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Sunflower, Mississippi: commercial real estate data.
Sunflower is a Census town of 976 people across 0.61 square miles of land, in Sunflower County. Median household income is $19,951, 43.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $685,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Sunflower
What Sunflower is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.61 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,610 plus or minus 379
- County holding the largest share of its areaSunflower 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.
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How many people live in Sunflower
- Population976 plus or minus 230
- Median age33.0
- Population under 18291 plus or minus 100
- Share under 1829.8 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Population 65 and over127 plus or minus 51
- Share 65 and over13.0 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Households380 plus or minus 92
- Family households210 plus or minus 53
- Share of households that are families55.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Sunflower
- Median household income$19,951 plus or minus $6,976
- Per capita income$18,113 plus or minus $4,174
- Civilian labor force398 plus or minus 113
- Employed380 plus or minus 111
- Unemployed18 plus or minus 20
- Unemployment rate4.5 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Adults 25 and over592 plus or minus 147
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher73.1 percent plus or minus 25.0
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.5 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.9 percent plus or minus 4.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Sunflower
- Housing units430 plus or minus 92
- Occupied units380 plus or minus 92
- Vacant units50 plus or minus 30
- Vacancy rate11.6 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Owner occupied164 plus or minus 48
- Renter occupied216 plus or minus 71
- Ownership rate43.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$77,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$434
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.1 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Single family units234 plus or minus 57
- Share single family54.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more182 plus or minus 80
- Share in buildings of two or more42.3 percent plus or minus 16.1
- Mobile homes14 plus or minus 11
- Median year structure built1983
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Sunflower gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute302 plus or minus 98
- Commuting under 15 minutes98 plus or minus 46
- Share commuting under 15 minutes32.5 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more73 plus or minus 39
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more24.2 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Drove alone63.1 percent
- Carpooled19.7 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.3 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Worked from home14.9 percent plus or minus 10.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sunflower
SBA loans in Sunflower (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$685,000
- Average approval$685,000
- Median approval$685,000
- Largest approval$685,000
- Jobs supported8
- Jobs per approval8.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 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 Sunflower, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 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.
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Flood risk in Sunflower
- NFIP communityTown of Sunflower
- NFIP community number280168
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date03/23/21
The Town of Sunflower participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 280168 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.
Sunflower County, not Sunflower
Sunflower County context, not Sunflower figures
- Establishments in Sunflower County406
- Covered employment, Sunflower County8,222
- Average annual pay, Sunflower County$41,018
- Housing units permitted, Sunflower County6
Every figure in this section is published for Sunflower County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sunflower.
All Sunflower 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
Sunflower questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sunflower, Mississippi?
976, in 380 households. Sunflower town covers 0.61 square miles of land, which is 1,610 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sunflower in?
Sunflower 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 Sunflower?
$19,951. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $77,600. Median gross rent is $434 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sunflower businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $685,000 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $685,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sunflower, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sunflower borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sunflower. Only 0 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 Sunflower in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Sunflower appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Sunflower, town of, community 280168, 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 Sunflower figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sunflower 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 Sunflower.
Is zoning published for Sunflower?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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