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Golden Valley city, North Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Golden Valley city is a Census city of 258 people across 0.75 square miles of land, in Mercer County. Median household income is $80,625, 74.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $182,000.
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Golden Valley
What Golden Valley is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.75 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land345 plus or minus 134
- County holding the largest share of its areaMercer 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.
Golden Valley
How many people live in Golden Valley
- Population258 plus or minus 100
- Median age38.8 plus or minus 16.0
- Population under 1859 plus or minus 25
- Share under 1822.9 percent
- Population 65 and over77 plus or minus 35
- Share 65 and over29.8 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Households116 plus or minus 48
- Family households92 plus or minus 44
- Share of households that are families79.3 percent plus or minus 19.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Golden Valley
- Median household income$80,625 plus or minus $23,074
- Per capita income$34,547
- Civilian labor force118 plus or minus 58
- Employed116 plus or minus 58
- Unemployed2 plus or minus 3
- Unemployment rate1.7 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over189 plus or minus 77
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher100.0 percent plus or minus 50.8
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher33.3 percent plus or minus 12.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Golden Valley
Housing in Golden Valley
- Housing units142 plus or minus 50
- Occupied units116 plus or minus 48
- Vacant units26 plus or minus 19
- Vacancy rate18.3 percent plus or minus 11.7
- Owner occupied86 plus or minus 35
- Renter occupied30 plus or minus 28
- Ownership rate74.1 percent plus or minus 43.0
- Median owner-occupied home value$146,900 plus or minus $32,369
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,313 plus or minus $818
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.5 percent plus or minus 13.4
- Single family units126 plus or minus 49
- Share single family88.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more13 plus or minus 18
- Share in buildings of two or more9.2 percent plus or minus 12.4
- Mobile homes3 plus or minus 5
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Golden Valley gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute108 plus or minus 56
- Commuting under 15 minutes6 plus or minus 12
- Share commuting under 15 minutes5.6 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more37 plus or minus 24
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.3 percent plus or minus 13.3
- Drove alone75.9 percent plus or minus 18.6
- Carpooled15.5 percent plus or minus 13.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Worked from home6.9 percent plus or minus 6.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Golden Valley
SBA loans in Golden Valley (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$182,000
- Average approval$182,000
- Median approval$182,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$182,000
- Largest approval$182,000
- Jobs supported6
- Jobs per approval6.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term126 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 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.
Mercer County, not Golden Valley
Mercer County context, not Golden Valley figures
These are Mercer County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Golden Valley measurements.
- Establishments in Mercer County248
- Employment at those establishments, Mercer County3,631
- Covered employment, Mercer County4,450
- Average annual pay, Mercer County$83,476
- Average weekly wage, Mercer County$1,605
- Housing units permitted, Mercer County6
- Of those, single family, Mercer County2
- County product, 2024, Mercer County$1,185,255,000
- County product change over the prior year, Mercer County-3.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Mercer County$61,626
Every figure in this section is published for Mercer County as a whole and is not a measurement of Golden Valley. 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
Golden Valley questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Golden Valley, North Dakota?
258, in 116 households. Golden Valley city covers 0.75 square miles of land, which is 345 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Golden Valley in?
Mercer 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 Golden Valley?
$80,625. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $146,900. Median gross rent is $1,313 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Golden Valley businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $182,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $182,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Golden Valley, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Golden Valley borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Golden Valley. 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 Golden Valley figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Mercer 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 Golden Valley.
Is zoning published for Golden Valley?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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