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Metropolis city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Metropolis city is a Census city of 5,864 people across 6.02 square miles of land, in Massac County. Median household income is $50,399, 61.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.7 m.
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Metropolis
What Metropolis is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.02 sq mi
- Water area0.14 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land974
- County holding the largest share of its areaMassac 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 Metropolis
- Population5,864
- Median age43.5
- Population under 181,244
- Share under 1821.2 percent
- Population 65 and over1,415
- Share 65 and over24.1 percent
- Households2,430
- Family households1,234
- Share of households that are families50.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Metropolis
- Median household income$50,399
- Per capita income$27,035
- Civilian labor force2,385
- Employed2,323
- Unemployed62 plus or minus 42
- Unemployment rate2.6 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over4,293
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.9 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.3 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Metropolis
- Housing units3,062
- Occupied units2,430
- Vacant units632 plus or minus 169
- Vacancy rate20.6 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Owner occupied1,486
- Renter occupied944 plus or minus 201
- Ownership rate61.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$86,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$752
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.9 percent
- Single family units2,245
- Share single family73.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more526 plus or minus 165
- Share in buildings of two or more17.2 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Mobile homes291 plus or minus 100
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Metropolis gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,163
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,074 plus or minus 223
- Share commuting under 15 minutes49.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more392 plus or minus 126
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.1 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Drove alone80.0 percent
- Carpooled11.6 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Public transport0.1 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home5.4 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Metropolis (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,705,700
- Average approval$568,567
- Median approval$679,900
- Ninetieth percentile approval$805,000
- Largest approval$805,000
- Jobs supported25
- Jobs per approval8.3
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term168 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises33.3 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
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.
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SBA loans in Metropolis (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$661,000
- Average approval$661,000
- Median approval$661,000
- Largest approval$661,000
- Jobs supported1
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
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 Metropolis
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 8
- NFIP community number170469
- Currently effective map date10/18/83
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Massac County, not Metropolis
Massac County context, not Metropolis figures
These are Massac County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Metropolis measurements.
- Establishments in Massac County217
- Employment at those establishments, Massac County2,808
- Covered employment, Massac County2,858
- Average annual pay, Massac County$53,753
- Average weekly wage, Massac County$1,034
- Housing units permitted, Massac County8
- Of those, single family, Massac County8
- County product, 2024, Massac County$508,886,000
- County product change over the prior year, Massac County3.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Massac County$39,379
Every figure in this section is published for Massac County as a whole and is not a measurement of Metropolis. 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
Metropolis questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Metropolis, Illinois?
5,864, in 2,430 households. Metropolis city covers 6.02 square miles of land, which is 974 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Metropolis in?
Massac 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 Metropolis?
$50,399. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $86,000. Median gross rent is $752 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Metropolis businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $1.7 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $679,900, plus 1 504 approvals worth $661,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Metropolis, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Metropolis borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Metropolis. 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 Metropolis in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Metropolis appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170469, carrying Community Rating System class 8, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. 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 Metropolis figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Massac 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 Metropolis.
Is zoning published for Metropolis?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.