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Attalla city, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Attalla city is a Census city of 5,775 people across 7.00 square miles of land, in Etowah County. Median household income is $59,215, 72.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.9 m.
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Attalla
What Attalla is
- Census place typecity
- Land area7 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land825
- County holding the largest share of its areaEtowah 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.
Attalla
How many people live in Attalla
- Population5,775
- Median age48.5
- Population under 18947 plus or minus 238
- Share under 1816.4 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Population 65 and over1,350 plus or minus 284
- Share 65 and over23.4 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Households2,533
- Family households1,589
- Share of households that are families62.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Attalla
Income and work in Attalla
- Median household income$59,215
- Per capita income$29,364 plus or minus $5,971
- Civilian labor force2,820
- Employed2,664
- Unemployed156 plus or minus 96
- Unemployment rate5.5 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over4,673
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher10.9 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.4 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Attalla
Housing in Attalla
- Housing units2,936
- Occupied units2,533
- Vacant units403 plus or minus 181
- Vacancy rate13.7 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Owner occupied1,835
- Renter occupied698 plus or minus 183
- Ownership rate72.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$126,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$743 plus or minus $185
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.1 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Single family units2,379
- Share single family81.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more438 plus or minus 173
- Share in buildings of two or more14.9 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Mobile homes119 plus or minus 71
- Median year structure built1965
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Attalla gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,576 plus or minus 530
- Commuting under 15 minutes653 plus or minus 217
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.3 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,128 plus or minus 584
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more43.8 percent plus or minus 20.8
- Drove alone93.0 percent
- Carpooled3.7 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.3 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home3.0 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Attalla
SBA loans in Attalla (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$5,933,000
- Average approval$1,483,250
- Median approval$1,675,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,140,000
- Largest approval$2,140,000
- Jobs supported78
- Jobs per approval19.5
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises50.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
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.
Attalla
SBA loans in Attalla (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$252,000
- Average approval$252,000
- Median approval$252,000
- Largest approval$252,000
- Jobs supported7
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Etowah County, not Attalla
Etowah County context, not Attalla figures
These are Etowah County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Attalla measurements.
- Establishments in Etowah County1,954
- Employment at those establishments, Etowah County28,155
- Covered employment, Etowah County33,010
- Average annual pay, Etowah County$46,564
- Average weekly wage, Etowah County$895
- Housing units permitted, Etowah County133
- Of those, single family, Etowah County117
- County product, 2024, Etowah County$4,025,620,000
- County product change over the prior year, Etowah County5.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Etowah County$55,897
Every figure in this section is published for Etowah County as a whole and is not a measurement of Attalla. 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
Attalla questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Attalla, Alabama?
5,775, in 2,533 households. Attalla city covers 7.00 square miles of land, which is 825 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Attalla in?
Etowah 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 Attalla?
$59,215. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $126,100. Median gross rent is $743 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Attalla businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $5.9 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $1,675,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $252,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Attalla, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Attalla borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Attalla. 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 Attalla figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Etowah 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 Attalla.
Is zoning published for Attalla?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.