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Belen city, New Mexico: commercial real estate data.
Belen city is a Census city of 7,450 people across 19.03 square miles of land, in Valencia County. Median household income is $42,627, 73.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.4 m.
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Belen
What Belen is
- Census place typecity
- Land area19.03 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land392
- County holding the largest share of its areaValencia 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.
Belen
How many people live in Belen
- Population7,450
- Median age37.1
- Population under 181,601 plus or minus 335
- Share under 1821.5 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Population 65 and over1,261 plus or minus 259
- Share 65 and over16.9 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Households2,757
- Family households1,532
- Share of households that are families55.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belen
Income and work in Belen
- Median household income$42,627
- Per capita income$23,140 plus or minus $4,783
- Civilian labor force3,008
- Employed2,767
- Unemployed241 plus or minus 161
- Unemployment rate8.0 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over4,950
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher75.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.6 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.4 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belen
Housing in Belen
- Housing units3,203
- Occupied units2,757
- Vacant units446 plus or minus 213
- Vacancy rate13.9 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Owner occupied2,018
- Renter occupied739 plus or minus 218
- Ownership rate73.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$166,100 plus or minus $34,577
- Median gross rent, monthly$916
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.8 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Single family units2,312
- Share single family72.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more369 plus or minus 194
- Share in buildings of two or more11.5 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Mobile homes496 plus or minus 165
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belen
How Belen gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,540
- Commuting under 15 minutes886 plus or minus 281
- Share commuting under 15 minutes34.9 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,061 plus or minus 289
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.8 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Drove alone75.3 percent
- Carpooled6.6 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked2.2 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Worked from home7.1 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belen
SBA 7(a) lending to Belen borrowers
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$9,367,500
- Average approval$1,170,938
- Median approval$650,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$5,000,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported140
- Jobs per approval17.5
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term162 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more37.5 percent
- Share to franchises25.0 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS8
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Belen
SBA 504 lending to Belen borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$433,000
- Average approval$144,333
- Median approval$170,000
- Largest approval$198,000
- Jobs supported7
- Loans with a final outcome3
- 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.
Valencia County, not Belen
Valencia County context, not Belen figures
These are Valencia County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Belen measurements.
- Establishments in Valencia County962
- Employment at those establishments, Valencia County12,051
- Covered employment, Valencia County17,446
- Average annual pay, Valencia County$49,642
- Average weekly wage, Valencia County$955
- Housing units permitted, Valencia County282
- Of those, single family, Valencia County282
- County product, 2024, Valencia County$2,429,515,000
- County product change over the prior year, Valencia County7.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Valencia County$52,595
Every figure in this section is published for Valencia County as a whole and is not a measurement of Belen. 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
Belen questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Belen, New Mexico?
7,450, in 2,757 households. Belen city covers 19.03 square miles of land, which is 392 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Belen in?
Valencia 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 Belen?
$42,627. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $166,100. Median gross rent is $916 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Belen businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $9.4 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $650,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $433,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Belen, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Belen borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Belen. only 2 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 Belen figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Valencia 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 Belen.
Is zoning published for Belen?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.