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Bessemer borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Bessemer borough is a Census borough of 881 people across 1.65 square miles of land, in Lawrence County. Median household income is $65,893, 80.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 10 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.1 m.
70 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Bessemer
What Bessemer is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area1.65 sq mi
- Water area0.08 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land533
- County holding the largest share of its areaLawrence 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.
Bessemer
How many people live in Bessemer
- Population881
- Median age44.2
- Population under 18176 plus or minus 48
- Share under 1820.0 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Population 65 and over151 plus or minus 38
- Share 65 and over17.1 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Households383
- Family households245
- Share of households that are families64.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bessemer
Income and work in Bessemer
- Median household income$65,893
- Per capita income$37,735 plus or minus $7,693
- Civilian labor force498
- Employed472
- Unemployed26 plus or minus 20
- Unemployment rate5.2 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Adults 25 and over625
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.7 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.5 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bessemer
Housing in Bessemer
- Housing units419
- Occupied units383
- Vacant units36 plus or minus 25
- Vacancy rate8.6 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Owner occupied307
- Renter occupied76 plus or minus 31
- Ownership rate80.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$122,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$869
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.8 percent
- Single family units357
- Share single family85.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more41 plus or minus 26
- Share in buildings of two or more9.8 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Mobile homes21 plus or minus 22
- Median year structure built1954
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bessemer
How Bessemer gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute416
- Commuting under 15 minutes87 plus or minus 43
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.9 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more149 plus or minus 44
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.8 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Drove alone82.2 percent
- Carpooled7.2 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport0.7 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Walked0.2 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home9.8 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bessemer
SBA loans in Bessemer (7(a))
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$2,116,900
- Average approval$211,690
- Median approval$70,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,331,500
- Largest approval$1,331,500
- Jobs supported41
- Jobs per approval4.1
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
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.
Bessemer
Flood risk in Bessemer
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number422627
- Currently effective map date01/18/12(M)
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.
Lawrence County, not Bessemer
Lawrence County context, not Bessemer figures
These are Lawrence County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bessemer measurements.
- Establishments in Lawrence County1,865
- Employment at those establishments, Lawrence County24,349
- Covered employment, Lawrence County26,838
- Average annual pay, Lawrence County$52,927
- Average weekly wage, Lawrence County$1,018
- Housing units permitted, Lawrence County60
- Of those, single family, Lawrence County60
- County product, 2024, Lawrence County$4,199,654,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lawrence County0.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lawrence County$55,720
Every figure in this section is published for Lawrence County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bessemer. 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
Bessemer questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bessemer, Pennsylvania?
881, in 383 households. Bessemer borough covers 1.65 square miles of land, which is 533 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bessemer in?
Lawrence 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 Bessemer?
$65,893. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $122,700. Median gross rent is $869 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bessemer businesses?
10 7(a) approvals totalling $2.1 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $70,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bessemer, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bessemer borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Bessemer. 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 Bessemer in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Bessemer appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 422627, 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 Bessemer figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lawrence 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 Bessemer.
Is zoning published for Bessemer?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.