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Clanton city, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Clanton city is a Census city of 8,958 people across 23.16 square miles of land, in Chilton County. Median household income is $47,520, 63.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.5 m.
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Clanton
What Clanton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area23.16 sq mi
- Water area0.14 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land387
- County holding the largest share of its areaChilton 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.
Clanton
How many people live in Clanton
- Population8,958
- Median age39.3
- Population under 182,036
- Share under 1822.7 percent
- Population 65 and over1,911
- Share 65 and over21.3 percent
- Households3,774
- Family households2,110
- Share of households that are families55.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clanton
Income and work in Clanton
- Median household income$47,520
- Per capita income$28,971
- Civilian labor force3,466
- Employed3,219
- Unemployed247 plus or minus 201
- Unemployment rate7.1 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Adults 25 and over5,994
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.3 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.3 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Clanton
- Housing units3,987
- Occupied units3,774
- Vacant units213 plus or minus 135
- Vacancy rate5.3 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Owner occupied2,399
- Renter occupied1,375 plus or minus 301
- Ownership rate63.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$166,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$869
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.9 percent
- Single family units2,916
- Share single family73.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more641 plus or minus 215
- Share in buildings of two or more16.1 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Mobile homes430 plus or minus 210
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Clanton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,092
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,390 plus or minus 351
- Share commuting under 15 minutes45.0 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,005 plus or minus 313
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more32.5 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Drove alone80.1 percent
- Carpooled11.1 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.4 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Worked from home3.5 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clanton
SBA 7(a) lending to Clanton borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$6,482,800
- Average approval$1,296,560
- Median approval$394,800
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,888,000
- Largest approval$2,888,000
- Jobs supported90
- Jobs per approval18.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more60.0 percent
- Share to franchises60.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
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.
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SBA 504 lending to Clanton borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$360,000
- Average approval$360,000
- Median approval$360,000
- Largest approval$360,000
- Jobs supported20
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Chilton County, not Clanton
Chilton County context, not Clanton figures
These are Chilton County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Clanton measurements.
- Establishments in Chilton County806
- Employment at those establishments, Chilton County7,784
- Covered employment, Chilton County9,143
- Average annual pay, Chilton County$47,595
- Average weekly wage, Chilton County$915
- Housing units permitted, Chilton County25
- Of those, single family, Chilton County25
- County product, 2024, Chilton County$1,655,036,000
- County product change over the prior year, Chilton County7.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Chilton County$47,252
Every figure in this section is published for Chilton County as a whole and is not a measurement of Clanton. 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
Clanton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Clanton, Alabama?
8,958, in 3,774 households. Clanton city covers 23.16 square miles of land, which is 387 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Clanton in?
Chilton 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 Clanton?
$47,520. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $166,300. Median gross rent is $869 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Clanton businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $6.5 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $394,800, plus 1 504 approvals worth $360,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Clanton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Clanton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Clanton. 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 Clanton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Chilton 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 Clanton.
Is zoning published for Clanton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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