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Watkins city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Watkins city is a Census city of 765 people across 0.69 square miles of land, in Meeker County. Median household income is $64,896, 67.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $715,000.
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Watkins
What Watkins is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.69 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,113
- 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.
Watkins
How many people live in Watkins
- Population765
- Median age42.8
- Population under 18140 plus or minus 38
- Share under 1818.3 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Population 65 and over125 plus or minus 34
- Share 65 and over16.3 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Households319
- Family households179 plus or minus 41
- Share of households that are families56.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Watkins
Income and work in Watkins
- Median household income$64,896 plus or minus $22,145
- Per capita income$37,148
- Civilian labor force452 plus or minus 104
- Employed434 plus or minus 99
- Unemployed18 plus or minus 21
- Unemployment rate4.0 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Adults 25 and over553
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.7 percent plus or minus 20.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher8.5 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.0 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Watkins
Housing in Watkins
- Housing units389
- Occupied units319
- Vacant units70 plus or minus 35
- Vacancy rate18.0 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Owner occupied215 plus or minus 46
- Renter occupied104 plus or minus 34
- Ownership rate67.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$149,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$808 plus or minus $469
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.9 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Single family units245 plus or minus 55
- Share single family63.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more92 plus or minus 37
- Share in buildings of two or more23.7 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Mobile homes52 plus or minus 21
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Watkins
How Watkins gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute406 plus or minus 97
- Commuting under 15 minutes177 plus or minus 49
- Share commuting under 15 minutes43.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more159 plus or minus 53
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.2 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Drove alone80.1 percent plus or minus 25.7
- Carpooled9.6 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.2 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Worked from home5.1 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Watkins
SBA loans in Watkins (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$715,000
- Average approval$238,333
- Median approval$85,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$605,000
- Largest approval$605,000
- Jobs supported49
- Jobs per approval16.3
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
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.
Watkins
SBA loans in Watkins (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$679,000
- Average approval$339,500
- Median approval$405,000
- Largest approval$405,000
- Jobs supported57
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Meeker County, not Watkins
Meeker County context, not Watkins 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 Watkins 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 Watkins. 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
Watkins questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Watkins, Minnesota?
765, in 319 households. Watkins city covers 0.69 square miles of land, which is 1,113 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Watkins 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 Watkins?
$64,896. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $149,100. Median gross rent is $808 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Watkins businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $715,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $85,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $679,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Watkins, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Watkins borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Watkins. 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 Watkins 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 Watkins.
Is zoning published for Watkins?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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