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Geneseo city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Geneseo city is a Census city of 6,673 people across 4.71 square miles of land, in Henry County. Median household income is $70,147, 76.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 10 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.3 m.
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Geneseo
What Geneseo is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.71 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,416
- County holding the largest share of its areaHenry 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.
Geneseo
How many people live in Geneseo
- Population6,673
- Median age44.7
- Population under 181,456
- Share under 1821.8 percent
- Population 65 and over1,667
- Share 65 and over25.0 percent
- Households2,954
- Family households1,913
- Share of households that are families64.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Geneseo
Income and work in Geneseo
- Median household income$70,147
- Per capita income$43,803
- Civilian labor force3,258
- Employed3,143
- Unemployed115 plus or minus 86
- Unemployment rate3.5 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Adults 25 and over4,854
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.9 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Geneseo
Housing in Geneseo
- Housing units3,256
- Occupied units2,954
- Vacant units302 plus or minus 114
- Vacancy rate9.3 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Owner occupied2,254
- Renter occupied700 plus or minus 160
- Ownership rate76.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$205,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,015
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.4 percent
- Single family units2,542
- Share single family78.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more702 plus or minus 210
- Share in buildings of two or more21.6 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Mobile homes12 plus or minus 21
- Median year structure built1963
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Geneseo
How Geneseo gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,864
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,381
- Share commuting under 15 minutes48.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more799 plus or minus 196
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.9 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Drove alone85.3 percent
- Carpooled5.6 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Worked from home8.2 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Geneseo
SBA loans in Geneseo (7(a))
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$5,305,800
- Average approval$530,580
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,999,800
- Largest approval$1,999,800
- Jobs supported143
- Jobs per approval14.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more30.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
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.
Geneseo
SBA loans in Geneseo (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,097,000
- Average approval$365,667
- Median approval$155,000
- Largest approval$839,000
- Jobs supported41
- Loans with a final outcome1
- 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.
Geneseo
Flood risk in Geneseo
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170284
- Currently effective map date06/02/11
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.
Henry County, not Geneseo
Henry County context, not Geneseo figures
These are Henry County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Geneseo measurements.
- Establishments in Henry County1,037
- Employment at those establishments, Henry County13,162
- Covered employment, Henry County13,805
- Average annual pay, Henry County$50,950
- Average weekly wage, Henry County$980
- Housing units permitted, Henry County24
- Of those, single family, Henry County24
- County product, 2024, Henry County$2,047,674,000
- County product change over the prior year, Henry County3.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Henry County$57,784
Every figure in this section is published for Henry County as a whole and is not a measurement of Geneseo. 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
Geneseo questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Geneseo, Illinois?
6,673, in 2,954 households. Geneseo city covers 4.71 square miles of land, which is 1,416 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Geneseo in?
Henry 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 Geneseo?
$70,147. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $205,400. Median gross rent is $1,015 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Geneseo businesses?
10 7(a) approvals totalling $5.3 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Geneseo, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Geneseo borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Geneseo. 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.
Is Geneseo in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Geneseo appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170284, 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 Geneseo figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Henry 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 Geneseo.
Is zoning published for Geneseo?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.