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Ferguson city, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Ferguson city is a Census city of 18,213 people across 6.17 square miles of land, in St. Louis County. Median household income is $47,524, 48.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $193,900.
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Ferguson
What Ferguson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.17 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,952
- County holding the largest share of its areaSt. Louis 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.
Ferguson
How many people live in Ferguson
- Population18,213
- Median age34.5
- Population under 184,754
- Share under 1826.1 percent
- Population 65 and over2,573
- Share 65 and over14.1 percent
- Households8,097
- Family households4,383
- Share of households that are families54.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ferguson
Income and work in Ferguson
- Median household income$47,524
- Per capita income$28,842
- Civilian labor force8,858
- Employed8,338
- Unemployed520 plus or minus 223
- Unemployment rate5.9 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over12,325
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.7 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ferguson
Housing in Ferguson
- Housing units9,335
- Occupied units8,097
- Vacant units1,238 plus or minus 332
- Vacancy rate13.3 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Owner occupied3,904
- Renter occupied4,193
- Ownership rate48.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$109,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,119
- Annual rent as a share of median income28.3 percent
- Single family units6,944
- Share single family74.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,372 plus or minus 607
- Share in buildings of two or more25.4 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Mobile homes19 plus or minus 33
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ferguson
How Ferguson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute6,698
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,070 plus or minus 327
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.0 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,233 plus or minus 449
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more33.3 percent
- Drove alone69.0 percent
- Carpooled4.1 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Public transport6.6 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home16.8 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ferguson
SBA loans in Ferguson (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$193,900
- Average approval$96,950
- Median approval$153,900
- Ninetieth percentile approval$153,900
- Largest approval$153,900
- Jobs supported37
- Jobs per approval18.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Ferguson
SBA loans in Ferguson (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$246,000
- Average approval$246,000
- Median approval$246,000
- Largest approval$246,000
- Jobs supported19
- Loans with a final outcome1
- 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.
St. Louis County, not Ferguson
St. Louis County context, not Ferguson figures
These are St. Louis County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ferguson measurements.
- Establishments in St. Louis County29,717
- Employment at those establishments, St. Louis County629,036
- Covered employment, St. Louis County596,676
- Average annual pay, St. Louis County$75,926
- Average weekly wage, St. Louis County$1,460
- Housing units permitted, St. Louis County1,193
- Of those, single family, St. Louis County687
- County product, 2024, St. Louis County$114,807,071,000
- County product change over the prior year, St. Louis County4.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, St. Louis County$94,672
Every figure in this section is published for St. Louis County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ferguson. 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
Ferguson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ferguson, Missouri?
18,213, in 8,097 households. Ferguson city covers 6.17 square miles of land, which is 2,952 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ferguson in?
St. Louis 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 Ferguson?
$47,524. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $109,900. Median gross rent is $1,119 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Ferguson businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $193,900, across 1 lenders, median approval $153,900, plus 1 504 approvals worth $246,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Ferguson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Ferguson borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Ferguson. only 0 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 Ferguson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for St. Louis 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 Ferguson.
Is zoning published for Ferguson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.