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Knightstown town, Indiana: commercial real estate data.
Knightstown town is a Census town of 2,241 people across 1.05 square miles of land, in Henry County. Median household income is $49,792, 66.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 11 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.7 m.
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Knightstown
What Knightstown is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.05 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,141
- 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.
Knightstown
How many people live in Knightstown
- Population2,241
- Median age36.9
- Population under 18623 plus or minus 150
- Share under 1827.8 percent
- Population 65 and over346 plus or minus 90
- Share 65 and over15.4 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Households930
- Family households562
- Share of households that are families60.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Knightstown
Income and work in Knightstown
- Median household income$49,792 plus or minus $18,133
- Per capita income$29,380 plus or minus $6,211
- Civilian labor force1,107
- Employed1,059
- Unemployed48 plus or minus 54
- Unemployment rate4.3 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Adults 25 and over1,395
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.0 percent plus or minus 21.0
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.5 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.9 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Knightstown
Housing in Knightstown
- Housing units1,038
- Occupied units930
- Vacant units108 plus or minus 61
- Vacancy rate10.4 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Owner occupied618 plus or minus 126
- Renter occupied312 plus or minus 90
- Ownership rate66.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$130,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$930
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.4 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Single family units815
- Share single family78.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more223 plus or minus 84
- Share in buildings of two or more21.5 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Knightstown gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,003
- Commuting under 15 minutes181 plus or minus 67
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.0 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more482 plus or minus 140
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more48.1 percent plus or minus 10.4
- Drove alone85.5 percent
- Carpooled6.1 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.3 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Worked from home5.1 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Knightstown
SBA loans in Knightstown (7(a))
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$1,702,000
- Average approval$154,727
- Median approval$99,100
- Ninetieth percentile approval$150,000
- Largest approval$867,900
- Jobs supported54
- Jobs per approval4.9
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Knightstown
SBA loans in Knightstown (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$65,000
- Average approval$65,000
- Median approval$65,000
- Largest approval$65,000
- 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.
Henry County, not Knightstown
Henry County context, not Knightstown 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 Knightstown measurements.
- Establishments in Henry County833
- Employment at those establishments, Henry County10,929
- Covered employment, Henry County13,759
- Average annual pay, Henry County$48,142
- Average weekly wage, Henry County$926
- Housing units permitted, Henry County51
- Of those, single family, Henry County43
- County product, 2024, Henry County$2,018,421,000
- County product change over the prior year, Henry County3.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Henry County$45,344
Every figure in this section is published for Henry County as a whole and is not a measurement of Knightstown. 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.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- 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
Knightstown questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Knightstown, Indiana?
2,241, in 930 households. Knightstown town covers 1.05 square miles of land, which is 2,141 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Knightstown 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 Knightstown?
$49,792. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $130,000. Median gross rent is $930 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Knightstown businesses?
11 7(a) approvals totalling $1.7 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $99,100, plus 1 504 approvals worth $65,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Knightstown, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Knightstown borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Knightstown. only 2 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.
Are the county figures on this page Knightstown 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 Knightstown.
Is zoning published for Knightstown?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.