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Glen Allen CDP, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Glen Allen CDP is a Census CDP of 17,551 people across 8.80 square miles of land, in Henrico County. Median household income is $92,723, 75.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 74 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $39.3 m.
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Glen Allen
What Glen Allen is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area8.8 sq mi
- Water area0.07 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,995
- County holding the largest share of its areaHenrico 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.
Glen Allen
How many people live in Glen Allen
- Population17,551
- Median age40.1
- Population under 183,987
- Share under 1822.7 percent
- Population 65 and over3,105
- Share 65 and over17.7 percent
- Households6,956
- Family households4,739
- Share of households that are families68.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Glen Allen
Income and work in Glen Allen
- Median household income$92,723
- Per capita income$43,733
- Civilian labor force9,298
- Employed8,940
- Unemployed358 plus or minus 206
- Unemployment rate3.9 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over11,878
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher45.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Glen Allen
Housing in Glen Allen
- Housing units7,025
- Occupied units6,956
- Vacant units69 plus or minus 70
- Vacancy rate1.0 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Owner occupied5,282
- Renter occupied1,674 plus or minus 334
- Ownership rate75.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$357,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,804
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.3 percent
- Single family units5,650
- Share single family80.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,375 plus or minus 345
- Share in buildings of two or more19.6 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1993
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Glen Allen
How Glen Allen gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute6,792
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,285 plus or minus 309
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.9 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,957 plus or minus 395
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.8 percent
- Drove alone66.0 percent
- Carpooled8.2 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked0.1 percent plus or minus 0.1
- Worked from home24.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Glen Allen
SBA 7(a) lending to Glen Allen borrowers
- Approvals74
- Gross approval$39,329,100
- Average approval$531,474
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,265,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported700
- Jobs per approval9.5
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full7
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more2.7 percent
- Share to franchises25.7 percent
- Distinct lenders33
- Distinct industries by NAICS51
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 7 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.
Glen Allen
SBA 504 lending to Glen Allen borrowers
- Approvals21
- Gross approval$24,890,000
- Average approval$1,185,238
- Median approval$1,010,000
- Largest approval$4,869,000
- Jobs supported341
- Loans with a final outcome7
- 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.
Henrico County, not Glen Allen
Henrico County context, not Glen Allen figures
These are Henrico County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Glen Allen measurements.
- Establishments in Henrico County9,754
- Employment at those establishments, Henrico County183,459
- Covered employment, Henrico County187,647
- Average annual pay, Henrico County$70,541
- Average weekly wage, Henrico County$1,357
- Housing units permitted, Henrico County1,826
- Of those, single family, Henrico County921
- County product, 2024, Henrico County$37,564,811,000
- County product change over the prior year, Henrico County4.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Henrico County$75,071
Every figure in this section is published for Henrico County as a whole and is not a measurement of Glen Allen. 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.
- 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
Glen Allen questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Glen Allen, Virginia?
17,551, in 6,956 households. Glen Allen CDP covers 8.80 square miles of land, which is 1,995 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Glen Allen in?
Henrico 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 Glen Allen?
$92,723. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $357,200. Median gross rent is $1,804 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Glen Allen businesses?
74 7(a) approvals totalling $39.3 m, across 33 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 21 504 approvals worth $24.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Glen Allen, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Glen Allen borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Glen Allen. only 7 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 Glen Allen figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Henrico 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 Glen Allen.
Is zoning published for Glen Allen?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.