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Refugio town, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Refugio town is a Census town of 2,766 people across 1.57 square miles of land, in Refugio County. Median household income is $48,750, 58.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.4 m.
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Refugio
What Refugio is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.57 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,758
- County holding the largest share of its areaRefugio 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.
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How many people live in Refugio
- Population2,766
- Median age39.6
- Population under 18709 plus or minus 155
- Share under 1825.6 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Population 65 and over558 plus or minus 115
- Share 65 and over20.2 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Households957
- Family households700
- Share of households that are families73.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Refugio
- Median household income$48,750 plus or minus $26,566
- Per capita income$21,899
- Civilian labor force1,137
- Employed1,126
- Unemployed11 plus or minus 12
- Unemployment rate1.0 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Adults 25 and over1,840
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher81.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.2 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.5 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Refugio
- Housing units1,176
- Occupied units957
- Vacant units219 plus or minus 80
- Vacancy rate18.6 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Owner occupied564 plus or minus 124
- Renter occupied393 plus or minus 108
- Ownership rate58.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$94,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$747
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.4 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Single family units850
- Share single family72.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more202 plus or minus 96
- Share in buildings of two or more17.2 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Mobile homes114 plus or minus 67
- Median year structure built1967
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Refugio gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,060
- Commuting under 15 minutes698 plus or minus 168
- Share commuting under 15 minutes65.8 percent plus or minus 13.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more272 plus or minus 123
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more25.7 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Drove alone84.3 percent
- Carpooled7.3 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked6.3 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Worked from home2.1 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Refugio (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$2,375,000
- Average approval$2,375,000
- Median approval$2,375,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,375,000
- Largest approval$2,375,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
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SBA loans in Refugio (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$223,000
- Average approval$223,000
- Median approval$223,000
- Largest approval$223,000
- Jobs supported4
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Refugio
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number480540
- Currently effective map date09/26/14
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.
Refugio County, not Refugio
Refugio County context, not Refugio figures
These are Refugio County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Refugio measurements.
- Establishments in Refugio County136
- Employment at those establishments, Refugio County1,514
- Covered employment, Refugio County2,263
- Average annual pay, Refugio County$52,440
- Average weekly wage, Refugio County$1,008
- Housing units permitted, Refugio County14
- Of those, single family, Refugio County14
- County product, 2024, Refugio County$484,335,000
- County product change over the prior year, Refugio County-0.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Refugio County$51,516
Every figure in this section is published for Refugio County as a whole and is not a measurement of Refugio. 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
Refugio questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Refugio, Texas?
2,766, in 957 households. Refugio town covers 1.57 square miles of land, which is 1,758 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Refugio in?
Refugio 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 Refugio?
$48,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $94,800. Median gross rent is $747 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Refugio businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $2.4 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $2,375,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $223,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Refugio, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Refugio borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Refugio. only 0 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 Refugio in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Refugio appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480540, 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 Refugio figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Refugio 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 Refugio.
Is zoning published for Refugio?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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