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Americus city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Americus city is a Census city of 15,813 people across 11.35 square miles of land, in Sumter County. Median household income is $39,176, 36.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 11 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.0 m.
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Americus
What Americus is
- Census place typecity
- Land area11.35 sq mi
- Water area0.22 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,393
- County holding the largest share of its areaSumter 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.
Americus
How many people live in Americus
- Population15,813
- Median age28.8
- Population under 183,968
- Share under 1825.1 percent
- Population 65 and over2,362
- Share 65 and over14.9 percent
- Households6,106
- Family households3,096
- Share of households that are families50.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Americus
Income and work in Americus
- Median household income$39,176
- Per capita income$20,830
- Civilian labor force7,145
- Employed6,758
- Unemployed387 plus or minus 172
- Unemployment rate5.4 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over8,885
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.2 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Americus
- Housing units7,253
- Occupied units6,106
- Vacant units1,147 plus or minus 287
- Vacancy rate15.8 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Owner occupied2,214
- Renter occupied3,892
- Ownership rate36.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$107,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$834
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.5 percent
- Single family units4,273
- Share single family58.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,748
- Share in buildings of two or more37.9 percent
- Mobile homes232 plus or minus 180
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Americus
How Americus gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,990
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,251
- Share commuting under 15 minutes54.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,214 plus or minus 350
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.3 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Drove alone70.1 percent
- Carpooled11.1 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.9 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Worked from home9.9 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Americus
SBA loans in Americus (7(a))
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$2,038,500
- Average approval$185,318
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$480,000
- Largest approval$585,000
- Jobs supported56
- Jobs per approval5.1
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full0
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more9.1 percent
- Share to franchises9.1 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS10
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.
Americus
SBA loans in Americus (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,100,000
- Average approval$550,000
- Median approval$589,000
- Largest approval$589,000
- Jobs supported75
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Americus
Flood risk in Americus
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number130203
- Currently effective map date09/11/09
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.
Sumter County, not Americus
Sumter County context, not Americus figures
These are Sumter County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Americus measurements.
- Establishments in Sumter County624
- Employment at those establishments, Sumter County8,665
- Covered employment, Sumter County9,902
- Average annual pay, Sumter County$45,522
- Average weekly wage, Sumter County$875
- Housing units permitted, Sumter County39
- Of those, single family, Sumter County24
- County product, 2024, Sumter County$1,263,604,000
- County product change over the prior year, Sumter County-2.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Sumter County$47,554
Every figure in this section is published for Sumter County as a whole and is not a measurement of Americus. 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
Americus questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Americus, Georgia?
15,813, in 6,106 households. Americus city covers 11.35 square miles of land, which is 1,393 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Americus in?
Sumter 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 Americus?
$39,176. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $107,500. Median gross rent is $834 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Americus businesses?
11 7(a) approvals totalling $2.0 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Americus, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Americus borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Americus. 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.
Is Americus in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Americus appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130203, 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 Americus figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sumter 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 Americus.
Is zoning published for Americus?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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