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Tropic town, Utah: commercial real estate data.
Tropic town is a Census town of 582 people across 7.91 square miles of land, in Garfield County. Median household income is $72,031, 83.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $544,600.
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Tropic
What Tropic is
- Census place typetown
- Land area7.91 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land74 plus or minus 23
- County holding the largest share of its areaGarfield 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 Tropic
- Population582 plus or minus 178
- Median age43.1
- Population under 18159 plus or minus 60
- Share under 1827.3 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Population 65 and over151 plus or minus 62
- Share 65 and over25.9 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Households212 plus or minus 71
- Family households198 plus or minus 71
- Share of households that are families93.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Tropic
- Median household income$72,031 plus or minus $61,569
- Per capita income$32,649
- Civilian labor force278 plus or minus 104
- Employed266 plus or minus 106
- Unemployed12 plus or minus 17
- Unemployment rate4.3 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Adults 25 and over375 plus or minus 112
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.8 percent plus or minus 37.6
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.7 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.5 percent plus or minus 6.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Tropic
- Housing units294 plus or minus 83
- Occupied units212 plus or minus 71
- Vacant units82 plus or minus 35
- Vacancy rate27.9 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Owner occupied177 plus or minus 61
- Renter occupied35 plus or minus 42
- Ownership rate83.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$256,400
- Single family units241 plus or minus 71
- Share single family82.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4 plus or minus 14
- Share in buildings of two or more1.4 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Mobile homes49 plus or minus 45
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Tropic gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute244 plus or minus 102
- Commuting under 15 minutes120 plus or minus 56
- Share commuting under 15 minutes49.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more75 plus or minus 55
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more30.7 percent plus or minus 18.7
- Drove alone78.6 percent plus or minus 19.4
- Carpooled11.3 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.9 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Worked from home8.3 percent plus or minus 6.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 7(a) lending to Tropic borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$544,600
- Average approval$181,533
- Median approval$69,600
- Ninetieth percentile approval$450,000
- Largest approval$450,000
- Jobs supported33
- Jobs per approval11.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- 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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SBA 504 lending to Tropic borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,041,000
- Average approval$1,041,000
- Median approval$1,041,000
- Largest approval$1,041,000
- Jobs supported18
- 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.
Garfield County, not Tropic
Garfield County context, not Tropic figures
These are Garfield County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Tropic measurements.
- Establishments in Garfield County203
- Employment at those establishments, Garfield County1,628
- Covered employment, Garfield County2,517
- Average annual pay, Garfield County$41,748
- Average weekly wage, Garfield County$803
- Housing units permitted, Garfield County57
- Of those, single family, Garfield County57
- County product, 2024, Garfield County$417,192,000
- County product change over the prior year, Garfield County8.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Garfield County$72,000
Every figure in this section is published for Garfield County as a whole and is not a measurement of Tropic. 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.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- 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
Tropic questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Tropic, Utah?
582, in 212 households. Tropic town covers 7.91 square miles of land, which is 74 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Tropic in?
Garfield 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 Tropic?
$72,031. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $256,400. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Tropic businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $544,600, across 2 lenders, median approval $69,600, plus 1 504 approvals worth $1.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Tropic, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Tropic borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Tropic. 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.
Are the county figures on this page Tropic figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Garfield 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 Tropic.
Is zoning published for Tropic?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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