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Waukon city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Waukon city is a Census city of 3,792 people across 2.84 square miles of land, in Allamakee County. Median household income is $60,269, 77.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.0 m.
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Waukon
What Waukon is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.84 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,335
- County holding the largest share of its areaAllamakee 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.
Waukon
How many people live in Waukon
- Population3,792
- Median age44.3 plus or minus 9.3
- Population under 18708 plus or minus 189
- Share under 1818.7 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Population 65 and over1,054
- Share 65 and over27.8 percent
- Households1,810
- Family households797
- Share of households that are families44.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waukon
Income and work in Waukon
- Median household income$60,269 plus or minus $12,375
- Per capita income$34,393
- Civilian labor force2,000
- Employed1,940
- Unemployed60 plus or minus 48
- Unemployment rate3.0 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over2,767
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher25.7 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.1 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waukon
Housing in Waukon
- Housing units2,088
- Occupied units1,810
- Vacant units278 plus or minus 128
- Vacancy rate13.3 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Owner occupied1,394
- Renter occupied416 plus or minus 132
- Ownership rate77.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$147,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$696 plus or minus $221
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.9 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Single family units1,516
- Share single family72.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more407 plus or minus 150
- Share in buildings of two or more19.5 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Mobile homes165 plus or minus 91
- Median year structure built1962
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waukon
How Waukon gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,806
- Commuting under 15 minutes989 plus or minus 251
- Share commuting under 15 minutes54.8 percent plus or minus 12.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more374 plus or minus 137
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.7 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Drove alone81.9 percent
- Carpooled5.1 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked5.7 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Worked from home6.5 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waukon
SBA 7(a) lending to Waukon borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,015,000
- Average approval$1,015,000
- Median approval$1,015,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,015,000
- Largest approval$1,015,000
- Jobs supported8
- Jobs per approval8.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises100.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
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.
Waukon
SBA 504 lending to Waukon borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,751,000
- Average approval$875,500
- Median approval$1,223,000
- Largest approval$1,223,000
- Jobs supported60
- 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.
Allamakee County, not Waukon
Allamakee County context, not Waukon figures
These are Allamakee County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Waukon measurements.
- Establishments in Allamakee County365
- Employment at those establishments, Allamakee County3,775
- Covered employment, Allamakee County4,837
- Average annual pay, Allamakee County$45,815
- Average weekly wage, Allamakee County$881
- Housing units permitted, Allamakee County89
- Of those, single family, Allamakee County53
- County product, 2024, Allamakee County$780,204,000
- County product change over the prior year, Allamakee County8.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Allamakee County$55,560
Every figure in this section is published for Allamakee County as a whole and is not a measurement of Waukon. 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
Waukon questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Waukon, Iowa?
3,792, in 1,810 households. Waukon city covers 2.84 square miles of land, which is 1,335 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Waukon in?
Allamakee 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 Waukon?
$60,269. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $147,200. Median gross rent is $696 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Waukon businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $1.0 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $1,015,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Waukon, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Waukon borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Waukon. 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 Waukon figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Allamakee 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 Waukon.
Is zoning published for Waukon?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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