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Bristol borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Bristol borough is a Census borough of 9,902 people across 1.70 square miles of land, in Bucks County. Median household income is $76,042, 61.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 26 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $20.1 m.
80 sourced place values · tier FULL · 9 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Bristol
What Bristol is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area1.7 sq mi
- Water area0.26 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,832
- County holding the largest share of its areaBucks 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.
Bristol
How many people live in Bristol
- Population9,902
- Median age38.9
- Population under 182,026
- Share under 1820.5 percent
- Population 65 and over1,883
- Share 65 and over19.0 percent
- Households4,018
- Family households2,667
- Share of households that are families66.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bristol
Income and work in Bristol
- Median household income$76,042 plus or minus $22,106
- Per capita income$43,798
- Civilian labor force5,359
- Employed5,087
- Unemployed272 plus or minus 198
- Unemployment rate5.1 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over7,033
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.7 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bristol
Housing in Bristol
- Housing units4,175
- Occupied units4,018
- Vacant units157 plus or minus 106
- Vacancy rate3.8 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Owner occupied2,451
- Renter occupied1,567
- Ownership rate61.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$271,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,409
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.2 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Single family units2,931
- Share single family70.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,244
- Share in buildings of two or more29.8 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bristol
How Bristol gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,486
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,249 plus or minus 293
- Share commuting under 15 minutes27.8 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,683 plus or minus 356
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more37.5 percent
- Drove alone64.9 percent
- Carpooled16.0 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Public transport3.4 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Worked from home11.4 percent plus or minus 4.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bristol
SBA loans in Bristol (7(a))
- Approvals26
- Gross approval$20,070,400
- Average approval$771,938
- Median approval$331,700
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,760,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported480
- Jobs per approval18.5
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more23.1 percent
- Share to franchises7.7 percent
- Distinct lenders17
- Distinct industries by NAICS17
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.
Bristol
SBA loans in Bristol (504)
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$15,202,000
- Average approval$1,266,833
- Median approval$650,000
- Largest approval$4,629,000
- Jobs supported142
- Loans with a final outcome2
- 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.
Bristol
Flood risk in Bristol
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420984
- Currently effective map date03/21/17
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.
Bucks County, not Bristol
Bucks County context, not Bristol figures
These are Bucks County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bristol measurements.
- Establishments in Bucks County20,043
- Employment at those establishments, Bucks County263,278
- Covered employment, Bucks County274,632
- Average annual pay, Bucks County$64,953
- Average weekly wage, Bucks County$1,249
- Housing units permitted, Bucks County718
- Of those, single family, Bucks County511
- County product, 2024, Bucks County$48,826,773,000
- County product change over the prior year, Bucks County5.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Bucks County$119,540
Every figure in this section is published for Bucks County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bristol. 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
Bristol questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bristol, Pennsylvania?
9,902, in 4,018 households. Bristol borough covers 1.70 square miles of land, which is 5,832 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bristol in?
Bucks 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 Bristol?
$76,042. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $271,100. Median gross rent is $1,409 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bristol businesses?
26 7(a) approvals totalling $20.1 m, across 17 lenders, median approval $331,700, plus 12 504 approvals worth $15.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bristol, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bristol borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Bristol. 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 Bristol in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Bristol appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420984, 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 Bristol figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Bucks 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 Bristol.
Is zoning published for Bristol?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.