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Ballinger city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Ballinger city is a Census city of 3,583 people across 3.50 square miles of land, in Runnels County. Median household income is $58,870, 76.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $684,700.
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Ballinger
What Ballinger is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.5 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,024
- County holding the largest share of its areaRunnels 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 Ballinger
- Population3,583
- Median age44.7
- Population under 18773 plus or minus 178
- Share under 1821.6 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Population 65 and over891 plus or minus 182
- Share 65 and over24.9 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Households1,455
- Family households829
- Share of households that are families57.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Ballinger
- Median household income$58,870
- Per capita income$29,973
- Civilian labor force1,649
- Employed1,564
- Unemployed85 plus or minus 53
- Unemployment rate5.2 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Adults 25 and over2,722
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.6 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.3 percent plus or minus 4.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Ballinger
- Housing units1,781
- Occupied units1,455
- Vacant units326 plus or minus 132
- Vacancy rate18.3 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Owner occupied1,107
- Renter occupied348 plus or minus 119
- Ownership rate76.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$109,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$986
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.1 percent
- Single family units1,618
- Share single family90.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more113 plus or minus 83
- Share in buildings of two or more6.3 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Mobile homes50 plus or minus 42
- Median year structure built1956
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Ballinger gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,487
- Commuting under 15 minutes798 plus or minus 188
- Share commuting under 15 minutes53.7 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more394 plus or minus 167
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.5 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Drove alone85.9 percent
- Carpooled6.1 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.1 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Worked from home4.9 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Ballinger (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$684,700
- Average approval$171,175
- Median approval$165,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$312,000
- Largest approval$312,000
- Jobs supported9
- Jobs per approval2.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term192 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more25.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
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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Flood risk in Ballinger
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number480549
- Currently effective map date02/16/90
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.
Runnels County, not Ballinger
Runnels County context, not Ballinger figures
These are Runnels County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ballinger measurements.
- Establishments in Runnels County218
- Employment at those establishments, Runnels County2,181
- Covered employment, Runnels County3,047
- Average annual pay, Runnels County$50,873
- Average weekly wage, Runnels County$978
- Housing units permitted, Runnels County2
- Of those, single family, Runnels County2
- County product, 2024, Runnels County$432,033,000
- County product change over the prior year, Runnels County2.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Runnels County$52,279
Every figure in this section is published for Runnels County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ballinger. 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
Ballinger questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ballinger, Texas?
3,583, in 1,455 households. Ballinger city covers 3.50 square miles of land, which is 1,024 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ballinger in?
Runnels 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 Ballinger?
$58,870. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $109,400. Median gross rent is $986 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Ballinger businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $684,700, across 3 lenders, median approval $165,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Ballinger, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Ballinger borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Ballinger. 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 Ballinger in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Ballinger appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480549, 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 Ballinger figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Runnels 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 Ballinger.
Is zoning published for Ballinger?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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