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West Blocton town, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
West Blocton town is a Census town of 1,077 people across 4.80 square miles of land, in Bibb County. Median household income is $40,560, 78.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $130,000.
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West Blocton
What West Blocton is
- Census place typetown
- Land area4.8 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land224 plus or minus 75
- County holding the largest share of its areaBibb 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.
West Blocton
How many people live in West Blocton
- Population1,077 plus or minus 358
- Median age40.0 plus or minus 10.7
- Population under 18204 plus or minus 83
- Share under 1818.9 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Population 65 and over189 plus or minus 81
- Share 65 and over17.5 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Households446 plus or minus 135
- Family households272 plus or minus 110
- Share of households that are families61.0 percent plus or minus 16.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Blocton
Income and work in West Blocton
- Median household income$40,560
- Per capita income$22,272
- Civilian labor force416 plus or minus 161
- Employed374 plus or minus 137
- Unemployed42 plus or minus 56
- Unemployment rate10.1 percent plus or minus 12.9
- Adults 25 and over790 plus or minus 292
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.7 percent plus or minus 41.0
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.8 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.7 percent plus or minus 5.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Blocton
Housing in West Blocton
- Housing units483 plus or minus 141
- Occupied units446 plus or minus 135
- Vacant units37 plus or minus 39
- Vacancy rate7.7 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Owner occupied349 plus or minus 129
- Renter occupied97 plus or minus 55
- Ownership rate78.3 percent plus or minus 16.6
- Median owner-occupied home value$99,500
- Single family units365 plus or minus 115
- Share single family75.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more18 plus or minus 21
- Share in buildings of two or more3.7 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Mobile homes100 plus or minus 63
- Median year structure built1984
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Blocton
How West Blocton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute364 plus or minus 135
- Commuting under 15 minutes27 plus or minus 26
- Share commuting under 15 minutes7.4 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more200 plus or minus 95
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more54.9 percent plus or minus 16.5
- Drove alone86.4 percent plus or minus 23.5
- Carpooled10.6 percent plus or minus 11.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Worked from home1.4 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Blocton
SBA loans in West Blocton (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$130,000
- Average approval$65,000
- Median approval$80,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$80,000
- Largest approval$80,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval1.0
- 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 lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
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.
Bibb County, not West Blocton
Bibb County context, not West Blocton figures
These are Bibb County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as West Blocton measurements.
- Establishments in Bibb County313
- Employment at those establishments, Bibb County4,159
- Covered employment, Bibb County4,828
- Average annual pay, Bibb County$53,062
- Average weekly wage, Bibb County$1,020
- Housing units permitted, Bibb County16
- Of those, single family, Bibb County16
- County product, 2024, Bibb County$642,360,000
- County product change over the prior year, Bibb County3.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Bibb County$46,183
Every figure in this section is published for Bibb County as a whole and is not a measurement of West Blocton. 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.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- 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
West Blocton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in West Blocton, Alabama?
1,077, in 446 households. West Blocton town covers 4.80 square miles of land, which is 224 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is West Blocton in?
Bibb 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 West Blocton?
$40,560. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $99,500. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to West Blocton businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $130,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $80,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in West Blocton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to West Blocton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for West Blocton. 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 West Blocton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Bibb 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 West Blocton.
Is zoning published for West Blocton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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