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Kewanee city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Kewanee city is a Census city of 11,913 people across 6.60 square miles of land, in Henry County. Median household income is $50,886, 69.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.7 m.
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Kewanee
What Kewanee is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.6 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,806
- 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.
Kewanee
How many people live in Kewanee
- Population11,913
- Median age46.3
- Population under 182,205
- Share under 1818.5 percent
- Population 65 and over2,875
- Share 65 and over24.1 percent
- Households5,419
- Family households3,113
- Share of households that are families57.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kewanee
Income and work in Kewanee
- Median household income$50,886
- Per capita income$29,324
- Civilian labor force5,378
- Employed4,899
- Unemployed479 plus or minus 201
- Unemployment rate8.9 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Adults 25 and over8,715
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.9 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kewanee
Housing in Kewanee
- Housing units6,001
- Occupied units5,419
- Vacant units582 plus or minus 189
- Vacancy rate9.7 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Owner occupied3,752
- Renter occupied1,667
- Ownership rate69.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$73,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$797
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.8 percent
- Single family units4,919
- Share single family82.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more924 plus or minus 267
- Share in buildings of two or more15.4 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Mobile homes158 plus or minus 105
- Median year structure built1948
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kewanee
How Kewanee gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,459
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,730
- Share commuting under 15 minutes61.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,111 plus or minus 262
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more24.9 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Drove alone77.2 percent
- Carpooled10.7 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.4 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Worked from home6.9 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kewanee
SBA loans in Kewanee (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$2,686,700
- Average approval$537,340
- Median approval$125,900
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,215,000
- Largest approval$2,215,000
- Jobs supported31
- Jobs per approval6.2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more60.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
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.
Kewanee
SBA loans in Kewanee (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$3,979,000
- Average approval$1,326,333
- Median approval$792,000
- Largest approval$3,098,000
- Jobs supported162
- 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.
Kewanee
Flood risk in Kewanee
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170286
- 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 Kewanee
Henry County context, not Kewanee 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 Kewanee 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 Kewanee. 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
Kewanee questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Kewanee, Illinois?
11,913, in 5,419 households. Kewanee city covers 6.60 square miles of land, which is 1,806 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Kewanee 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 Kewanee?
$50,886. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $73,200. Median gross rent is $797 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Kewanee businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $2.7 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $125,900, plus 3 504 approvals worth $4.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Kewanee, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Kewanee borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Kewanee. 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 Kewanee in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Kewanee appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170286, 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 Kewanee 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 Kewanee.
Is zoning published for Kewanee?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.