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Big Spring city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Big Spring city is a Census city of 23,975 people across 19.14 square miles of land, in Howard County. Median household income is $67,581, 64.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 10 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $11.5 m.
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Big Spring
What Big Spring is
- Census place typecity
- Land area19.14 sq mi
- Water area0.09 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,252
- County holding the largest share of its areaHoward 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.
Big Spring
How many people live in Big Spring
- Population23,975
- Median age36.4
- Population under 184,846
- Share under 1820.2 percent
- Population 65 and over2,905
- Share 65 and over12.1 percent
- Households9,061
- Family households5,523
- Share of households that are families61.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Big Spring
Income and work in Big Spring
- Median household income$67,581
- Per capita income$31,414
- Civilian labor force10,545
- Employed9,849
- Unemployed696 plus or minus 200
- Unemployment rate6.6 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over16,630
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.1 percent plus or minus 1.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Big Spring
Housing in Big Spring
- Housing units10,462
- Occupied units9,061
- Vacant units1,401
- Vacancy rate13.4 percent
- Owner occupied5,865
- Renter occupied3,196
- Ownership rate64.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$140,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,050
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.6 percent
- Single family units8,350
- Share single family79.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,867
- Share in buildings of two or more17.8 percent
- Mobile homes245 plus or minus 131
- Median year structure built1963
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Big Spring
How Big Spring gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute9,394
- Commuting under 15 minutes5,624
- Share commuting under 15 minutes59.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,307
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more24.6 percent
- Drove alone76.1 percent
- Carpooled18.6 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home3.1 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Big Spring
SBA 7(a) lending to Big Spring borrowers
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$11,485,300
- Average approval$1,148,530
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$4,166,000
- Largest approval$4,166,000
- Jobs supported69
- Jobs per approval6.9
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more40.0 percent
- Share to franchises10.0 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS10
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.
Big Spring
SBA 504 lending to Big Spring borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$4,460,000
- Average approval$892,000
- Median approval$237,000
- Largest approval$2,538,000
- Jobs supported47
- Loans with a final outcome4
- 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.
Big Spring
Flood programme status in Big Spring
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number480360
- Currently effective map date10/06/10
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.
Howard County, not Big Spring
Howard County context, not Big Spring figures
These are Howard County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Big Spring measurements.
- Establishments in Howard County737
- Employment at those establishments, Howard County9,082
- Covered employment, Howard County12,785
- Average annual pay, Howard County$65,285
- Average weekly wage, Howard County$1,255
- Housing units permitted, Howard County75
- Of those, single family, Howard County68
- County product, 2024, Howard County$10,018,393,000
- County product change over the prior year, Howard County-14.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Howard County$51,320
Every figure in this section is published for Howard County as a whole and is not a measurement of Big Spring. 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
Big Spring questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Big Spring, Texas?
23,975, in 9,061 households. Big Spring city covers 19.14 square miles of land, which is 1,252 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Big Spring in?
Howard 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 Big Spring?
$67,581. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $140,200. Median gross rent is $1,050 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Big Spring businesses?
10 7(a) approvals totalling $11.5 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $4.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Big Spring, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Big Spring borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Big Spring. 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 Big Spring in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Big Spring appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480360, 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 Big Spring figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Howard 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 Big Spring.
Is zoning published for Big Spring?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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