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Rio Grande CDP, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Rio Grande CDP is a Census CDP of 3,485 people across 2.70 square miles of land, in Cape May County. Median household income is $76,250, 74.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $4.9 m.
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Rio Grande
What Rio Grande is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.7 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,291
- County holding the largest share of its areaCape May 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.
Rio Grande
How many people live in Rio Grande
- Population3,485
- Median age51.2
- Population under 18700 plus or minus 257
- Share under 1820.1 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Population 65 and over851 plus or minus 236
- Share 65 and over24.4 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Households1,662
- Family households1,007 plus or minus 218
- Share of households that are families60.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rio Grande
Income and work in Rio Grande
- Median household income$76,250 plus or minus $25,543
- Per capita income$43,600 plus or minus $11,083
- Civilian labor force1,451 plus or minus 413
- Employed1,396 plus or minus 417
- Unemployed55 plus or minus 62
- Unemployment rate3.8 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Adults 25 and over2,696
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.2 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.4 percent plus or minus 8.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rio Grande
Housing in Rio Grande
- Housing units1,813
- Occupied units1,662
- Vacant units151 plus or minus 157
- Vacancy rate8.3 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Owner occupied1,235
- Renter occupied427 plus or minus 209
- Ownership rate74.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$317,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,305 plus or minus $565
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.5 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Single family units1,375 plus or minus 288
- Share single family75.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more103 plus or minus 75
- Share in buildings of two or more5.7 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Mobile homes335 plus or minus 193
- Median year structure built1989
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Rio Grande gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,246 plus or minus 394
- Commuting under 15 minutes424 plus or minus 217
- Share commuting under 15 minutes34.0 percent plus or minus 13.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more41 plus or minus 44
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more3.3 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Drove alone69.5 percent
- Carpooled8.5 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Walked6.7 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Worked from home8.2 percent plus or minus 7.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rio Grande
SBA 7(a) lending to Rio Grande borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$4,877,600
- Average approval$975,520
- Median approval$1,225,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,416,600
- Largest approval$1,416,600
- Jobs supported95
- Jobs per approval19.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more60.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
Cape May County, not Rio Grande
Cape May County context, not Rio Grande figures
These are Cape May County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Rio Grande measurements.
- Establishments in Cape May County3,816
- Employment at those establishments, Cape May County28,065
- Covered employment, Cape May County42,713
- Average annual pay, Cape May County$48,574
- Average weekly wage, Cape May County$934
- Housing units permitted, Cape May County895
- Of those, single family, Cape May County660
- County product, 2024, Cape May County$7,801,173,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cape May County5.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cape May County$141,294
Every figure in this section is published for Cape May County as a whole and is not a measurement of Rio Grande. 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
Rio Grande questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Rio Grande, New Jersey?
3,485, in 1,662 households. Rio Grande CDP covers 2.70 square miles of land, which is 1,291 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Rio Grande in?
Cape May 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 Rio Grande?
$76,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $317,400. Median gross rent is $1,305 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Rio Grande businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $4.9 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $1,225,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Rio Grande, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Rio Grande borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Rio Grande. only 1 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 Rio Grande figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cape May 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 Rio Grande.
Is zoning published for Rio Grande?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.