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Norwalk city, California: commercial real estate data.
Norwalk city is a Census city of 99,789 people across 9.71 square miles of land, in Los Angeles County. Median household income is $100,085, 68.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 77 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $72.9 m.
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Norwalk
What Norwalk is
- Census place typecity
- Land area9.71 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land10,280
- County holding the largest share of its areaLos Angeles 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.
Norwalk
How many people live in Norwalk
- Population99,789
- Median age37.3
- Population under 1821,694
- Share under 1821.7 percent
- Population 65 and over14,384
- Share 65 and over14.4 percent
- Households27,216
- Family households21,799
- Share of households that are families80.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Norwalk
Income and work in Norwalk
- Median household income$100,085
- Per capita income$33,409
- Civilian labor force51,723
- Employed48,771
- Unemployed2,952
- Unemployment rate5.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over69,232
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher77.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Norwalk
Housing in Norwalk
- Housing units27,704
- Occupied units27,216
- Vacant units488 plus or minus 181
- Vacancy rate1.8 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Owner occupied18,597
- Renter occupied8,619
- Ownership rate68.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$644,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,090
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.1 percent
- Single family units21,627
- Share single family78.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more5,541
- Share in buildings of two or more20.0 percent
- Mobile homes481 plus or minus 142
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Norwalk
How Norwalk gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute43,809
- Commuting under 15 minutes7,993
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more20,895
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more47.7 percent
- Drove alone74.8 percent
- Carpooled11.7 percent
- Public transport1.7 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home7.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Norwalk
SBA loans in Norwalk (7(a))
- Approvals77
- Gross approval$72,902,700
- Average approval$946,788
- Median approval$431,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,280,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,355
- Jobs per approval17.6
- Loans with a final outcome16
- Paid in full14
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans12.5 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more35.1 percent
- Share to franchises2.6 percent
- Distinct lenders37
- Distinct industries by NAICS50
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Norwalk
SBA loans in Norwalk (504)
- Approvals27
- Gross approval$23,015,000
- Average approval$852,407
- Median approval$661,000
- Largest approval$2,145,000
- Jobs supported263
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs8
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Norwalk
Flood risk in Norwalk
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060652
- Currently effective map date09/26/08(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Los Angeles County, not Norwalk
Los Angeles County context, not Norwalk figures
These are Los Angeles County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Norwalk measurements.
- Establishments in Los Angeles County304,988
- Employment at those establishments, Los Angeles County3,987,736
- Covered employment, Los Angeles County4,525,711
- Average annual pay, Los Angeles County$83,554
- Average weekly wage, Los Angeles County$1,607
- Housing units permitted, Los Angeles County19,809
- Of those, single family, Los Angeles County9,106
- County product, 2024, Los Angeles County$1,002,965,029,000
- County product change over the prior year, Los Angeles County4.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Los Angeles County$103,070
Every figure in this section is published for Los Angeles County as a whole and is not a measurement of Norwalk. 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.
- 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
Norwalk questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Norwalk, California?
99,789, in 27,216 households. Norwalk city covers 9.71 square miles of land, which is 10,280 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Norwalk in?
Los Angeles 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 Norwalk?
$100,085. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $644,700. Median gross rent is $2,090 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Norwalk businesses?
77 7(a) approvals totalling $72.9 m, across 37 lenders, median approval $431,500, plus 27 504 approvals worth $23.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Norwalk, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Norwalk borrowers get paid back?
Of the 16 loans that have reached a final outcome, 14 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 12.5 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Norwalk in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Norwalk appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060652, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Norwalk figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Los Angeles 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 Norwalk.
Is zoning published for Norwalk?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.