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Menahga city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Menahga city is a Census city of 1,343 people across 3.71 square miles of land, in Wadena County. Median household income is $58,036, 60.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $964,100.
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Menahga
What Menahga is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.71 sq mi
- Water area0.19 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land362
- County holding the largest share of its areaWadena 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.
Menahga
How many people live in Menahga
- Population1,343
- Median age42.1
- Population under 18346 plus or minus 83
- Share under 1825.8 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Population 65 and over373
- Share 65 and over27.8 percent
- Households566
- Family households264
- Share of households that are families46.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Menahga
Income and work in Menahga
- Median household income$58,036
- Per capita income$28,373
- Civilian labor force556
- Employed509
- Unemployed47 plus or minus 32
- Unemployment rate8.5 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Adults 25 and over917
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.1 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.6 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Menahga
Housing in Menahga
- Housing units610
- Occupied units566
- Vacant units44 plus or minus 30
- Vacancy rate7.2 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Owner occupied344
- Renter occupied222 plus or minus 60
- Ownership rate60.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$155,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$734
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.2 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Single family units440
- Share single family72.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more128 plus or minus 45
- Share in buildings of two or more21.0 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Mobile homes42 plus or minus 27
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Menahga
How Menahga gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute432
- Commuting under 15 minutes182 plus or minus 51
- Share commuting under 15 minutes42.1 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more79 plus or minus 26
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.3 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Drove alone73.1 percent
- Carpooled7.0 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked6.2 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Worked from home11.3 percent plus or minus 7.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Menahga
SBA 7(a) lending to Menahga borrowers
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$964,100
- Average approval$137,729
- Median approval$118,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$320,000
- Largest approval$320,000
- Jobs supported18
- Jobs per approval2.6
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term60 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more14.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
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.
Menahga
SBA 504 lending to Menahga borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$467,000
- Average approval$233,500
- Median approval$264,000
- Largest approval$264,000
- Jobs supported20
- Loans with a final outcome2
- 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.
Wadena County, not Menahga
Wadena County context, not Menahga figures
These are Wadena County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Menahga measurements.
- Establishments in Wadena County399
- Employment at those establishments, Wadena County3,946
- Covered employment, Wadena County5,650
- Average annual pay, Wadena County$50,358
- Average weekly wage, Wadena County$968
- Housing units permitted, Wadena County57
- Of those, single family, Wadena County48
- County product, 2024, Wadena County$744,468,000
- County product change over the prior year, Wadena County6.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Wadena County$52,073
Every figure in this section is published for Wadena County as a whole and is not a measurement of Menahga. 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
Menahga questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Menahga, Minnesota?
1,343, in 566 households. Menahga city covers 3.71 square miles of land, which is 362 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Menahga in?
Wadena 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 Menahga?
$58,036. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $155,500. Median gross rent is $734 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Menahga businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $964,100, across 4 lenders, median approval $118,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $467,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Menahga, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Menahga borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Menahga. 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 Menahga figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wadena 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 Menahga.
Is zoning published for Menahga?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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