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Jesup city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Jesup city is a Census city of 2,561 people across 1.84 square miles of land, lying across Buchanan County and Black Hawk County. Median household income is $89,408, 78.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.0 m.
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Jesup
What Jesup is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.84 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,391
- County holding the largest share of its areaBuchanan County, 92.3 percent
- Counties this place lies inBuchanan County 92.3 percent, Black Hawk County 7.7 percent
Jesup city 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.
Jesup
How many people live in Jesup
- Population2,561
- Median age34.3
- Population under 18728
- Share under 1828.4 percent
- Population 65 and over368 plus or minus 85
- Share 65 and over14.4 percent
- Households965
- Family households688
- Share of households that are families71.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jesup
Income and work in Jesup
- Median household income$89,408
- Per capita income$39,183
- Civilian labor force1,333
- Employed1,264
- Unemployed69 plus or minus 53
- Unemployment rate5.2 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Adults 25 and over1,591
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher25.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.6 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jesup
Housing in Jesup
- Housing units1,029
- Occupied units965
- Vacant units64 plus or minus 58
- Vacancy rate6.2 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Owner occupied761
- Renter occupied204 plus or minus 69
- Ownership rate78.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$190,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$933 plus or minus $204
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.5 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Single family units847
- Share single family82.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more130 plus or minus 72
- Share in buildings of two or more12.6 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Mobile homes52 plus or minus 46
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jesup
How Jesup gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,183
- Commuting under 15 minutes272 plus or minus 76
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.0 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more326 plus or minus 98
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.6 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Drove alone87.5 percent
- Carpooled5.5 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.6 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home6.3 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jesup
SBA loans in Jesup (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$1,015,300
- Average approval$203,060
- Median approval$159,800
- Ninetieth percentile approval$375,000
- Largest approval$375,000
- Jobs supported14
- Jobs per approval2.8
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term108 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises20.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
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.
Buchanan County, not Jesup
Buchanan County context, not Jesup figures
These are Buchanan County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Jesup measurements.
- Establishments in Buchanan County490
- Employment at those establishments, Buchanan County5,387
- Covered employment, Buchanan County6,619
- Average annual pay, Buchanan County$50,047
- Average weekly wage, Buchanan County$962
- Housing units permitted, Buchanan County31
- Of those, single family, Buchanan County27
- County product, 2024, Buchanan County$1,087,017,000
- County product change over the prior year, Buchanan County1.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Buchanan County$50,944
Every figure in this section is published for Buchanan County as a whole and is not a measurement of Jesup. 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
Jesup questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Jesup, Iowa?
2,561, in 965 households. Jesup city covers 1.84 square miles of land, which is 1,391 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Jesup in?
Jesup lies in more than one. By area it is 92.3 percent in Buchanan County, 7.7 percent in Black Hawk County. This page sits under Buchanan 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 Jesup?
$89,408. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $190,200. Median gross rent is $933 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Jesup businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $1.0 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $159,800. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Jesup, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Jesup borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Jesup. 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 Jesup figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Buchanan 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 Jesup.
Is zoning published for Jesup?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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