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Murfreesboro city, Tennessee: commercial real estate data.
Murfreesboro city is a Census city of 161,445 people across 64.54 square miles of land, in Rutherford County. Median household income is $80,108, 52.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 171 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $97.8 m.
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Murfreesboro
What Murfreesboro is
- Census place typecity
- Land area64.54 sq mi
- Water area0.14 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,501
- County holding the largest share of its areaRutherford 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.
Murfreesboro
How many people live in Murfreesboro
- Population161,445
- Median age31.6
- Population under 1837,570
- Share under 1823.3 percent
- Population 65 and over17,180
- Share 65 and over10.6 percent
- Households60,683
- Family households37,903
- Share of households that are families62.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Murfreesboro
Income and work in Murfreesboro
- Median household income$80,108
- Per capita income$39,784
- Civilian labor force93,519
- Employed89,525
- Unemployed3,994
- Unemployment rate4.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over99,022
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher43.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree15.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Murfreesboro
Housing in Murfreesboro
- Housing units66,400
- Occupied units60,683
- Vacant units5,717
- Vacancy rate8.6 percent
- Owner occupied31,783
- Renter occupied28,900
- Ownership rate52.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$402,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,481
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.2 percent
- Single family units41,157
- Share single family62.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more24,716
- Share in buildings of two or more37.2 percent
- Mobile homes438 plus or minus 261
- Median year structure built2002
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Murfreesboro
How Murfreesboro gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute73,614
- Commuting under 15 minutes19,153
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more28,190
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more38.3 percent
- Drove alone71.6 percent
- Carpooled9.8 percent
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home16.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Murfreesboro
SBA 7(a) lending to Murfreesboro borrowers
- Approvals171
- Gross approval$97,774,500
- Average approval$571,781
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,680,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,682
- Jobs per approval9.8
- Loans with a final outcome23
- Paid in full19
- Charged off4
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans17.4 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more8.2 percent
- Share to franchises26.3 percent
- Distinct lenders51
- Distinct industries by NAICS89
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Murfreesboro
SBA 504 lending to Murfreesboro borrowers
- Approvals19
- Gross approval$21,552,000
- Average approval$1,134,316
- Median approval$836,000
- Largest approval$3,402,000
- Jobs supported233
- Loans with a final outcome8
- 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.
Rutherford County, not Murfreesboro
Rutherford County context, not Murfreesboro figures
These are Rutherford County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Murfreesboro measurements.
- Establishments in Rutherford County6,285
- Employment at those establishments, Rutherford County128,935
- Covered employment, Rutherford County149,355
- Average annual pay, Rutherford County$63,681
- Average weekly wage, Rutherford County$1,225
- Housing units permitted, Rutherford County3,420
- Of those, single family, Rutherford County2,996
- County product, 2024, Rutherford County$27,629,693,000
- County product change over the prior year, Rutherford County7.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Rutherford County$62,365
Every figure in this section is published for Rutherford County as a whole and is not a measurement of Murfreesboro. 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.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- 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
Murfreesboro questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Murfreesboro, Tennessee?
161,445, in 60,683 households. Murfreesboro city covers 64.54 square miles of land, which is 2,501 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Murfreesboro in?
Rutherford 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 Murfreesboro?
$80,108. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $402,100. Median gross rent is $1,481 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Murfreesboro businesses?
171 7(a) approvals totalling $97.8 m, across 51 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 19 504 approvals worth $21.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Murfreesboro, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Murfreesboro borrowers get paid back?
Of the 23 loans that have reached a final outcome, 19 were paid in full and 4 charged off, a charge off rate of 17.4 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Murfreesboro figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Rutherford 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 Murfreesboro.
Is zoning published for Murfreesboro?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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