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Los Fresnos city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Los Fresnos city is a Census city of 8,291 people across 4.39 square miles of land, in Cameron County. Median household income is $61,938, 62.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 16 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $12.9 m.
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Los Fresnos
What Los Fresnos is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.39 sq mi
- Water area0.19 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,888
- County holding the largest share of its areaCameron 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.
Los Fresnos
How many people live in Los Fresnos
- Population8,291
- Median age27.6
- Population under 182,945
- Share under 1835.5 percent
- Population 65 and over703 plus or minus 196
- Share 65 and over8.5 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Households2,369
- Family households2,102
- Share of households that are families88.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Los Fresnos
Income and work in Los Fresnos
- Median household income$61,938 plus or minus $12,658
- Per capita income$24,856 plus or minus $5,834
- Civilian labor force3,517
- Employed3,389
- Unemployed128 plus or minus 99
- Unemployment rate3.6 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Adults 25 and over4,424
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher73.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.0 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.4 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Los Fresnos
Housing in Los Fresnos
- Housing units2,600
- Occupied units2,369
- Vacant units231 plus or minus 127
- Vacancy rate8.9 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Owner occupied1,469
- Renter occupied900 plus or minus 205
- Ownership rate62.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$152,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$989
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.2 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Single family units2,028
- Share single family78.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more397 plus or minus 167
- Share in buildings of two or more15.3 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Mobile homes141 plus or minus 105
- Median year structure built1999
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Los Fresnos
How Los Fresnos gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,231
- Commuting under 15 minutes985 plus or minus 273
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.5 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more969 plus or minus 305
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more30.0 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Drove alone77.3 percent
- Carpooled12.3 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.9 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Worked from home4.3 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Los Fresnos
SBA loans in Los Fresnos (7(a))
- Approvals16
- Gross approval$12,940,100
- Average approval$808,756
- Median approval$500,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,671,200
- Largest approval$3,500,000
- Jobs supported649
- Jobs per approval40.6
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more18.8 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS10
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Los Fresnos
Flood risk in Los Fresnos
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number480108
- Currently effective map date02/16/18
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.
Cameron County, not Los Fresnos
Cameron County context, not Los Fresnos figures
These are Cameron County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Los Fresnos measurements.
- Establishments in Cameron County6,732
- Employment at those establishments, Cameron County123,749
- Covered employment, Cameron County156,619
- Average annual pay, Cameron County$44,590
- Average weekly wage, Cameron County$857
- Housing units permitted, Cameron County2,347
- Of those, single family, Cameron County1,668
- County product, 2024, Cameron County$17,386,891,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cameron County8.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cameron County$57,350
Every figure in this section is published for Cameron County as a whole and is not a measurement of Los Fresnos. 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
Los Fresnos questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Los Fresnos, Texas?
8,291, in 2,369 households. Los Fresnos city covers 4.39 square miles of land, which is 1,888 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Los Fresnos in?
Cameron 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 Los Fresnos?
$61,938. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $152,200. Median gross rent is $989 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Los Fresnos businesses?
16 7(a) approvals totalling $12.9 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $500,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Los Fresnos, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Los Fresnos borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Los Fresnos. only 2 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 Los Fresnos in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Los Fresnos appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480108, 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 Los Fresnos figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cameron 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 Los Fresnos.
Is zoning published for Los Fresnos?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.