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Sumner city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Sumner city is a Census city of 2,252 people across 1.40 square miles of land, in Lawrence County. Median household income is $55,625, 71.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $50,000.
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Sumner
What Sumner is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.4 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,611
- County holding the largest share of its areaLawrence 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 Sumner
- Population2,252
- Median age37.2
- Population under 18249 plus or minus 88
- Share under 1811.1 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Population 65 and over115 plus or minus 37
- Share 65 and over5.1 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Households314 plus or minus 99
- Family households185 plus or minus 74
- Share of households that are families58.9 percent plus or minus 14.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Sumner
- Median household income$55,625 plus or minus $15,565
- Per capita income$12,858 plus or minus $4,362
- Civilian labor force583 plus or minus 160
- Employed468 plus or minus 150
- Unemployed115 plus or minus 142
- Unemployment rate19.7 percent plus or minus 23.7
- Adults 25 and over1,784
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher63.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher4.4 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.7 percent plus or minus 1.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Sumner
- Housing units381 plus or minus 108
- Occupied units314 plus or minus 99
- Vacant units67 plus or minus 33
- Vacancy rate17.6 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Owner occupied225 plus or minus 92
- Renter occupied89 plus or minus 43
- Ownership rate71.7 percent plus or minus 18.7
- Median owner-occupied home value$46,000 plus or minus $10,684
- Median gross rent, monthly$738 plus or minus $359
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.9 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Single family units292 plus or minus 92
- Share single family76.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more5 plus or minus 14
- Share in buildings of two or more1.3 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Mobile homes84 plus or minus 40
- Median year structure built1954
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Sumner gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute452 plus or minus 142
- Commuting under 15 minutes154 plus or minus 79
- Share commuting under 15 minutes34.1 percent plus or minus 13.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more203 plus or minus 84
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more44.9 percent plus or minus 11.9
- Drove alone83.5 percent
- Carpooled13.2 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home2.0 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Sumner (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$50,000
- Average approval$50,000
- Median approval$50,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$50,000
- Largest approval$50,000
- Jobs supported3
- Jobs per approval3.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
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.
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Flood risk in Sumner
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170412
- Currently effective map date07/18/11
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.
Lawrence County, not Sumner
Lawrence County context, not Sumner figures
These are Lawrence County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Sumner measurements.
- Establishments in Lawrence County247
- Employment at those establishments, Lawrence County2,737
- Covered employment, Lawrence County4,016
- Average annual pay, Lawrence County$51,158
- Average weekly wage, Lawrence County$984
- Housing units permitted, Lawrence County64
- Of those, single family, Lawrence County64
- County product, 2024, Lawrence County$661,172,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lawrence County4.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lawrence County$40,130
Every figure in this section is published for Lawrence County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sumner. 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
Sumner questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sumner, Illinois?
2,252, in 314 households. Sumner city covers 1.40 square miles of land, which is 1,611 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sumner in?
Lawrence 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 Sumner?
$55,625. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $46,000. Median gross rent is $738 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sumner businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $50,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $50,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sumner, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sumner borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sumner. 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 Sumner in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Sumner appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170412, 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 Sumner figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lawrence 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 Sumner.
Is zoning published for Sumner?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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