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Brandon, Mississippi: commercial real estate data.
Brandon is a Census city of 25,542 people across 25.66 square miles of land, in Rankin County. Median household income is $92,783, 78.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 57 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $25.9 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Brandon
What Brandon is
- Census place typecity
- Land area25.66 sq mi
- Water area0.09 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land995
- County holding the largest share of its areaRankin 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.
Brandon
How many people live in Brandon
- Population25,542
- Median age40.6
- Population under 186,438
- Share under 1825.2 percent
- Population 65 and over4,500
- Share 65 and over17.6 percent
- Households9,269
- Family households6,548
- Share of households that are families70.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brandon
Income and work in Brandon
- Median household income$92,783
- Per capita income$40,305
- Civilian labor force12,643
- Employed11,981
- Unemployed662 plus or minus 260
- Unemployment rate5.2 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Adults 25 and over17,153
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher41.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree14.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brandon
Housing in Brandon
- Housing units9,699
- Occupied units9,269
- Vacant units430 plus or minus 168
- Vacancy rate4.4 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Owner occupied7,262
- Renter occupied2,007
- Ownership rate78.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$278,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,382
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.9 percent
- Single family units8,024
- Share single family82.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,587 plus or minus 348
- Share in buildings of two or more16.4 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Mobile homes88 plus or minus 87
- Median year structure built1996
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brandon
How Brandon gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute11,144
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,048
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,935
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.3 percent
- Drove alone82.9 percent
- Carpooled8.9 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.5 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home7.2 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brandon
SBA loans in Brandon (7(a))
- Approvals57
- Gross approval$25,926,800
- Average approval$454,856
- Median approval$148,400
- Ninetieth percentile approval$796,360
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported507
- Jobs per approval8.9
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Paid in full5
- Charged off3
- Median term119 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more14.0 percent
- Share to franchises14.0 percent
- Distinct lenders16
- Distinct industries by NAICS39
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Brandon, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 8 loans have 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.
Brandon
Flood risk in Brandon
- NFIP communityCity of Brandon
- NFIP community number280143
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date08/16/22
The City of Brandon participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 280143 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Rankin County, not Brandon
Rankin County context, not Brandon figures
- Establishments in Rankin County4,083
- Covered employment, Rankin County67,059
- Average annual pay, Rankin County$52,290
- Housing units permitted, Rankin County586
Every figure in this section is published for Rankin County as a whole and is not a measurement of Brandon.
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.
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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
Brandon questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Brandon, Mississippi?
25,542, in 9,269 households. Brandon city covers 25.66 square miles of land, which is 995 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Brandon in?
Rankin 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 Brandon?
$92,783. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $278,900. Median gross rent is $1,382 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Brandon businesses?
57 7(a) approvals totaling $25.9 m since FY2020, across 16 lenders, median approval $148,400. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Brandon, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Brandon borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Brandon. Only 8 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Brandon in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Brandon appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Brandon, city of, community 280143, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Brandon figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Rankin 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 Brandon.
Is zoning published for Brandon?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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