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Eagle River city, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Eagle River city is a Census city of 1,528 people across 3.26 square miles of land, in Vilas County. Median household income is $55,179, 48.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 15 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.5 m.
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Eagle River
What Eagle River is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.26 sq mi
- Water area0.17 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land469
- County holding the largest share of its areaVilas 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 Eagle River
- Population1,528
- Median age47.3 plus or minus 13.5
- Population under 18251 plus or minus 77
- Share under 1816.4 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Population 65 and over398
- Share 65 and over26.0 percent
- Households732
- Family households389
- Share of households that are families53.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Eagle River
- Median household income$55,179
- Per capita income$35,017
- Civilian labor force694 plus or minus 141
- Employed660 plus or minus 136
- Unemployed34 plus or minus 23
- Unemployment rate4.9 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Adults 25 and over1,208
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.4 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.1 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Eagle River
- Housing units935
- Occupied units732
- Vacant units203 plus or minus 76
- Vacancy rate21.7 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Owner occupied356 plus or minus 72
- Renter occupied376
- Ownership rate48.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$213,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$928
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.2 percent
- Single family units588
- Share single family62.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more329 plus or minus 86
- Share in buildings of two or more35.2 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Mobile homes18 plus or minus 20
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Eagle River gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute581 plus or minus 122
- Commuting under 15 minutes331 plus or minus 100
- Share commuting under 15 minutes57.0 percent plus or minus 12.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more158 plus or minus 53
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.2 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Drove alone61.6 percent
- Carpooled7.6 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Walked13.8 percent plus or minus 12.1
- Worked from home9.8 percent plus or minus 6.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Eagle River (7(a))
- Approvals15
- Gross approval$5,461,000
- Average approval$364,067
- Median approval$310,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$760,000
- Largest approval$910,000
- Jobs supported130
- Jobs per approval8.7
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS14
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.
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SBA loans in Eagle River (504)
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$3,832,000
- Average approval$547,429
- Median approval$525,000
- Largest approval$1,311,000
- Jobs supported20
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Vilas County, not Eagle River
Vilas County context, not Eagle River figures
These are Vilas County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Eagle River measurements.
- Establishments in Vilas County961
- Employment at those establishments, Vilas County5,887
- Covered employment, Vilas County8,275
- Average annual pay, Vilas County$45,114
- Average weekly wage, Vilas County$868
- Housing units permitted, Vilas County341
- Of those, single family, Vilas County287
- County product, 2024, Vilas County$1,342,438,000
- County product change over the prior year, Vilas County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Vilas County$126,101
Every figure in this section is published for Vilas County as a whole and is not a measurement of Eagle River. 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
Eagle River questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Eagle River, Wisconsin?
1,528, in 732 households. Eagle River city covers 3.26 square miles of land, which is 469 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Eagle River in?
Vilas 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 Eagle River?
$55,179. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $213,900. Median gross rent is $928 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Eagle River businesses?
15 7(a) approvals totalling $5.5 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $310,000, plus 7 504 approvals worth $3.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Eagle River, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Eagle River borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Eagle River. 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 Eagle River figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Vilas 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 Eagle River.
Is zoning published for Eagle River?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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