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Bicknell city, Indiana: commercial real estate data.
Bicknell city is a Census city of 3,017 people across 1.35 square miles of land, in Knox County. Median household income is $52,188, 60.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.3 m.
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Bicknell
What Bicknell is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.35 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,230
- County holding the largest share of its areaKnox 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.
Bicknell
How many people live in Bicknell
- Population3,017
- Median age37.7 plus or minus 8.0
- Population under 18582 plus or minus 250
- Share under 1819.3 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Population 65 and over467 plus or minus 152
- Share 65 and over15.5 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Households1,372
- Family households857
- Share of households that are families62.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bicknell
Income and work in Bicknell
- Median household income$52,188 plus or minus $21,796
- Per capita income$29,717
- Civilian labor force1,506
- Employed1,467 plus or minus 298
- Unemployed39 plus or minus 46
- Unemployment rate2.6 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Adults 25 and over2,003
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher10.2 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.6 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bicknell
Housing in Bicknell
- Housing units1,540
- Occupied units1,372
- Vacant units168 plus or minus 86
- Vacancy rate10.9 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Owner occupied836
- Renter occupied536 plus or minus 162
- Ownership rate60.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$66,300 plus or minus $13,414
- Median gross rent, monthly$844
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.4 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Single family units1,201
- Share single family78.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more300 plus or minus 142
- Share in buildings of two or more19.5 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Mobile homes39 plus or minus 40
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bicknell
How Bicknell gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,391 plus or minus 299
- Commuting under 15 minutes346 plus or minus 122
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.9 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more618 plus or minus 277
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more44.4 percent plus or minus 17.4
- Drove alone79.3 percent
- Carpooled12.9 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.0 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Worked from home3.3 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bicknell
SBA loans in Bicknell (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$3,336,000
- Average approval$834,000
- Median approval$1,025,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,861,000
- Largest approval$1,861,000
- Jobs supported66
- Jobs per approval16.5
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term192 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
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.
Knox County, not Bicknell
Knox County context, not Bicknell figures
These are Knox County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bicknell measurements.
- Establishments in Knox County873
- Employment at those establishments, Knox County14,031
- Covered employment, Knox County17,077
- Average annual pay, Knox County$50,982
- Average weekly wage, Knox County$980
- Housing units permitted, Knox County36
- Of those, single family, Knox County36
- County product, 2024, Knox County$2,501,907,000
- County product change over the prior year, Knox County-2.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Knox County$46,297
Every figure in this section is published for Knox County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bicknell. 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
Bicknell questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bicknell, Indiana?
3,017, in 1,372 households. Bicknell city covers 1.35 square miles of land, which is 2,230 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bicknell in?
Knox 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 Bicknell?
$52,188. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $66,300. Median gross rent is $844 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bicknell businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $3.3 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $1,025,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bicknell, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bicknell borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Bicknell. 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.
Are the county figures on this page Bicknell figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Knox 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 Bicknell.
Is zoning published for Bicknell?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.