus or minus 31
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.5 percent plus or minus 21.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more13 plus or minus 12
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more5.2 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Drove alone88.1 percent plus or minus 23.5
- Carpooled3.3 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home6.7 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brandon
SBA loans in Brandon (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$3,956,000
- Average approval$1,978,000
- Median approval$3,756,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,756,000
- Largest approval$3,756,000
- Jobs supported16
- Jobs per approval8.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term168 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Brandon
SBA loans in Brandon (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$206,000
- Average approval$206,000
- Median approval$206,000
- Largest approval$206,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Douglas County, not Brandon
Douglas County context, not Brandon figures
These are Douglas County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Brandon measurements.
- Establishments in Douglas County1,394
- Employment at those establishments, Douglas County18,208
- Covered employment, Douglas County19,527
- Average annual pay, Douglas County$57,062
- Average weekly wage, Douglas County$1,097
- Housing units permitted, Douglas County285
- Of those, single family, Douglas County191
- County product, 2024, Douglas County$2,859,766,000
- County product change over the prior year, Douglas County3.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Douglas County$81,953
Every figure in this section is published for Douglas County as a whole and is not a measurement of Brandon. 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
Brandon questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Brandon, Minnesota?
451, in 179 households. Brandon city covers 0.48 square miles of land, which is 934 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Brandon in?
Douglas 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 Brandon?
$73,375. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $175,800. Median gross rent is $860 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Brandon businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $4.0 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $3,756,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $206,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Brandon, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Brandon borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Brandon. only 0 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 Brandon figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Douglas 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 Brandon.
Is zoning published for Brandon?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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