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Washburn city, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Washburn city is a Census city of 1,884 people across 3.91 square miles of land, in Bayfield County. Median household income is $62,128, 69.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $550,000.
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Washburn
What Washburn is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.91 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land482
- County holding the largest share of its areaBayfield 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.
Washburn
How many people live in Washburn
- Population1,884
- Median age51.7
- Population under 18249 plus or minus 59
- Share under 1813.2 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Population 65 and over577
- Share 65 and over30.6 percent
- Households851
- Family households444
- Share of households that are families52.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Washburn
Income and work in Washburn
- Median household income$62,128
- Per capita income$39,483
- Civilian labor force934
- Employed910
- Unemployed24 plus or minus 18
- Unemployment rate2.6 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over1,459
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher36.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.1 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Washburn
Housing in Washburn
- Housing units1,030
- Occupied units851
- Vacant units179 plus or minus 79
- Vacancy rate17.4 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Owner occupied589
- Renter occupied262 plus or minus 92
- Ownership rate69.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$178,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$798
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.4 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Single family units702
- Share single family68.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more291 plus or minus 94
- Share in buildings of two or more28.3 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Mobile homes37 plus or minus 36
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Washburn
How Washburn gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute759
- Commuting under 15 minutes370 plus or minus 88
- Share commuting under 15 minutes48.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more118 plus or minus 42
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.5 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Drove alone65.1 percent
- Carpooled7.3 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport1.7 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Walked8.4 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Worked from home11.9 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Washburn
SBA 7(a) lending to Washburn borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$550,000
- Average approval$275,000
- Median approval$450,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$450,000
- Largest approval$450,000
- Jobs supported42
- Jobs per approval21.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 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.
Washburn
SBA 504 lending to Washburn borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,815,000
- Average approval$907,500
- Median approval$1,272,000
- Largest approval$1,272,000
- Jobs supported12
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bayfield County, not Washburn
Bayfield County context, not Washburn figures
These are Bayfield County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Washburn measurements.
- Establishments in Bayfield County469
- Employment at those establishments, Bayfield County2,612
- Covered employment, Bayfield County4,194
- Average annual pay, Bayfield County$42,107
- Average weekly wage, Bayfield County$810
- Housing units permitted, Bayfield County104
- Of those, single family, Bayfield County104
- County product, 2024, Bayfield County$586,789,000
- County product change over the prior year, Bayfield County4.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Bayfield County$92,534
Every figure in this section is published for Bayfield County as a whole and is not a measurement of Washburn. 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
Washburn questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Washburn, Wisconsin?
1,884, in 851 households. Washburn city covers 3.91 square miles of land, which is 482 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Washburn in?
Bayfield 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 Washburn?
$62,128. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $178,900. Median gross rent is $798 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Washburn businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $550,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $450,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Washburn, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Washburn borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Washburn. 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 Washburn figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Bayfield 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 Washburn.
Is zoning published for Washburn?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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