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Harper, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Harper is a Census CDP of 1,214 people across 56.57 square miles of land, in Gillespie County. 73.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $653,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Harper
What Harper is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area56.57 sq mi
- Water area0.08 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land21 plus or minus 7
- County holding the largest share of its areaGillespie 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.
Harper
How many people live in Harper
- Population1,214 plus or minus 422
- Median age34.6 plus or minus 15.2
- Population under 18359 plus or minus 165
- Share under 1829.6 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Population 65 and over215 plus or minus 117
- Share 65 and over17.7 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Households411 plus or minus 159
- Family households319 plus or minus 138
- Share of households that are families77.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Harper
Income and work in Harper
- Per capita income$35,876 plus or minus $13,869
- Civilian labor force496 plus or minus 193
- Employed496 plus or minus 193
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over781 plus or minus 284
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher82.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.1 percent plus or minus 13.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree21.8 percent plus or minus 14.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Harper
Housing in Harper
- Housing units570 plus or minus 167
- Occupied units411 plus or minus 159
- Vacant units159 plus or minus 120
- Vacancy rate27.9 percent plus or minus 19.4
- Owner occupied303 plus or minus 143
- Renter occupied108 plus or minus 90
- Ownership rate73.7 percent plus or minus 19.9
- Median owner-occupied home value$434,600 plus or minus $141,918
- Single family units448 plus or minus 158
- Share single family78.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes122 plus or minus 81
- Median year structure built1991
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Harper
How Harper gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute399 plus or minus 183
- Commuting under 15 minutes42 plus or minus 49
- Share commuting under 15 minutes10.5 percent plus or minus 11.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more127 plus or minus 78
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.8 percent plus or minus 12.9
- Drove alone75.6 percent plus or minus 22.3
- Carpooled4.8 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home19.6 percent plus or minus 14.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Harper
SBA loans in Harper (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$653,000
- Average approval$326,500
- Median approval$326,500
- Largest approval$500,000
- Jobs supported5
- Jobs per approval2.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Harper, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Gillespie County, not Harper
Gillespie County context, not Harper figures
- Establishments in Gillespie County1,202
- Covered employment, Gillespie County12,476
- Average annual pay, Gillespie County$49,711
- Housing units permitted, Gillespie County52
Every figure in this section is published for Gillespie County as a whole and is not a measurement of Harper.
All Gillespie County figures →
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Harper questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Harper, Texas?
1,214, in 411 households. Harper CDP covers 56.57 square miles of land, which is 21 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Harper in?
Gillespie County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
How much SBA lending goes to Harper businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totaling $653,000 since FY2020, across 2 lenders, median approval $326,500. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Harper, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Harper borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Harper. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Harper figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Gillespie 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 Harper.
Is zoning published for Harper?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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