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Hokes Bluff city, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Hokes Bluff city is a Census city of 4,547 people across 11.93 square miles of land, in Etowah County. Median household income is $74,968, 92.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $30,000.
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Hokes Bluff
What Hokes Bluff is
- Census place typecity
- Land area11.93 sq mi
- Water area0.16 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land381
- 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.
Hokes Bluff
How many people live in Hokes Bluff
- Population4,547
- Median age50.5
- Population under 18701 plus or minus 218
- Share under 1815.4 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Population 65 and over1,091 plus or minus 325
- Share 65 and over24.0 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Households1,856
- Family households1,295
- Share of households that are families69.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hokes Bluff
Income and work in Hokes Bluff
- Median household income$74,968 plus or minus $29,095
- Per capita income$39,707
- Civilian labor force2,627
- Employed2,463
- Unemployed164 plus or minus 121
- Unemployment rate6.2 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Adults 25 and over3,411
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.4 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.1 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hokes Bluff
Housing in Hokes Bluff
- Housing units2,079
- Occupied units1,856
- Vacant units223 plus or minus 141
- Vacancy rate10.7 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Owner occupied1,707
- Renter occupied149 plus or minus 119
- Ownership rate92.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$196,400
- Single family units1,912
- Share single family92.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more50 plus or minus 74
- Share in buildings of two or more2.4 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Mobile homes117 plus or minus 105
- Median year structure built1983
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hokes Bluff
How Hokes Bluff gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,363
- Commuting under 15 minutes660 plus or minus 317
- Share commuting under 15 minutes27.9 percent plus or minus 12.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,070 plus or minus 391
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.3 percent plus or minus 14.8
- Drove alone92.8 percent
- Carpooled3.1 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home4.1 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hokes Bluff
SBA 7(a) lending to Hokes Bluff borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$30,000
- Average approval$30,000
- Median approval$30,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$30,000
- Largest approval$30,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- 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 lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
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.
Etowah County, not Hokes Bluff
Etowah County context, not Hokes Bluff 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 Hokes Bluff 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 Hokes Bluff. 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
Hokes Bluff questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Hokes Bluff, Alabama?
4,547, in 1,856 households. Hokes Bluff city covers 11.93 square miles of land, which is 381 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Hokes Bluff 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 Hokes Bluff?
$74,968. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $196,400. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Hokes Bluff businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $30,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $30,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Hokes Bluff, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Hokes Bluff borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Hokes Bluff. 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 Hokes Bluff 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 Hokes Bluff.
Is zoning published for Hokes Bluff?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.