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Zion city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Zion city is a Census city of 24,600 people across 9.94 square miles of land, in Lake County. Median household income is $63,104, 57.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 23 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $20.9 m.
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Zion
What Zion is
- Census place typecity
- Land area9.94 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,474
- County holding the largest share of its areaLake 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.
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How many people live in Zion
- Population24,600
- Median age32.3
- Population under 187,004
- Share under 1828.5 percent
- Population 65 and over2,797
- Share 65 and over11.4 percent
- Households8,813
- Family households5,785
- Share of households that are families65.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Zion
- Median household income$63,104
- Per capita income$32,277
- Civilian labor force12,699
- Employed11,854
- Unemployed845 plus or minus 268
- Unemployment rate6.7 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Adults 25 and over15,074
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.9 percent plus or minus 1.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Zion
- Housing units9,374
- Occupied units8,813
- Vacant units561 plus or minus 172
- Vacancy rate6.0 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Owner occupied5,093
- Renter occupied3,720
- Ownership rate57.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$183,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,186
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.6 percent
- Single family units6,478
- Share single family69.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,849
- Share in buildings of two or more30.4 percent
- Mobile homes47 plus or minus 40
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Zion gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute10,833
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,022 plus or minus 447
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.7 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,299
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.7 percent
- Drove alone72.4 percent
- Carpooled13.7 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Worked from home8.1 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Zion (7(a))
- Approvals23
- Gross approval$20,879,700
- Average approval$907,813
- Median approval$520,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,954,000
- Largest approval$3,325,000
- Jobs supported730
- Jobs per approval31.7
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term293 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more52.2 percent
- Share to franchises17.4 percent
- Distinct lenders16
- Distinct industries by NAICS15
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 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.
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SBA loans in Zion (504)
- Approvals13
- Gross approval$15,681,000
- Average approval$1,206,231
- Median approval$632,000
- Largest approval$3,197,000
- Jobs supported330
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Zion
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170399
- Currently effective map date10/05/23
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.
Lake County, not Zion
Lake County context, not Zion figures
These are Lake County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Zion measurements.
- Establishments in Lake County20,076
- Employment at those establishments, Lake County337,069
- Covered employment, Lake County329,354
- Average annual pay, Lake County$91,042
- Average weekly wage, Lake County$1,751
- Housing units permitted, Lake County1,042
- Of those, single family, Lake County531
- County product, 2024, Lake County$82,868,798,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lake County3.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lake County$132,863
Every figure in this section is published for Lake County as a whole and is not a measurement of Zion. 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
Zion questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Zion, Illinois?
24,600, in 8,813 households. Zion city covers 9.94 square miles of land, which is 2,474 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Zion in?
Lake 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 Zion?
$63,104. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $183,800. Median gross rent is $1,186 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Zion businesses?
23 7(a) approvals totalling $20.9 m, across 16 lenders, median approval $520,000, plus 13 504 approvals worth $15.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Zion, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Zion borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Zion. only 4 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 Zion in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Zion appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170399, 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 Zion figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lake 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 Zion.
Is zoning published for Zion?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.