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Litchfield city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Litchfield city is a Census city of 6,576 people across 4.51 square miles of land, in Meeker County. Median household income is $54,875, 60.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.7 m.
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Litchfield
What Litchfield is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.51 sq mi
- Water area0.98 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,460
- County holding the largest share of its areaMeeker 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.
Litchfield
How many people live in Litchfield
- Population6,576
- Median age42.0
- Population under 181,327
- Share under 1820.2 percent
- Population 65 and over1,462
- Share 65 and over22.2 percent
- Households2,914
- Family households1,592
- Share of households that are families54.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Litchfield
Income and work in Litchfield
- Median household income$54,875
- Per capita income$33,997
- Civilian labor force3,347
- Employed3,251
- Unemployed96 plus or minus 56
- Unemployment rate2.9 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over4,663
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.2 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.1 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Litchfield
Housing in Litchfield
- Housing units3,073
- Occupied units2,914
- Vacant units159 plus or minus 122
- Vacancy rate5.2 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Owner occupied1,770
- Renter occupied1,144
- Ownership rate60.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$187,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$987
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.6 percent
- Single family units2,118
- Share single family68.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more835 plus or minus 171
- Share in buildings of two or more27.2 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Mobile homes120 plus or minus 62
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Litchfield
How Litchfield gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,092
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,767
- Share commuting under 15 minutes57.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more850 plus or minus 171
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.5 percent
- Drove alone85.7 percent
- Carpooled9.4 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Public transport0.1 percent plus or minus 0.1
- Walked1.8 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home2.7 percent plus or minus 1.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Litchfield
SBA loans in Litchfield (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$3,693,700
- Average approval$615,617
- Median approval$870,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,000,000
- Largest approval$1,000,000
- Jobs supported55
- Jobs per approval9.2
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term228 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises50.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
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.
Litchfield
SBA loans in Litchfield (504)
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$8,256,000
- Average approval$1,032,000
- Median approval$373,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported70
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Meeker County, not Litchfield
Meeker County context, not Litchfield figures
These are Meeker County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Litchfield measurements.
- Establishments in Meeker County606
- Employment at those establishments, Meeker County6,775
- Covered employment, Meeker County8,042
- Average annual pay, Meeker County$53,874
- Average weekly wage, Meeker County$1,036
- Housing units permitted, Meeker County71
- Of those, single family, Meeker County66
- County product, 2024, Meeker County$1,585,742,000
- County product change over the prior year, Meeker County1.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Meeker County$67,172
Every figure in this section is published for Meeker County as a whole and is not a measurement of Litchfield. 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
Litchfield questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Litchfield, Minnesota?
6,576, in 2,914 households. Litchfield city covers 4.51 square miles of land, which is 1,460 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Litchfield in?
Meeker 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 Litchfield?
$54,875. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $187,600. Median gross rent is $987 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Litchfield businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $3.7 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $870,000, plus 8 504 approvals worth $8.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Litchfield, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Litchfield borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Litchfield. 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 Litchfield figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Meeker 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 Litchfield.
Is zoning published for Litchfield?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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