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Allison city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Allison city is a Census city of 929 people across 2.93 square miles of land, in Butler County. Median household income is $64,063, 72.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $659,800.
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Allison
What Allison is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.93 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land317
- County holding the largest share of its areaButler 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.
Allison
How many people live in Allison
- Population929
- Median age42.3
- Population under 18190 plus or minus 61
- Share under 1820.5 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Population 65 and over236 plus or minus 47
- Share 65 and over25.4 percent
- Households413
- Family households249
- Share of households that are families60.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Allison
Income and work in Allison
- Median household income$64,063
- Per capita income$33,789
- Civilian labor force476 plus or minus 105
- Employed473 plus or minus 104
- Unemployed3 plus or minus 5
- Unemployment rate0.6 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Adults 25 and over684
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.9 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.8 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Allison
Housing in Allison
- Housing units464
- Occupied units413
- Vacant units51 plus or minus 42
- Vacancy rate11.0 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Owner occupied298
- Renter occupied115 plus or minus 44
- Ownership rate72.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$111,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$740
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.9 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Single family units409
- Share single family88.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more55 plus or minus 35
- Share in buildings of two or more11.9 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Allison
How Allison gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute446 plus or minus 102
- Commuting under 15 minutes183 plus or minus 58
- Share commuting under 15 minutes41.0 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more155 plus or minus 52
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.8 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Drove alone79.7 percent
- Carpooled4.7 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked7.0 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Worked from home5.7 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Allison
SBA loans in Allison (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$659,800
- Average approval$329,900
- Median approval$538,800
- Ninetieth percentile approval$538,800
- Largest approval$538,800
- Jobs supported10
- Jobs per approval5.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
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.
Butler County, not Allison
Butler County context, not Allison figures
These are Butler County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Allison measurements.
- Establishments in Butler County324
- Employment at those establishments, Butler County2,602
- Covered employment, Butler County3,691
- Average annual pay, Butler County$53,211
- Average weekly wage, Butler County$1,023
- Housing units permitted, Butler County27
- Of those, single family, Butler County27
- County product, 2024, Butler County$705,279,000
- County product change over the prior year, Butler County-7.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Butler County$53,958
Every figure in this section is published for Butler County as a whole and is not a measurement of Allison. 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
Allison questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Allison, Iowa?
929, in 413 households. Allison city covers 2.93 square miles of land, which is 317 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Allison in?
Butler 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 Allison?
$64,063. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $111,500. Median gross rent is $740 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Allison businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $659,800, across 1 lenders, median approval $538,800. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Allison, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Allison borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Allison. 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 Allison figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Butler 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 Allison.
Is zoning published for Allison?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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