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New Brighton city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
New Brighton city is a Census city of 22,710 people across 6.49 square miles of land, in Ramsey County. Median household income is $88,521, 61.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 20 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.4 m.
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New Brighton
What New Brighton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.49 sq mi
- Water area0.59 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,497
- County holding the largest share of its areaRamsey 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.
New Brighton
How many people live in New Brighton
- Population22,710
- Median age37.0
- Population under 185,639
- Share under 1824.8 percent
- Population 65 and over4,031
- Share 65 and over17.7 percent
- Households9,169
- Family households5,495
- Share of households that are families59.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
New Brighton
Income and work in New Brighton
- Median household income$88,521
- Per capita income$46,184
- Civilian labor force12,283
- Employed11,982
- Unemployed301 plus or minus 141
- Unemployment rate2.5 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Adults 25 and over15,743
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher48.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
New Brighton
Housing in New Brighton
- Housing units9,448
- Occupied units9,169
- Vacant units279 plus or minus 159
- Vacancy rate3.0 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Owner occupied5,610
- Renter occupied3,559
- Ownership rate61.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$364,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,397
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.9 percent
- Single family units5,435
- Share single family57.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,611
- Share in buildings of two or more38.2 percent
- Mobile homes402 plus or minus 156
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
New Brighton
How New Brighton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute9,447
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,788
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,019 plus or minus 421
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.4 percent
- Drove alone66.0 percent
- Carpooled9.3 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Worked from home19.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
New Brighton
SBA loans in New Brighton (7(a))
- Approvals20
- Gross approval$6,414,600
- Average approval$320,730
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$814,000
- Largest approval$909,500
- Jobs supported223
- Jobs per approval11.2
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more15.0 percent
- Share to franchises15.0 percent
- Distinct lenders9
- Distinct industries by NAICS11
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 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.
New Brighton
SBA loans in New Brighton (504)
- Approvals15
- Gross approval$12,023,000
- Average approval$801,533
- Median approval$703,000
- Largest approval$1,633,000
- Jobs supported246
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Ramsey County, not New Brighton
Ramsey County context, not New Brighton figures
These are Ramsey County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as New Brighton measurements.
- Establishments in Ramsey County13,677
- Employment at those establishments, Ramsey County294,664
- Covered employment, Ramsey County325,226
- Average annual pay, Ramsey County$77,908
- Average weekly wage, Ramsey County$1,498
- Housing units permitted, Ramsey County1,084
- Of those, single family, Ramsey County202
- County product, 2024, Ramsey County$56,256,165,000
- County product change over the prior year, Ramsey County6.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Ramsey County$61,963
Every figure in this section is published for Ramsey County as a whole and is not a measurement of New Brighton. 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
New Brighton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in New Brighton, Minnesota?
22,710, in 9,169 households. New Brighton city covers 6.49 square miles of land, which is 3,497 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is New Brighton in?
Ramsey 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 New Brighton?
$88,521. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $364,700. Median gross rent is $1,397 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to New Brighton businesses?
20 7(a) approvals totalling $6.4 m, across 9 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 15 504 approvals worth $12.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in New Brighton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to New Brighton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for New Brighton. only 4 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 New Brighton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Ramsey 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 New Brighton.
Is zoning published for New Brighton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.