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Rockwell city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Rockwell city is a Census city of 986 people across 2.97 square miles of land, in Cerro Gordo County. Median household income is $60,982, 74.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $576,000.
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Rockwell
What Rockwell is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.97 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land332
- County holding the largest share of its areaCerro Gordo 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.
Rockwell
How many people live in Rockwell
- Population986
- Median age42.7
- Population under 18267 plus or minus 84
- Share under 1827.1 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Population 65 and over278 plus or minus 60
- Share 65 and over28.2 percent
- Households403
- Family households249 plus or minus 52
- Share of households that are families61.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rockwell
Income and work in Rockwell
- Median household income$60,982 plus or minus $15,415
- Per capita income$30,174
- Civilian labor force433 plus or minus 98
- Employed429 plus or minus 98
- Unemployed4 plus or minus 5
- Unemployment rate0.9 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Adults 25 and over655
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.9 percent plus or minus 23.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.0 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.7 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rockwell
Housing in Rockwell
- Housing units425
- Occupied units403
- Vacant units22 plus or minus 18
- Vacancy rate5.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Owner occupied301
- Renter occupied102 plus or minus 66
- Ownership rate74.7 percent plus or minus 18.9
- Median owner-occupied home value$163,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$575 plus or minus $157
- Annual rent as a share of median income11.3 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Single family units351
- Share single family82.6 percent plus or minus 20.5
- Units in buildings of two or more74 plus or minus 60
- Share in buildings of two or more17.4 percent plus or minus 13.7
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rockwell
How Rockwell gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute378 plus or minus 89
- Commuting under 15 minutes135 plus or minus 42
- Share commuting under 15 minutes35.7 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more73 plus or minus 39
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more19.3 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Drove alone84.5 percent
- Carpooled5.8 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Worked from home8.7 percent plus or minus 4.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rockwell
SBA loans in Rockwell (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$576,000
- Average approval$288,000
- Median approval$400,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$400,000
- Largest approval$400,000
- Jobs supported3
- Jobs per approval1.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Rockwell
SBA loans in Rockwell (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$248,000
- Average approval$248,000
- Median approval$248,000
- Largest approval$248,000
- Jobs supported0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- 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.
Cerro Gordo County, not Rockwell
Cerro Gordo County context, not Rockwell figures
These are Cerro Gordo County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Rockwell measurements.
- Establishments in Cerro Gordo County1,357
- Employment at those establishments, Cerro Gordo County20,024
- Covered employment, Cerro Gordo County23,531
- Average annual pay, Cerro Gordo County$54,949
- Average weekly wage, Cerro Gordo County$1,057
- Housing units permitted, Cerro Gordo County52
- Of those, single family, Cerro Gordo County30
- County product, 2024, Cerro Gordo County$3,729,490,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cerro Gordo County3.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cerro Gordo County$67,400
Every figure in this section is published for Cerro Gordo County as a whole and is not a measurement of Rockwell. 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
Rockwell questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Rockwell, Iowa?
986, in 403 households. Rockwell city covers 2.97 square miles of land, which is 332 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Rockwell in?
Cerro Gordo 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 Rockwell?
$60,982. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $163,300. Median gross rent is $575 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Rockwell businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $576,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $400,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $248,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Rockwell, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Rockwell borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Rockwell. only 0 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 Rockwell figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cerro Gordo 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 Rockwell.
Is zoning published for Rockwell?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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