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Staples city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Staples city is a Census city of 2,269 people across 4.76 square miles of land, lying across Wadena County and Todd County. Median household income is $52,071, 62.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $4.7 m.
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Staples
What Staples is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.76 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land477
- County holding the largest share of its areaWadena County, 53.1 percent
- Counties this place lies inWadena County 53.1 percent, Todd County 46.9 percent
Staples city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Staples
How many people live in Staples
- Population2,269
- Median age42.1 plus or minus 9.1
- Population under 18557 plus or minus 138
- Share under 1824.5 percent
- Population 65 and over667
- Share 65 and over29.4 percent
- Households1,002
- Family households593
- Share of households that are families59.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Staples
Income and work in Staples
- Median household income$52,071
- Per capita income$28,829
- Civilian labor force919 plus or minus 185
- Employed858
- Unemployed61 plus or minus 62
- Unemployment rate6.6 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Adults 25 and over1,573
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.2 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.6 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Staples
Housing in Staples
- Housing units1,140
- Occupied units1,002
- Vacant units138 plus or minus 82
- Vacancy rate12.1 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Owner occupied630
- Renter occupied372 plus or minus 94
- Ownership rate62.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$130,000 plus or minus $26,507
- Median gross rent, monthly$844
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.5 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Single family units748
- Share single family65.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more334 plus or minus 100
- Share in buildings of two or more29.3 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Mobile homes58 plus or minus 42
- Median year structure built1966
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Staples
How Staples gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute745
- Commuting under 15 minutes397 plus or minus 103
- Share commuting under 15 minutes53.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more223 plus or minus 76
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.9 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Drove alone68.6 percent
- Carpooled19.4 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Public transport3.8 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Walked2.5 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Worked from home5.7 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Staples
SBA 7(a) lending to Staples borrowers
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$4,726,500
- Average approval$525,167
- Median approval$120,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,806,500
- Largest approval$3,806,500
- Jobs supported116
- Jobs per approval12.9
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term84 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
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.
Staples
SBA 504 lending to Staples borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$841,000
- Average approval$420,500
- Median approval$423,000
- Largest approval$423,000
- Jobs supported15
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wadena County, not Staples
Wadena County context, not Staples 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 Staples 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 Staples. 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
Staples questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Staples, Minnesota?
2,269, in 1,002 households. Staples city covers 4.76 square miles of land, which is 477 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Staples in?
Staples lies in more than one. By area it is 53.1 percent in Wadena County, 46.9 percent in Todd County. This page sits under Wadena County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Staples?
$52,071. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $130,000. Median gross rent is $844 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Staples businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $4.7 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $120,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $841,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Staples, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Staples borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Staples. 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 Staples 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 Staples.
Is zoning published for Staples?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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