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Martins Ferry city, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Martins Ferry city is a Census city of 6,140 people across 2.33 square miles of land, in Belmont County. Median household income is $37,467, 53.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $616,100.
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Martins Ferry
What Martins Ferry is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.33 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,637
- County holding the largest share of its areaBelmont 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.
Martins Ferry
How many people live in Martins Ferry
- Population6,140
- Median age40.6
- Population under 181,239
- Share under 1820.2 percent
- Population 65 and over1,250
- Share 65 and over20.4 percent
- Households2,895
- Family households1,532
- Share of households that are families52.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Martins Ferry
Income and work in Martins Ferry
- Median household income$37,467
- Per capita income$25,165
- Civilian labor force2,985
- Employed2,563
- Unemployed422 plus or minus 263
- Unemployment rate14.1 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Adults 25 and over4,222
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.4 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.0 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Martins Ferry
- Housing units3,442
- Occupied units2,895
- Vacant units547 plus or minus 128
- Vacancy rate15.9 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Owner occupied1,561
- Renter occupied1,334
- Ownership rate53.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$96,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$800
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.6 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Single family units2,333
- Share single family67.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,109 plus or minus 259
- Share in buildings of two or more32.2 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1947
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Martins Ferry gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,375
- Commuting under 15 minutes769 plus or minus 237
- Share commuting under 15 minutes32.4 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more434 plus or minus 163
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.3 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Drove alone85.4 percent
- Carpooled5.1 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.2 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Worked from home7.3 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Martins Ferry
SBA loans in Martins Ferry (7(a))
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$616,100
- Average approval$88,014
- Median approval$88,600
- Ninetieth percentile approval$256,800
- Largest approval$256,800
- Jobs supported18
- Jobs per approval2.6
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more14.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
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.
Martins Ferry
Flood risk in Martins Ferry
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number390029
- Currently effective map date04/05/06
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.
Belmont County, not Martins Ferry
Belmont County context, not Martins Ferry figures
These are Belmont County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Martins Ferry measurements.
- Establishments in Belmont County1,379
- Employment at those establishments, Belmont County18,121
- Covered employment, Belmont County20,616
- Average annual pay, Belmont County$49,753
- Average weekly wage, Belmont County$957
- Housing units permitted, Belmont County1
- Of those, single family, Belmont County1
- County product, 2024, Belmont County$3,543,827,000
- County product change over the prior year, Belmont County-2.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Belmont County$44,811
Every figure in this section is published for Belmont County as a whole and is not a measurement of Martins Ferry. 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
Martins Ferry questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Martins Ferry, Ohio?
6,140, in 2,895 households. Martins Ferry city covers 2.33 square miles of land, which is 2,637 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Martins Ferry in?
Belmont 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 Martins Ferry?
$37,467. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $96,200. Median gross rent is $800 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Martins Ferry businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $616,100, across 2 lenders, median approval $88,600. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Martins Ferry, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Martins Ferry borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Martins Ferry. 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.
Is Martins Ferry in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Martins Ferry appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 390029, 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 Martins Ferry figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Belmont 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 Martins Ferry.
Is zoning published for Martins Ferry?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.