HomeMinnesotaFaribault CountyBlue Earth city
Blue Earth city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Blue Earth city is a Census city of 3,165 people across 3.32 square miles of land, in Faribault County. Median household income is $66,771, 69.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $150,000.
76 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections
Blue Earth
What Blue Earth is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.32 sq mi
- Water area0.09 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land954
- County holding the largest share of its areaFaribault 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.
Blue Earth
How many people live in Blue Earth
- Population3,165
- Median age44.1
- Population under 18762
- Share under 1824.1 percent
- Population 65 and over689 plus or minus 140
- Share 65 and over21.8 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Households1,294
- Family households783
- Share of households that are families60.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blue Earth
Income and work in Blue Earth
- Median household income$66,771
- Per capita income$37,057
- Civilian labor force1,615
- Employed1,574
- Unemployed41 plus or minus 33
- Unemployment rate2.5 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Adults 25 and over2,247
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.6 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.6 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blue Earth
Housing in Blue Earth
- Housing units1,473
- Occupied units1,294
- Vacant units179 plus or minus 97
- Vacancy rate12.2 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Owner occupied900
- Renter occupied394 plus or minus 99
- Ownership rate69.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$143,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$918 plus or minus $303
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.5 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Single family units1,191
- Share single family80.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more282 plus or minus 87
- Share in buildings of two or more19.1 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1954
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blue Earth
How Blue Earth gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,387
- Commuting under 15 minutes942 plus or minus 191
- Share commuting under 15 minutes67.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more219 plus or minus 97
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.8 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Drove alone72.8 percent
- Carpooled9.0 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Public transport0.7 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Walked10.5 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Worked from home6.7 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blue Earth
SBA 7(a) lending to Blue Earth borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$150,000
- Average approval$150,000
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$150,000
- Largest approval$150,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 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.
Blue Earth
SBA 504 lending to Blue Earth borrowers
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$2,013,000
- Average approval$287,571
- Median approval$261,000
- Largest approval$650,000
- Jobs supported19
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Faribault County, not Blue Earth
Faribault County context, not Blue Earth figures
These are Faribault County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Blue Earth measurements.
- Establishments in Faribault County379
- Employment at those establishments, Faribault County3,758
- Covered employment, Faribault County4,549
- Average annual pay, Faribault County$51,879
- Average weekly wage, Faribault County$998
- Housing units permitted, Faribault County8
- Of those, single family, Faribault County8
- County product, 2024, Faribault County$788,396,000
- County product change over the prior year, Faribault County8.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Faribault County$45,677
Every figure in this section is published for Faribault County as a whole and is not a measurement of Blue Earth. 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
Blue Earth questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Blue Earth, Minnesota?
3,165, in 1,294 households. Blue Earth city covers 3.32 square miles of land, which is 954 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Blue Earth in?
Faribault 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 Blue Earth?
$66,771. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $143,600. Median gross rent is $918 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Blue Earth businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $150,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 7 504 approvals worth $2.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Blue Earth, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Blue Earth borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Blue Earth. 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 Blue Earth figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Faribault 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 Blue Earth.
Is zoning published for Blue Earth?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
Nearby