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Merna village, Nebraska: commercial real estate data.
Merna village is a Census village of 383 people across 0.54 square miles of land, in Custer County. Median household income is $61,875, 73.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $220,000.
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Merna
What Merna is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area0.54 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land715 plus or minus 148
- County holding the largest share of its areaCuster 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.
Merna
How many people live in Merna
- Population383 plus or minus 79
- Median age39.3 plus or minus 9.4
- Population under 18109 plus or minus 33
- Share under 1828.5 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Population 65 and over62 plus or minus 18
- Share 65 and over16.2 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Households156
- Family households104 plus or minus 23
- Share of households that are families66.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Merna
Income and work in Merna
- Median household income$61,875 plus or minus $26,196
- Per capita income$27,736 plus or minus $6,301
- Civilian labor force184 plus or minus 40
- Employed181 plus or minus 40
- Unemployed3 plus or minus 4
- Unemployment rate1.6 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Adults 25 and over257
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.9 percent plus or minus 26.0
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.4 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.9 percent plus or minus 4.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Merna
Housing in Merna
- Housing units180
- Occupied units156
- Vacant units24 plus or minus 15
- Vacancy rate13.3 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Owner occupied114 plus or minus 30
- Renter occupied42 plus or minus 22
- Ownership rate73.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$100,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$983 plus or minus $234
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.1 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Single family units173
- Share single family96.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2 plus or minus 10
- Share in buildings of two or more1.1 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Mobile homes5 plus or minus 4
- Median year structure built1962
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Merna
How Merna gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute170 plus or minus 39
- Commuting under 15 minutes118 plus or minus 32
- Share commuting under 15 minutes69.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more15 plus or minus 16
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more8.8 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Drove alone74.0 percent
- Carpooled7.9 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.4 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Worked from home4.0 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Merna
SBA loans in Merna (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$220,000
- Average approval$220,000
- Median approval$220,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$220,000
- Largest approval$220,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
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.
Custer County, not Merna
Custer County context, not Merna figures
These are Custer County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Merna measurements.
- Establishments in Custer County370
- Employment at those establishments, Custer County3,119
- Covered employment, Custer County4,537
- Average annual pay, Custer County$49,959
- Average weekly wage, Custer County$961
- Housing units permitted, Custer County29
- Of those, single family, Custer County21
- County product, 2024, Custer County$882,262,000
- County product change over the prior year, Custer County-8.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Custer County$45,971
Every figure in this section is published for Custer County as a whole and is not a measurement of Merna. 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
Merna questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Merna, Nebraska?
383, in 156 households. Merna village covers 0.54 square miles of land, which is 715 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Merna in?
Custer 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 Merna?
$61,875. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $100,000. Median gross rent is $983 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Merna businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $220,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $220,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Merna, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Merna borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Merna. 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 Merna figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Custer 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 Merna.
Is zoning published for Merna?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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