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Killen town, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Killen town is a Census town of 1,150 people across 2.02 square miles of land, in Lauderdale County. Median household income is $69,722, 68.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $400,000.
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Killen
What Killen is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.02 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land568 plus or minus 159
- County holding the largest share of its areaLauderdale 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.
Killen
How many people live in Killen
- Population1,150 plus or minus 321
- Median age40.9
- Population under 18263 plus or minus 86
- Share under 1822.9 percent
- Population 65 and over262 plus or minus 69
- Share 65 and over22.8 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Households430 plus or minus 103
- Family households316 plus or minus 91
- Share of households that are families73.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Killen
Income and work in Killen
- Median household income$69,722
- Per capita income$32,990
- Civilian labor force507 plus or minus 159
- Employed488 plus or minus 153
- Unemployed19 plus or minus 21
- Unemployment rate3.7 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Adults 25 and over800 plus or minus 213
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.3 percent plus or minus 30.7
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.4 percent plus or minus 4.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Killen
Housing in Killen
- Housing units499 plus or minus 113
- Occupied units430 plus or minus 103
- Vacant units69 plus or minus 53
- Vacancy rate13.8 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Owner occupied296 plus or minus 78
- Renter occupied134 plus or minus 62
- Ownership rate68.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$175,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$960
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.5 percent
- Single family units411 plus or minus 107
- Share single family82.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more57 plus or minus 37
- Share in buildings of two or more11.4 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Mobile homes31 plus or minus 30
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Killen
How Killen gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute450 plus or minus 145
- Commuting under 15 minutes91 plus or minus 37
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.2 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more203 plus or minus 108
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.1 percent plus or minus 19.1
- Drove alone82.2 percent
- Carpooled10.5 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home5.9 percent plus or minus 4.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Killen
SBA loans in Killen (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$400,000
- Average approval$200,000
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$350,000
- Largest approval$350,000
- Jobs supported17
- Jobs per approval8.5
- 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 lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
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.
Lauderdale County, not Killen
Lauderdale County context, not Killen figures
These are Lauderdale County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Killen measurements.
- Establishments in Lauderdale County2,053
- Employment at those establishments, Lauderdale County27,193
- Covered employment, Lauderdale County30,845
- Average annual pay, Lauderdale County$46,767
- Average weekly wage, Lauderdale County$899
- Housing units permitted, Lauderdale County167
- Of those, single family, Lauderdale County95
- County product, 2024, Lauderdale County$3,928,523,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lauderdale County6.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lauderdale County$61,335
Every figure in this section is published for Lauderdale County as a whole and is not a measurement of Killen. 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
Killen questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Killen, Alabama?
1,150, in 430 households. Killen town covers 2.02 square miles of land, which is 568 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Killen in?
Lauderdale 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 Killen?
$69,722. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $175,000. Median gross rent is $960 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Killen businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $400,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $350,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Killen, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Killen borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Killen. 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 Killen figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lauderdale 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 Killen.
Is zoning published for Killen?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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