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Waverly city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Waverly city is a Census city of 10,494 people across 11.26 square miles of land, in Bremer County. Median household income is $80,284, 69.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 18 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.7 m.
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Waverly
What Waverly is
- Census place typecity
- Land area11.26 sq mi
- Water area0.5 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land932
- County holding the largest share of its areaBremer 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.
Waverly
How many people live in Waverly
- Population10,494
- Median age32.8
- Population under 182,163
- Share under 1820.6 percent
- Population 65 and over1,954
- Share 65 and over18.6 percent
- Households3,856
- Family households2,377
- Share of households that are families61.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waverly
Income and work in Waverly
- Median household income$80,284
- Per capita income$43,064
- Civilian labor force5,612
- Employed5,418
- Unemployed194 plus or minus 80
- Unemployment rate3.5 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over6,233
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher44.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Waverly
- Housing units4,111
- Occupied units3,856
- Vacant units255 plus or minus 115
- Vacancy rate6.2 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Owner occupied2,659
- Renter occupied1,197
- Ownership rate69.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$223,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,057
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.8 percent
- Single family units2,925
- Share single family71.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,091 plus or minus 239
- Share in buildings of two or more26.5 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Mobile homes95 plus or minus 49
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Waverly gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,710
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,558
- Share commuting under 15 minutes54.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more981
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.8 percent
- Drove alone68.2 percent
- Carpooled10.0 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked10.7 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Worked from home10.6 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waverly
SBA 7(a) lending to Waverly borrowers
- Approvals18
- Gross approval$3,682,300
- Average approval$204,572
- Median approval$109,200
- Ninetieth percentile approval$850,000
- Largest approval$899,100
- Jobs supported89
- Jobs per approval4.9
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full5
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more27.8 percent
- Share to franchises5.6 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS13
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 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.
Waverly
SBA 504 lending to Waverly borrowers
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$1,463,000
- Average approval$243,833
- Median approval$321,000
- Largest approval$396,000
- Jobs supported50
- Loans with a final outcome5
- 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.
Bremer County, not Waverly
Bremer County context, not Waverly figures
These are Bremer County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Waverly measurements.
- Establishments in Bremer County552
- Employment at those establishments, Bremer County8,178
- Covered employment, Bremer County9,685
- Average annual pay, Bremer County$52,555
- Average weekly wage, Bremer County$1,011
- Housing units permitted, Bremer County37
- Of those, single family, Bremer County37
- County product, 2024, Bremer County$1,580,731,000
- County product change over the prior year, Bremer County3.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Bremer County$63,644
Every figure in this section is published for Bremer County as a whole and is not a measurement of Waverly. 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
Waverly questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Waverly, Iowa?
10,494, in 3,856 households. Waverly city covers 11.26 square miles of land, which is 932 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Waverly in?
Bremer 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 Waverly?
$80,284. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $223,300. Median gross rent is $1,057 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Waverly businesses?
18 7(a) approvals totalling $3.7 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $109,200, plus 6 504 approvals worth $1.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Waverly, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Waverly borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Waverly. only 5 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 Waverly figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Bremer 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 Waverly.
Is zoning published for Waverly?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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