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Norwalk city, Connecticut: commercial real estate data.
Norwalk city is a Census city of 92,187 people across 22.89 square miles of land, in Western Connecticut Planning Region. Median household income is $107,616, 55.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 153 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $59.5 m.
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Norwalk
What Norwalk is
- Census place typecity
- Land area22.89 sq mi
- Water area13.49 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,028
- County holding the largest share of its areaWestern Connecticut Planning Region, 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
- Population92,187
- Median age40.6
- Population under 1817,349
- Share under 1818.8 percent
- Population 65 and over15,632
- Share 65 and over17.0 percent
- Households36,011
- Family households23,164
- Share of households that are families64.3 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$107,616
- Per capita income$61,397
- Civilian labor force55,145
- Employed52,271
- Unemployed2,874
- Unemployment rate5.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over67,618
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher44.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree19.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Norwalk
Housing in Norwalk
- Housing units38,129
- Occupied units36,011
- Vacant units2,118
- Vacancy rate5.6 percent
- Owner occupied20,028
- Renter occupied15,983
- Ownership rate55.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$558,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,073
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.1 percent
- Single family units19,945
- Share single family52.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more18,127
- Share in buildings of two or more47.5 percent
- Mobile homes51 plus or minus 36
- Median year structure built1967
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 commute43,250
- Commuting under 15 minutes12,499
- Share commuting under 15 minutes28.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more15,993
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more37.0 percent
- Drove alone64.8 percent
- Carpooled8.1 percent
- Public transport7.3 percent
- Walked2.9 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home15.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Norwalk
SBA loans in Norwalk (7(a))
- Approvals153
- Gross approval$59,485,800
- Average approval$388,796
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,172,500
- Largest approval$4,000,000
- Jobs supported648
- Jobs per approval4.2
- Loans with a final outcome27
- Paid in full24
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans11.1 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more6.5 percent
- Share to franchises5.9 percent
- Distinct lenders33
- Distinct industries by NAICS88
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)
- Approvals43
- Gross approval$38,965,000
- Average approval$906,163
- Median approval$453,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported242
- Loans with a final outcome13
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Western Connecticut Planning Region, not Norwalk
Western Connecticut Planning Region context, not Norwalk figures
These are Western Connecticut Planning Region 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 Western Connecticut Planning Region19,955
- Employment at those establishments, Western Connecticut Planning Region292,288
- Covered employment, Western Connecticut Planning Region287,189
- Average annual pay, Western Connecticut Planning Region$129,052
- Average weekly wage, Western Connecticut Planning Region$2,482
- Housing units permitted, Western Connecticut Planning Region1,094
- Of those, single family, Western Connecticut Planning Region389
- County product, 2024, Western Connecticut Planning Region$76,343,680,000
- Average income of an arriving household, Western Connecticut Planning Region$254,936
Every figure in this section is published for Western Connecticut Planning Region 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.
- 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
Norwalk questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Norwalk, Connecticut?
92,187, in 36,011 households. Norwalk city covers 22.89 square miles of land, which is 4,028 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?
Western Connecticut Planning Region, 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?
$107,616. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $558,000. Median gross rent is $2,073 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?
153 7(a) approvals totalling $59.5 m, across 33 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 43 504 approvals worth $39.0 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 27 loans that have reached a final outcome, 24 were paid in full and 3 charged off, a charge off rate of 11.1 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
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 Western Connecticut Planning Region 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.
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