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Nelsonville city, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Nelsonville city is a Census city of 4,279 people across 4.68 square miles of land, in Athens County. Median household income is $49,750, 39.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $566,000.
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Nelsonville
What Nelsonville is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.68 sq mi
- Water area0.11 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land915
- County holding the largest share of its areaAthens 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.
Nelsonville
How many people live in Nelsonville
- Population4,279
- Median age31.2
- Population under 18892 plus or minus 238
- Share under 1820.8 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Population 65 and over466 plus or minus 130
- Share 65 and over10.9 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Households1,507
- Family households855
- Share of households that are families56.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nelsonville
Income and work in Nelsonville
- Median household income$49,750 plus or minus $16,007
- Per capita income$22,059
- Civilian labor force1,867
- Employed1,650
- Unemployed217 plus or minus 122
- Unemployment rate11.6 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Adults 25 and over2,616
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.7 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.1 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nelsonville
Housing in Nelsonville
- Housing units1,946
- Occupied units1,507
- Vacant units439 plus or minus 146
- Vacancy rate22.6 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Owner occupied596 plus or minus 135
- Renter occupied911 plus or minus 192
- Ownership rate39.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$99,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$773
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.6 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Single family units1,167
- Share single family60.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more676 plus or minus 199
- Share in buildings of two or more34.7 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Mobile homes103 plus or minus 69
- Median year structure built1952
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nelsonville
How Nelsonville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,422
- Commuting under 15 minutes289 plus or minus 101
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.3 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more492 plus or minus 172
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.6 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Drove alone83.0 percent
- Carpooled4.5 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked7.5 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Worked from home5.0 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nelsonville
SBA loans in Nelsonville (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$566,000
- Average approval$188,667
- Median approval$196,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$350,000
- Largest approval$350,000
- Jobs supported26
- Jobs per approval8.7
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
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.
Nelsonville
Flood risk in Nelsonville
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number390020
- Currently effective map date09/26/24
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.
Athens County, not Nelsonville
Athens County context, not Nelsonville figures
These are Athens County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Nelsonville measurements.
- Establishments in Athens County1,030
- Employment at those establishments, Athens County13,467
- Covered employment, Athens County21,207
- Average annual pay, Athens County$50,117
- Average weekly wage, Athens County$964
- Housing units permitted, Athens County6
- Of those, single family, Athens County4
- County product, 2024, Athens County$2,745,183,000
- County product change over the prior year, Athens County5.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Athens County$42,653
Every figure in this section is published for Athens County as a whole and is not a measurement of Nelsonville. 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
Nelsonville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Nelsonville, Ohio?
4,279, in 1,507 households. Nelsonville city covers 4.68 square miles of land, which is 915 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Nelsonville in?
Athens 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 Nelsonville?
$49,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $99,200. Median gross rent is $773 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Nelsonville businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $566,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $196,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Nelsonville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Nelsonville borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Nelsonville. 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.
Is Nelsonville in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Nelsonville appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 390020, 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 Nelsonville figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Athens 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 Nelsonville.
Is zoning published for Nelsonville?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.