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Wetumpka city, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Wetumpka city is a Census city of 7,437 people across 11.07 square miles of land, in Elmore County. Median household income is $57,763, 62.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.2 m.
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Wetumpka
What Wetumpka is
- Census place typecity
- Land area11.07 sq mi
- Water area0.44 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land672
- County holding the largest share of its areaElmore 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.
Wetumpka
How many people live in Wetumpka
- Population7,437
- Median age36.1
- Population under 181,569 plus or minus 385
- Share under 1821.1 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Population 65 and over1,134 plus or minus 227
- Share 65 and over15.2 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Households2,700
- Family households1,544
- Share of households that are families57.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wetumpka
Income and work in Wetumpka
- Median household income$57,763
- Per capita income$35,942
- Civilian labor force3,438
- Employed3,131
- Unemployed307 plus or minus 185
- Unemployment rate8.9 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over5,322
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.2 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.7 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wetumpka
Housing in Wetumpka
- Housing units2,922
- Occupied units2,700
- Vacant units222 plus or minus 150
- Vacancy rate7.6 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Owner occupied1,686
- Renter occupied1,014 plus or minus 274
- Ownership rate62.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$203,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,140
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.7 percent
- Single family units2,182
- Share single family74.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more672 plus or minus 290
- Share in buildings of two or more23.0 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Mobile homes68 plus or minus 75
- Median year structure built1993
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wetumpka
How Wetumpka gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,787
- Commuting under 15 minutes432 plus or minus 199
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.5 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,384 plus or minus 321
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more49.7 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Drove alone83.8 percent
- Carpooled7.1 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home7.7 percent plus or minus 5.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wetumpka
SBA loans in Wetumpka (7(a))
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$6,150,000
- Average approval$683,333
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$4,800,000
- Largest approval$4,800,000
- Jobs supported74
- Jobs per approval8.2
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises11.1 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Wetumpka
SBA loans in Wetumpka (504)
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$3,399,000
- Average approval$566,500
- Median approval$459,000
- Largest approval$1,200,000
- Jobs supported39
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Elmore County, not Wetumpka
Elmore County context, not Wetumpka figures
These are Elmore County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wetumpka measurements.
- Establishments in Elmore County1,305
- Employment at those establishments, Elmore County15,513
- Covered employment, Elmore County21,539
- Average annual pay, Elmore County$48,014
- Average weekly wage, Elmore County$923
- Housing units permitted, Elmore County107
- Of those, single family, Elmore County107
- County product, 2024, Elmore County$3,118,265,000
- County product change over the prior year, Elmore County9.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Elmore County$69,624
Every figure in this section is published for Elmore County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wetumpka. 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
Wetumpka questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wetumpka, Alabama?
7,437, in 2,700 households. Wetumpka city covers 11.07 square miles of land, which is 672 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wetumpka in?
Elmore 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 Wetumpka?
$57,763. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $203,900. Median gross rent is $1,140 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wetumpka businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $6.2 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 6 504 approvals worth $3.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wetumpka, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wetumpka borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wetumpka. only 2 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 Wetumpka figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Elmore 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 Wetumpka.
Is zoning published for Wetumpka?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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