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Section town, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Section town is a Census town of 1,069 people across 4.57 square miles of land, in Jackson County. Median household income is $47,500, 78.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.0 m.
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Section
What Section is
- Census place typetown
- Land area4.57 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land234 plus or minus 61
- County holding the largest share of its areaJackson 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.
Section
How many people live in Section
- Population1,069 plus or minus 277
- Median age43.3
- Population under 18281 plus or minus 123
- Share under 1826.3 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Population 65 and over204 plus or minus 58
- Share 65 and over19.1 percent
- Households410 plus or minus 91
- Family households282 plus or minus 72
- Share of households that are families68.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Section
Income and work in Section
- Median household income$47,500 plus or minus $16,972
- Per capita income$28,196 plus or minus $7,257
- Civilian labor force402 plus or minus 108
- Employed386 plus or minus 104
- Unemployed16 plus or minus 16
- Unemployment rate4.0 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Adults 25 and over740 plus or minus 162
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher75.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.7 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.0 percent plus or minus 8.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Section
Housing in Section
- Housing units445 plus or minus 94
- Occupied units410 plus or minus 91
- Vacant units35 plus or minus 29
- Vacancy rate7.9 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Owner occupied322 plus or minus 79
- Renter occupied88 plus or minus 36
- Ownership rate78.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$156,000 plus or minus $38,018
- Median gross rent, monthly$638 plus or minus $494
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.1 percent plus or minus 13.7
- Single family units330 plus or minus 70
- Share single family74.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more43 plus or minus 27
- Share in buildings of two or more9.7 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Mobile homes72 plus or minus 62
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Section
How Section gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute364 plus or minus 104
- Commuting under 15 minutes51 plus or minus 26
- Share commuting under 15 minutes14.0 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more165 plus or minus 88
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.3 percent plus or minus 20.4
- Drove alone75.9 percent
- Carpooled16.8 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.1 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Worked from home4.7 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Section
SBA loans in Section (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,959,000
- Average approval$979,500
- Median approval$1,655,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,655,000
- Largest approval$1,655,000
- Jobs supported16
- Jobs per approval8.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full0
- Charged off1
- Median term147 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises50.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
Section
SBA loans in Section (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$50,000
- Average approval$50,000
- Median approval$50,000
- Largest approval$50,000
- Jobs supported0
- 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.
Jackson County, not Section
Jackson County context, not Section figures
These are Jackson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Section measurements.
- Establishments in Jackson County876
- Employment at those establishments, Jackson County13,444
- Covered employment, Jackson County15,446
- Average annual pay, Jackson County$49,421
- Average weekly wage, Jackson County$950
- Housing units permitted, Jackson County53
- Of those, single family, Jackson County53
- County product, 2024, Jackson County$2,144,025,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jackson County3.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jackson County$57,993
Every figure in this section is published for Jackson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Section. 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
Section questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Section, Alabama?
1,069, in 410 households. Section town covers 4.57 square miles of land, which is 234 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Section in?
Jackson 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 Section?
$47,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $156,000. Median gross rent is $638 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Section businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $2.0 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $1,655,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $50,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Section, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Section borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Section. only 1 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 Section figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jackson 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 Section.
Is zoning published for Section?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.