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Battle Lake city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Battle Lake city is a Census city of 786 people across 1.44 square miles of land, in Otter Tail County. Median household income is $59,375, 61.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.8 m.
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Battle Lake
What Battle Lake is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.44 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land547
- County holding the largest share of its areaOtter Tail 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.
Battle Lake
How many people live in Battle Lake
- Population786
- Median age57.9
- Population under 18111 plus or minus 36
- Share under 1814.1 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Population 65 and over294 plus or minus 65
- Share 65 and over37.4 percent
- Households373
- Family households171 plus or minus 38
- Share of households that are families45.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Battle Lake
Income and work in Battle Lake
- Median household income$59,375 plus or minus $12,254
- Per capita income$41,641
- Civilian labor force346
- Employed321
- Unemployed25 plus or minus 21
- Unemployment rate7.2 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Adults 25 and over636
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.2 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Battle Lake
- Housing units470
- Occupied units373
- Vacant units97 plus or minus 40
- Vacancy rate20.6 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Owner occupied231
- Renter occupied142 plus or minus 36
- Ownership rate61.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$257,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,052
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.3 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Single family units347
- Share single family73.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more123 plus or minus 41
- Share in buildings of two or more26.2 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Battle Lake gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute299
- Commuting under 15 minutes119 plus or minus 39
- Share commuting under 15 minutes39.8 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more103 plus or minus 37
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.4 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Drove alone90.7 percent
- Carpooled1.0 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.2 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Worked from home4.2 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Battle Lake
SBA loans in Battle Lake (7(a))
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$2,845,800
- Average approval$355,725
- Median approval$385,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$782,000
- Largest approval$782,000
- Jobs supported73
- Jobs per approval9.1
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 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.
Battle Lake
SBA loans in Battle Lake (504)
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$2,133,000
- Average approval$426,600
- Median approval$297,000
- Largest approval$768,000
- Jobs supported13
- Loans with a final outcome1
- 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.
Otter Tail County, not Battle Lake
Otter Tail County context, not Battle Lake figures
These are Otter Tail County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Battle Lake measurements.
- Establishments in Otter Tail County1,730
- Employment at those establishments, Otter Tail County18,813
- Covered employment, Otter Tail County22,910
- Average annual pay, Otter Tail County$52,013
- Average weekly wage, Otter Tail County$1,000
- Housing units permitted, Otter Tail County89
- Of those, single family, Otter Tail County71
- County product, 2024, Otter Tail County$3,284,943,000
- County product change over the prior year, Otter Tail County4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Otter Tail County$76,792
Every figure in this section is published for Otter Tail County as a whole and is not a measurement of Battle Lake. 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
Battle Lake questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Battle Lake, Minnesota?
786, in 373 households. Battle Lake city covers 1.44 square miles of land, which is 547 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Battle Lake in?
Otter Tail 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 Battle Lake?
$59,375. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $257,600. Median gross rent is $1,052 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Battle Lake businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $2.8 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $385,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $2.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Battle Lake, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Battle Lake borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Battle Lake. only 3 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 Battle Lake figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Otter Tail 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 Battle Lake.
Is zoning published for Battle Lake?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.