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Echo, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Echo is a Census city of 197 people across 0.37 square miles of land, in Yellow Medicine County. Median household income is $70,833, 89.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.0 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Echo
What Echo is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.37 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land538 plus or minus 120
- County holding the largest share of its areaYellow Medicine 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.
Echo
How many people live in Echo
- Population197 plus or minus 44
- Median age53.4
- Population under 1823 plus or minus 12
- Share under 1811.7 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Population 65 and over42 plus or minus 16
- Share 65 and over21.3 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Households98
- Family households53 plus or minus 13
- Share of households that are families54.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Echo
Income and work in Echo
- Median household income$70,833 plus or minus $19,423
- Per capita income$34,795
- Civilian labor force124 plus or minus 31
- Employed121 plus or minus 31
- Unemployed3 plus or minus 3
- Unemployment rate2.4 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Adults 25 and over166 plus or minus 36
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.3 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.2 percent plus or minus 8.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Echo
Housing in Echo
- Housing units123
- Occupied units98
- Vacant units25 plus or minus 19
- Vacancy rate20.3 percent plus or minus 14.9
- Owner occupied88 plus or minus 20
- Renter occupied10 plus or minus 6
- Ownership rate89.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$103,600 plus or minus $24,376
- Median gross rent, monthly$617
- Annual rent as a share of median income10.5 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Single family units108 plus or minus 25
- Share single family87.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more9 plus or minus 11
- Share in buildings of two or more7.3 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Mobile homes6 plus or minus 11
- Median year structure built1949
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Echo
How Echo gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute122 plus or minus 34
- Commuting under 15 minutes45 plus or minus 23
- Share commuting under 15 minutes36.9 percent plus or minus 16.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more35 plus or minus 17
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.7 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Drove alone89.3 percent
- Carpooled6.6 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.1 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Echo
SBA loans in Echo (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,000,000
- Average approval$1,000,000
- Median approval$1,000,000
- Largest approval$1,000,000
- Jobs supported6
- Jobs per approval6.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term126 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Echo, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Echo
SBA loans in Echo (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$229,000
- Average approval$229,000
- Median approval$229,000
- Largest approval$229,000
- Jobs supported1
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Echo, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Yellow Medicine County, not Echo
Yellow Medicine County context, not Echo figures
- Establishments in Yellow Medicine County324
- Covered employment, Yellow Medicine County3,621
- Average annual pay, Yellow Medicine County$49,625
- Housing units permitted, Yellow Medicine County39
Every figure in this section is published for Yellow Medicine County as a whole and is not a measurement of Echo.
All Yellow Medicine County figures →
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Echo questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Echo, Minnesota?
197, in 98 households. Echo city covers 0.37 square miles of land, which is 538 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Echo in?
Yellow Medicine 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 Echo?
$70,833. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $103,600. Median gross rent is $617 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Echo businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $1.0 m since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $1,000,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $229,000 since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Echo, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Echo borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Echo. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Echo figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Yellow Medicine 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 Echo.
Is zoning published for Echo?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.