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Bluffton village, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Bluffton village is a Census village of 3,859 people across 3.69 square miles of land, lying across Allen County and Hancock County. Median household income is $75,694, 67.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $562,400.
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Bluffton
What Bluffton is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area3.69 sq mi
- Water area0.08 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,044
- County holding the largest share of its areaAllen County, 70.8 percent
- Counties this place lies inAllen County 70.8 percent, Hancock County 29.2 percent
Bluffton village crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bluffton
How many people live in Bluffton
- Population3,859
- Median age36.0
- Population under 18894 plus or minus 203
- Share under 1823.2 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Population 65 and over887
- Share 65 and over23.0 percent
- Households1,450
- Family households870
- Share of households that are families60.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bluffton
Income and work in Bluffton
- Median household income$75,694
- Per capita income$35,411
- Civilian labor force1,809
- Employed1,640
- Unemployed169 plus or minus 113
- Unemployment rate9.3 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Adults 25 and over2,350
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher43.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree21.9 percent plus or minus 5.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bluffton
Housing in Bluffton
- Housing units1,559
- Occupied units1,450
- Vacant units109 plus or minus 84
- Vacancy rate7.0 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Owner occupied973
- Renter occupied477 plus or minus 138
- Ownership rate67.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$212,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$823
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.0 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Single family units1,123
- Share single family72.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more410 plus or minus 143
- Share in buildings of two or more26.3 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Mobile homes26 plus or minus 31
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bluffton
How Bluffton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,415
- Commuting under 15 minutes584 plus or minus 141
- Share commuting under 15 minutes41.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more248 plus or minus 111
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more17.5 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Drove alone72.8 percent
- Carpooled5.1 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked10.9 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Worked from home11.2 percent plus or minus 6.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bluffton
SBA 7(a) lending to Bluffton borrowers
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$562,400
- Average approval$80,343
- Median approval$25,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$350,000
- Largest approval$350,000
- Jobs supported19
- Jobs per approval2.7
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- 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 NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 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.
Bluffton
SBA 504 lending to Bluffton borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$3,939,000
- Average approval$984,750
- Median approval$874,000
- Largest approval$2,252,000
- Jobs supported59
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bluffton
Flood programme status in Bluffton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number390004
- Currently effective map date05/04/15
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Allen County, not Bluffton
Allen County context, not Bluffton figures
These are Allen County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bluffton measurements.
- Establishments in Allen County2,239
- Employment at those establishments, Allen County44,251
- Covered employment, Allen County49,690
- Average annual pay, Allen County$58,790
- Average weekly wage, Allen County$1,131
- Housing units permitted, Allen County100
- Of those, single family, Allen County94
- County product, 2024, Allen County$11,166,792,000
- County product change over the prior year, Allen County4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Allen County$50,651
Every figure in this section is published for Allen County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bluffton. 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.
- 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
Bluffton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bluffton, Ohio?
3,859, in 1,450 households. Bluffton village covers 3.69 square miles of land, which is 1,044 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bluffton in?
Bluffton lies in more than one. By area it is 70.8 percent in Allen County, 29.2 percent in Hancock County. This page sits under Allen County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Bluffton?
$75,694. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $212,400. Median gross rent is $823 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bluffton businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $562,400, across 2 lenders, median approval $25,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $3.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bluffton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bluffton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Bluffton. only 3 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.
Is Bluffton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Bluffton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 390004, 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 Bluffton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Allen 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 Bluffton.
Is zoning published for Bluffton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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