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Buena borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Buena borough is a Census borough of 4,520 people across 7.57 square miles of land, in Atlantic County. Median household income is $79,697, 70.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.0 m.
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Buena
What Buena is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area7.57 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land597
- County holding the largest share of its areaAtlantic 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.
Buena
How many people live in Buena
- Population4,520
- Median age36.2
- Population under 181,070 plus or minus 269
- Share under 1823.7 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Population 65 and over850 plus or minus 201
- Share 65 and over18.8 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Households1,724
- Family households1,107
- Share of households that are families64.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buena
Income and work in Buena
- Median household income$79,697
- Per capita income$37,922
- Civilian labor force2,373
- Employed2,103
- Unemployed270 plus or minus 161
- Unemployment rate11.4 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Adults 25 and over2,877
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher82.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher25.6 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.5 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buena
Housing in Buena
- Housing units1,830
- Occupied units1,724
- Vacant units106 plus or minus 74
- Vacancy rate5.8 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Owner occupied1,219
- Renter occupied505 plus or minus 116
- Ownership rate70.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$256,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,156
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.4 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Single family units1,436
- Share single family78.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more371 plus or minus 132
- Share in buildings of two or more20.3 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Mobile homes23 plus or minus 39
- Median year structure built1967
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buena
How Buena gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,993
- Commuting under 15 minutes519 plus or minus 194
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.0 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more928 plus or minus 226
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more46.6 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Drove alone84.6 percent
- Carpooled9.3 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.3 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home3.8 percent plus or minus 4.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buena
SBA 7(a) lending to Buena borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,018,000
- Average approval$339,333
- Median approval$334,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$350,000
- Largest approval$350,000
- Jobs supported34
- Jobs per approval11.3
- 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 lenders2
- 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.
Buena
SBA 504 lending to Buena borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$198,000
- Average approval$198,000
- Median approval$198,000
- Largest approval$198,000
- Jobs supported3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- 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.
Atlantic County, not Buena
Atlantic County context, not Buena figures
These are Atlantic County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Buena measurements.
- Establishments in Atlantic County6,192
- Employment at those establishments, Atlantic County106,760
- Covered employment, Atlantic County125,157
- Average annual pay, Atlantic County$59,219
- Average weekly wage, Atlantic County$1,139
- Housing units permitted, Atlantic County647
- Of those, single family, Atlantic County383
- County product, 2024, Atlantic County$19,423,169,000
- County product change over the prior year, Atlantic County4.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Atlantic County$89,439
Every figure in this section is published for Atlantic County as a whole and is not a measurement of Buena. 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
Buena questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Buena, New Jersey?
4,520, in 1,724 households. Buena borough covers 7.57 square miles of land, which is 597 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Buena in?
Atlantic 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 Buena?
$79,697. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $256,800. Median gross rent is $1,156 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Buena businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $1.0 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $334,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $198,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Buena, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Buena borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Buena. 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 Buena figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Atlantic 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 Buena.
Is zoning published for Buena?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.