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Erie city, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Erie city is a Census city of 93,850 people across 19.13 square miles of land, in Erie County. Median household income is $46,113, 54.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 148 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $55.2 m.
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Erie
What Erie is
- Census place typecity
- Land area19.13 sq mi
- Water area0.24 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,905
- County holding the largest share of its areaErie 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.
Erie
How many people live in Erie
- Population93,850
- Median age34.8
- Population under 1820,056
- Share under 1821.4 percent
- Population 65 and over15,350
- Share 65 and over16.4 percent
- Households39,848
- Family households20,625
- Share of households that are families51.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Erie
- Median household income$46,113
- Per capita income$27,339
- Civilian labor force44,371
- Employed41,218
- Unemployed3,153
- Unemployment rate7.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over61,376
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Erie
- Housing units43,681
- Occupied units39,848
- Vacant units3,833
- Vacancy rate8.8 percent
- Owner occupied21,574
- Renter occupied18,274
- Ownership rate54.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$115,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$870
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.6 percent
- Single family units28,088
- Share single family64.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more15,376
- Share in buildings of two or more35.2 percent
- Mobile homes217 plus or minus 102
- Median year structure built1949
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Erie gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute37,236
- Commuting under 15 minutes16,355
- Share commuting under 15 minutes43.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more6,271
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more16.8 percent
- Drove alone69.3 percent
- Carpooled10.9 percent
- Public transport2.3 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked6.1 percent
- Worked from home7.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Erie (7(a))
- Approvals148
- Gross approval$55,196,600
- Average approval$372,950
- Median approval$107,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,100,000
- Largest approval$3,800,000
- Jobs supported1,701
- Jobs per approval11.5
- Loans with a final outcome28
- Paid in full28
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more12.2 percent
- Share to franchises12.2 percent
- Distinct lenders25
- Distinct industries by NAICS64
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 Erie (504)
- Approvals21
- Gross approval$18,779,000
- Average approval$894,238
- Median approval$617,000
- Largest approval$2,788,000
- Jobs supported123
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off1
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
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 Erie
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420449
- Currently effective map date06/07/17
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.
Erie County, not Erie
Erie County context, not Erie figures
These are Erie County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Erie measurements.
- Establishments in Erie County6,103
- Employment at those establishments, Erie County114,339
- Covered employment, Erie County119,552
- Average annual pay, Erie County$53,524
- Average weekly wage, Erie County$1,029
- Housing units permitted, Erie County339
- Of those, single family, Erie County149
- County product, 2024, Erie County$15,023,861,000
- County product change over the prior year, Erie County4.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Erie County$53,528
Every figure in this section is published for Erie County as a whole and is not a measurement of Erie. 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
Erie questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Erie, Pennsylvania?
93,850, in 39,848 households. Erie city covers 19.13 square miles of land, which is 4,905 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Erie in?
Erie 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 Erie?
$46,113. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $115,200. Median gross rent is $870 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Erie businesses?
148 7(a) approvals totalling $55.2 m, across 25 lenders, median approval $107,000, plus 21 504 approvals worth $18.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Erie, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Erie borrowers get paid back?
Of the 28 loans that have reached a final outcome, 28 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Erie in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Erie appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420449, 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 Erie figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Erie 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 Erie.
Is zoning published for Erie?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.