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Sweet Home, Oregon: commercial real estate data.
Sweet Home is a Census city of 10,078 people across 5.31 square miles of land, in Linn County. Median household income is $56,927, 66.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 17 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.2 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Sweet Home
What Sweet Home is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.31 sq mi
- Water area0.49 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,899
- County holding the largest share of its areaLinn 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.
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How many people live in Sweet Home
- Population10,078
- Median age42.4
- Population under 181,875
- Share under 1818.6 percent
- Population 65 and over1,712 plus or minus 362
- Share 65 and over17.0 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Households4,262
- Family households2,702
- Share of households that are families63.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Sweet Home
- Median household income$56,927
- Per capita income$30,957
- Civilian labor force4,431
- Employed3,960
- Unemployed471 plus or minus 243
- Unemployment rate10.6 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Adults 25 and over7,622
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher83.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.3 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.8 percent plus or minus 1.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Sweet Home
- Housing units4,310
- Occupied units4,262
- Vacant units48 plus or minus 52
- Vacancy rate1.1 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Owner occupied2,853
- Renter occupied1,409
- Ownership rate66.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$273,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,213
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.6 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Single family units3,124
- Share single family72.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more611 plus or minus 212
- Share in buildings of two or more14.2 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Mobile homes552 plus or minus 196
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Sweet Home gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,367
- Commuting under 15 minutes833 plus or minus 228
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.7 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,946 plus or minus 421
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more57.8 percent
- Drove alone76.3 percent
- Carpooled8.7 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home12.8 percent plus or minus 5.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Sweet Home (7(a))
- Approvals17
- Gross approval$5,217,000
- Average approval$306,882
- Median approval$50,000
- Largest approval$1,980,000
- Jobs supported57
- Jobs per approval3.4
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full1
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises11.8 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS13
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sweet Home, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 2 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Sweet Home (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$2,583,000
- Average approval$1,291,500
- Median approval$1,291,500
- Largest approval$2,303,000
- Jobs supported26
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term270 months
- Distinct CDCs2
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sweet Home, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Sweet Home
- NFIP communityCity of Sweet Home
- NFIP community number410146
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date09/29/10
The City of Sweet Home participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 410146 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Linn County, not Sweet Home
Linn County context, not Sweet Home figures
- Establishments in Linn County2,846
- Covered employment, Linn County48,603
- Average annual pay, Linn County$57,436
- Housing units permitted, Linn County309
Every figure in this section is published for Linn County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sweet Home.
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Sweet Home questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sweet Home, Oregon?
10,078, in 4,262 households. Sweet Home city covers 5.31 square miles of land, which is 1,899 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sweet Home in?
Linn 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 Sweet Home?
$56,927. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $273,300. Median gross rent is $1,213 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sweet Home businesses?
17 7(a) approvals totaling $5.2 m since FY2020, across 7 lenders, median approval $50,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $2.6 m since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sweet Home, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sweet Home borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sweet Home. Only 2 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Sweet Home in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Sweet Home appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Sweet Home, city of, community 410146, 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 Sweet Home figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Linn 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 Sweet Home.
Is zoning published for Sweet Home?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.