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Gillett city, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Gillett city is a Census city of 1,209 people across 1.35 square miles of land, in Oconto County. Median household income is $54,844, 80.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $739,500.
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Gillett
What Gillett is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.35 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land896
- County holding the largest share of its areaOconto 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.
Gillett
How many people live in Gillett
- Population1,209
- Median age37.8
- Population under 18295 plus or minus 77
- Share under 1824.4 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Population 65 and over213 plus or minus 51
- Share 65 and over17.6 percent
- Households509
- Family households317 plus or minus 67
- Share of households that are families62.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gillett
Income and work in Gillett
- Median household income$54,844 plus or minus $12,935
- Per capita income$26,388
- Civilian labor force596 plus or minus 119
- Employed565 plus or minus 122
- Unemployed31 plus or minus 19
- Unemployment rate5.2 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Adults 25 and over774
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher9.4 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.0 percent plus or minus 1.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gillett
Housing in Gillett
- Housing units567
- Occupied units509
- Vacant units58 plus or minus 37
- Vacancy rate10.2 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Owner occupied411
- Renter occupied98 plus or minus 46
- Ownership rate80.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$118,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$811 plus or minus $209
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.7 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Single family units439
- Share single family77.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more84 plus or minus 40
- Share in buildings of two or more14.8 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Mobile homes44 plus or minus 27
- Median year structure built1964
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gillett
How Gillett gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute477
- Commuting under 15 minutes134 plus or minus 40
- Share commuting under 15 minutes28.1 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more216 plus or minus 75
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.3 percent plus or minus 13.4
- Drove alone67.4 percent plus or minus 20.1
- Carpooled1.4 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked5.0 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Worked from home14.5 percent plus or minus 9.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gillett
SBA loans in Gillett (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$739,500
- Average approval$739,500
- Median approval$739,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$739,500
- Largest approval$739,500
- Jobs supported6
- Jobs per approval6.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises100.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
Oconto County, not Gillett
Oconto County context, not Gillett figures
These are Oconto County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Gillett measurements.
- Establishments in Oconto County781
- Employment at those establishments, Oconto County7,246
- Covered employment, Oconto County9,125
- Average annual pay, Oconto County$46,685
- Average weekly wage, Oconto County$898
- Housing units permitted, Oconto County189
- Of those, single family, Oconto County139
- County product, 2024, Oconto County$1,351,476,000
- County product change over the prior year, Oconto County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Oconto County$70,875
Every figure in this section is published for Oconto County as a whole and is not a measurement of Gillett. 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
Gillett questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Gillett, Wisconsin?
1,209, in 509 households. Gillett city covers 1.35 square miles of land, which is 896 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Gillett in?
Oconto 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 Gillett?
$54,844. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $118,200. Median gross rent is $811 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Gillett businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $739,500, across 1 lenders, median approval $739,500. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Gillett, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Gillett borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Gillett. only 1 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 Gillett figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Oconto 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 Gillett.
Is zoning published for Gillett?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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