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Nelson city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Nelson city is a Census city of 155 people across 0.66 square miles of land, in Douglas County. Median household income is $57,188, 54.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $41,000.
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Nelson
What Nelson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.66 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land234 plus or minus 68
- 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.
Nelson
How many people live in Nelson
- Population155 plus or minus 45
- Median age48.1
- Population under 1831 plus or minus 23
- Share under 1820.0 percent plus or minus 13.8
- Population 65 and over16 plus or minus 14
- Share 65 and over10.3 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Households77 plus or minus 20
- Family households36 plus or minus 14
- Share of households that are families46.8 percent plus or minus 13.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nelson
Income and work in Nelson
- Median household income$57,188
- Per capita income$31,913 plus or minus $7,892
- Civilian labor force103 plus or minus 30
- Employed99 plus or minus 30
- Unemployed4 plus or minus 6
- Unemployment rate3.9 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Adults 25 and over113 plus or minus 27
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher3.5 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.9 percent plus or minus 9.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nelson
Housing in Nelson
- Housing units78 plus or minus 21
- Occupied units77 plus or minus 20
- Vacant units1 plus or minus 3
- Vacancy rate1.3 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Owner occupied42 plus or minus 15
- Renter occupied35 plus or minus 16
- Ownership rate54.5 percent plus or minus 13.4
- Median owner-occupied home value$157,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,000 plus or minus $537
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.0 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Single family units53 plus or minus 23
- Share single family67.9 percent plus or minus 23.4
- Units in buildings of two or more13 plus or minus 15
- Share in buildings of two or more16.7 percent plus or minus 18.7
- Mobile homes12 plus or minus 9
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nelson
How Nelson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute92 plus or minus 30
- Commuting under 15 minutes14 plus or minus 13
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.2 percent plus or minus 13.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more21 plus or minus 21
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more22.8 percent plus or minus 22.1
- Drove alone93.8 percent
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport1.0 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home4.2 percent plus or minus 7.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nelson
SBA loans in Nelson (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$41,000
- Average approval$41,000
- Median approval$41,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$41,000
- Largest approval$41,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term36 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 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.
Nelson
SBA loans in Nelson (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$380,000
- Average approval$190,000
- Median approval$197,000
- Largest approval$197,000
- Jobs supported8
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Douglas County, not Nelson
Douglas County context, not Nelson 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 Nelson 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 Nelson. 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
Nelson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Nelson, Minnesota?
155, in 77 households. Nelson city covers 0.66 square miles of land, which is 234 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Nelson 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 Nelson?
$57,188. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $157,500. Median gross rent is $1,000 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Nelson businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $41,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $41,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $380,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Nelson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Nelson borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Nelson. 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 Nelson 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 Nelson.
Is zoning published for Nelson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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