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Tipton city, Indiana: commercial real estate data.
Tipton city is a Census city of 5,280 people across 2.74 square miles of land, in Tipton County. Median household income is $59,828, 67.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.0 m.
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Tipton
What Tipton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.74 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,928
- County holding the largest share of its areaTipton 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.
Tipton
How many people live in Tipton
- Population5,280
- Median age37.0
- Population under 181,191
- Share under 1822.6 percent
- Population 65 and over1,214
- Share 65 and over23.0 percent
- Households2,207
- Family households1,515
- Share of households that are families68.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tipton
Income and work in Tipton
- Median household income$59,828
- Per capita income$33,301
- Civilian labor force2,460
- Employed2,419
- Unemployed41 plus or minus 40
- Unemployment rate1.7 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over3,762
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.1 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.9 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tipton
Housing in Tipton
- Housing units2,442
- Occupied units2,207
- Vacant units235 plus or minus 119
- Vacancy rate9.6 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Owner occupied1,488
- Renter occupied719 plus or minus 151
- Ownership rate67.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$161,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$848
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.0 percent
- Single family units1,873
- Share single family76.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more486 plus or minus 141
- Share in buildings of two or more19.9 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Mobile homes71 plus or minus 62
- Median year structure built1952
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tipton
How Tipton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,212
- Commuting under 15 minutes702 plus or minus 228
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.7 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more806 plus or minus 207
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.4 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Drove alone73.6 percent
- Carpooled12.8 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Worked from home7.4 percent plus or minus 4.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tipton
SBA loans in Tipton (7(a))
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$1,027,800
- Average approval$128,475
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$225,000
- Largest approval$225,000
- Jobs supported13
- Jobs per approval1.6
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises25.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 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.
Tipton
SBA loans in Tipton (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$248,000
- Average approval$248,000
- Median approval$248,000
- Largest approval$248,000
- Jobs supported5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Tipton County, not Tipton
Tipton County context, not Tipton figures
These are Tipton County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Tipton measurements.
- Establishments in Tipton County313
- Employment at those establishments, Tipton County4,565
- Covered employment, Tipton County4,454
- Average annual pay, Tipton County$57,768
- Average weekly wage, Tipton County$1,111
- Housing units permitted, Tipton County32
- Of those, single family, Tipton County32
- County product, 2024, Tipton County$735,911,000
- County product change over the prior year, Tipton County-2.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Tipton County$50,097
Every figure in this section is published for Tipton County as a whole and is not a measurement of Tipton. 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
Tipton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Tipton, Indiana?
5,280, in 2,207 households. Tipton city covers 2.74 square miles of land, which is 1,928 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Tipton in?
Tipton 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 Tipton?
$59,828. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $161,700. Median gross rent is $848 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Tipton businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $1.0 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $248,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Tipton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Tipton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Tipton. only 3 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 Tipton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Tipton 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 Tipton.
Is zoning published for Tipton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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