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Otterbein town, Indiana: commercial real estate data.
Otterbein town is a Census town of 1,576 people across 1.28 square miles of land, lying across Tippecanoe County and Benton County. Median household income is $63,698, 68.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $630,600.
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Otterbein
What Otterbein is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.28 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,229
- County holding the largest share of its areaTippecanoe County, 69.3 percent
- Counties this place lies inTippecanoe County 69.3 percent, Benton County 30.7 percent
Otterbein town crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Otterbein
How many people live in Otterbein
- Population1,576
- Median age33.1
- Population under 18397 plus or minus 89
- Share under 1825.2 percent
- Population 65 and over222 plus or minus 70
- Share 65 and over14.1 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Households595
- Family households385 plus or minus 85
- Share of households that are families64.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Otterbein
Income and work in Otterbein
- Median household income$63,698
- Per capita income$27,408
- Civilian labor force779 plus or minus 179
- Employed753 plus or minus 177
- Unemployed26 plus or minus 18
- Unemployment rate3.3 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over956
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.3 percent plus or minus 22.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.4 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.3 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Otterbein
Housing in Otterbein
- Housing units633
- Occupied units595
- Vacant units38 plus or minus 34
- Vacancy rate6.0 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Owner occupied405 plus or minus 90
- Renter occupied190 plus or minus 70
- Ownership rate68.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$158,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$926
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.4 percent
- Single family units507
- Share single family80.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more85 plus or minus 47
- Share in buildings of two or more13.4 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Mobile homes41 plus or minus 42
- Median year structure built1970
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Otterbein
How Otterbein gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute716 plus or minus 172
- Commuting under 15 minutes163 plus or minus 60
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.8 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more264 plus or minus 83
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.9 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Drove alone83.9 percent plus or minus 28.0
- Carpooled9.8 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked1.1 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home4.1 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Otterbein
SBA loans in Otterbein (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$630,600
- Average approval$157,650
- Median approval$247,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$250,000
- Largest approval$250,000
- Jobs supported24
- Jobs per approval6.0
- 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 lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
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.
Tippecanoe County, not Otterbein
Tippecanoe County context, not Otterbein figures
These are Tippecanoe County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Otterbein measurements.
- Establishments in Tippecanoe County3,857
- Employment at those establishments, Tippecanoe County75,889
- Covered employment, Tippecanoe County92,794
- Average annual pay, Tippecanoe County$61,152
- Average weekly wage, Tippecanoe County$1,176
- Housing units permitted, Tippecanoe County1,548
- Of those, single family, Tippecanoe County457
- County product, 2024, Tippecanoe County$13,688,692,000
- County product change over the prior year, Tippecanoe County5.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Tippecanoe County$56,587
Every figure in this section is published for Tippecanoe County as a whole and is not a measurement of Otterbein. 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
Otterbein questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Otterbein, Indiana?
1,576, in 595 households. Otterbein town covers 1.28 square miles of land, which is 1,229 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Otterbein in?
Otterbein lies in more than one. By area it is 69.3 percent in Tippecanoe County, 30.7 percent in Benton County. This page sits under Tippecanoe County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Otterbein?
$63,698. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $158,500. Median gross rent is $926 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Otterbein businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $630,600, across 2 lenders, median approval $247,500. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Otterbein, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Otterbein borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Otterbein. 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.
Are the county figures on this page Otterbein figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Tippecanoe 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 Otterbein.
Is zoning published for Otterbein?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.