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Mathews, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Mathews is a Census CDP of 941 people across 1.98 square miles of land, in Mathews County. Median household income is $55,481, 63.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $760,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Mathews
What Mathews is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area1.98 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land474 plus or minus 151
- County holding the largest share of its areaMathews 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.
Mathews
How many people live in Mathews
- Population941 plus or minus 300
- Median age35.3 plus or minus 13.1
- Population under 18261 plus or minus 114
- Share under 1827.7 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Population 65 and over251 plus or minus 112
- Share 65 and over26.7 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Households391 plus or minus 140
- Family households258 plus or minus 119
- Share of households that are families66.0 percent plus or minus 19.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mathews
Income and work in Mathews
- Median household income$55,481 plus or minus $19,753
- Per capita income$28,780 plus or minus $7,280
- Civilian labor force368 plus or minus 202
- Employed317 plus or minus 150
- Unemployed51 plus or minus 89
- Unemployment rate13.9 percent plus or minus 23.0
- Adults 25 and over553 plus or minus 167
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.7 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.6 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Mathews
- Housing units460 plus or minus 146
- Occupied units391 plus or minus 140
- Vacant units69 plus or minus 51
- Vacancy rate15.0 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Owner occupied249 plus or minus 97
- Renter occupied142 plus or minus 105
- Ownership rate63.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$193,400 plus or minus $42,896
- Single family units364 plus or minus 119
- Share single family79.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more96 plus or minus 88
- Share in buildings of two or more20.9 percent plus or minus 17.8
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Mathews gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute314 plus or minus 151
- Commuting under 15 minutes156 plus or minus 96
- Share commuting under 15 minutes49.7 percent plus or minus 19.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more95 plus or minus 65
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more30.3 percent plus or minus 14.9
- Drove alone88.3 percent
- Carpooled10.7 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.9 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mathews
SBA loans in Mathews (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$760,000
- Average approval$760,000
- Median approval$760,000
- Largest approval$760,000
- Jobs supported26
- Jobs per approval26.0
- 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
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Mathews, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Mathews County, not Mathews
Mathews County context, not Mathews figures
- Establishments in Mathews County191
- Covered employment, Mathews County1,576
- Average annual pay, Mathews County$41,476
- Housing units permitted, Mathews County37
Every figure in this section is published for Mathews County as a whole and is not a measurement of Mathews.
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.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Mathews questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Mathews, Virginia?
941, in 391 households. Mathews CDP covers 1.98 square miles of land, which is 474 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Mathews in?
Mathews 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 Mathews?
$55,481. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $193,400. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Mathews businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $760,000 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $760,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Mathews, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Mathews borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Mathews. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Mathews figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Mathews 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 Mathews.
Is zoning published for Mathews?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.