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Carroll city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Carroll city is a Census city of 10,208 people across 6.01 square miles of land, in Carroll County. Median household income is $69,706, 71.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.8 m.
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Carroll
What Carroll is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.01 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,698
- County holding the largest share of its areaCarroll 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.
Carroll
How many people live in Carroll
- Population10,208
- Median age43.6
- Population under 182,204
- Share under 1821.6 percent
- Population 65 and over2,456
- Share 65 and over24.1 percent
- Households4,696
- Family households2,476
- Share of households that are families52.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carroll
Income and work in Carroll
- Median household income$69,706
- Per capita income$42,789
- Civilian labor force5,231
- Employed5,101
- Unemployed130 plus or minus 122
- Unemployment rate2.5 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Adults 25 and over7,429
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.1 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carroll
Housing in Carroll
- Housing units4,965
- Occupied units4,696
- Vacant units269 plus or minus 143
- Vacancy rate5.4 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Owner occupied3,371
- Renter occupied1,325
- Ownership rate71.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$188,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$722
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.4 percent
- Single family units3,926
- Share single family79.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,002 plus or minus 267
- Share in buildings of two or more20.2 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Mobile homes37 plus or minus 39
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carroll
How Carroll gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,763
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,860
- Share commuting under 15 minutes81.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more399 plus or minus 152
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more8.4 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Drove alone82.8 percent
- Carpooled7.8 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home6.4 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carroll
SBA loans in Carroll (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$3,848,000
- Average approval$962,000
- Median approval$468,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,180,000
- Largest approval$3,180,000
- Jobs supported71
- Jobs per approval17.8
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full1
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more25.0 percent
- Share to franchises100.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Carroll
SBA loans in Carroll (504)
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$3,683,000
- Average approval$368,300
- Median approval$275,000
- Largest approval$1,208,000
- Jobs supported129
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Carroll County, not Carroll
Carroll County context, not Carroll figures
These are Carroll County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Carroll measurements.
- Establishments in Carroll County827
- Employment at those establishments, Carroll County10,168
- Covered employment, Carroll County10,978
- Average annual pay, Carroll County$50,662
- Average weekly wage, Carroll County$974
- Housing units permitted, Carroll County34
- Of those, single family, Carroll County29
- County product, 2024, Carroll County$1,837,302,000
- County product change over the prior year, Carroll County4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Carroll County$51,911
Every figure in this section is published for Carroll County as a whole and is not a measurement of Carroll. 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
Carroll questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Carroll, Iowa?
10,208, in 4,696 households. Carroll city covers 6.01 square miles of land, which is 1,698 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Carroll in?
Carroll 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 Carroll?
$69,706. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $188,700. Median gross rent is $722 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Carroll businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $3.8 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $468,000, plus 10 504 approvals worth $3.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Carroll, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Carroll borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Carroll. only 2 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 Carroll figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Carroll 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 Carroll.
Is zoning published for Carroll?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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