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Fort Sumner, New Mexico: commercial real estate data.
Fort Sumner is a Census village of 938 people across 3.31 square miles of land, in De Baca County. 84.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.2 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Fort Sumner
What Fort Sumner is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area3.31 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land283 plus or minus 102
- County holding the largest share of its areaDe Baca 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 Fort Sumner
- Population938 plus or minus 336
- Median age28.0 plus or minus 7.7
- Population under 18262 plus or minus 95
- Share under 1827.9 percent
- Population 65 and over156 plus or minus 78
- Share 65 and over16.6 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Households415 plus or minus 209
- Family households274 plus or minus 199
- Share of households that are families66.0 percent plus or minus 34.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Fort Sumner
- Per capita income$32,629 plus or minus $12,819
- Civilian labor force478 plus or minus 315
- Employed432 plus or minus 294
- Unemployed46 plus or minus 48
- Unemployment rate9.6 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Adults 25 and over640 plus or minus 302
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.6 percent plus or minus 18.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher2.7 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.9 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Fort Sumner
- Housing units590 plus or minus 211
- Occupied units415 plus or minus 209
- Vacant units175 plus or minus 63
- Vacancy rate29.7 percent
- Owner occupied350 plus or minus 203
- Renter occupied65 plus or minus 56
- Ownership rate84.3 percent plus or minus 24.3
- Median gross rent, monthly$387 plus or minus $359
- Single family units469 plus or minus 206
- Share single family79.5 percent plus or minus 20.4
- Units in buildings of two or more60 plus or minus 58
- Share in buildings of two or more10.2 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Mobile homes61 plus or minus 46
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Fort Sumner gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute426 plus or minus 294
- Commuting under 15 minutes357 plus or minus 283
- Share commuting under 15 minutes83.8 percent plus or minus 32.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more28 plus or minus 28
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more6.6 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Drove alone87.6 percent plus or minus 34.3
- Carpooled2.1 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked5.4 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Fort Sumner (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,200,000
- Average approval$1,200,000
- Median approval$1,200,000
- Largest approval$1,200,000
- Jobs supported3
- Jobs per approval3.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises100.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fort Sumner, 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 Fort Sumner
- NFIP communityVillage of Fort Sumner
- NFIP community number350011
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date02/04/81
The Village of Fort Sumner participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 350011 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.
De Baca County, not Fort Sumner
De Baca County context, not Fort Sumner figures
- Establishments in De Baca County49
- Covered employment, De Baca County440
- Average annual pay, De Baca County$41,908
Every figure in this section is published for De Baca County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fort Sumner.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.
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
Fort Sumner questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fort Sumner, New Mexico?
938, in 415 households. Fort Sumner village covers 3.31 square miles of land, which is 283 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fort Sumner in?
De Baca County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
How much SBA lending goes to Fort Sumner businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $1.2 m since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $1,200,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fort Sumner, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fort Sumner borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Fort Sumner. 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 Fort Sumner in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Fort Sumner appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Fort Sumner, village of, community 350011, 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 Fort Sumner figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for De Baca 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 Fort Sumner.
Is zoning published for Fort Sumner?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.