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Ionia city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Ionia city is a Census city of 336 people across 0.56 square miles of land, in Chickasaw County. Median household income is $73,945, 82.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $240,400.
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Ionia
What Ionia is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.56 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land596 plus or minus 222
- County holding the largest share of its areaChickasaw 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.
Ionia
How many people live in Ionia
- Population336 plus or minus 125
- Median age27.9 plus or minus 12.2
- Population under 18105 plus or minus 42
- Share under 1831.3 percent
- Population 65 and over53 plus or minus 19
- Share 65 and over15.8 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Households145 plus or minus 61
- Family households76 plus or minus 31
- Share of households that are families52.4 percent plus or minus 30.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ionia
Income and work in Ionia
- Median household income$73,945
- Per capita income$34,830 plus or minus $11,207
- Civilian labor force168 plus or minus 76
- Employed167 plus or minus 76
- Unemployed1 plus or minus 3
- Unemployment rate0.6 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over193 plus or minus 60
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.4 percent plus or minus 39.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher9.3 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.1 percent plus or minus 5.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ionia
Housing in Ionia
- Housing units169 plus or minus 64
- Occupied units145 plus or minus 61
- Vacant units24 plus or minus 19
- Vacancy rate14.2 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Owner occupied119 plus or minus 57
- Renter occupied26 plus or minus 17
- Ownership rate82.1 percent plus or minus 18.8
- Median owner-occupied home value$95,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$533 plus or minus $233
- Annual rent as a share of median income8.6 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Single family units139 plus or minus 62
- Share single family82.2 percent plus or minus 19.2
- Units in buildings of two or more28 plus or minus 21
- Share in buildings of two or more16.6 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Mobile homes2 plus or minus 3
- Median year structure built1951
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ionia
How Ionia gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute155 plus or minus 71
- Commuting under 15 minutes75 plus or minus 48
- Share commuting under 15 minutes48.4 percent plus or minus 21.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more18 plus or minus 18
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more11.6 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Drove alone86.5 percent plus or minus 18.8
- Carpooled4.3 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.3 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Worked from home4.9 percent plus or minus 6.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ionia
SBA loans in Ionia (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$240,400
- Average approval$48,080
- Median approval$38,400
- Ninetieth percentile approval$73,500
- Largest approval$73,500
- Jobs supported12
- Jobs per approval2.4
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term82 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
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.
Chickasaw County, not Ionia
Chickasaw County context, not Ionia figures
These are Chickasaw County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ionia measurements.
- Establishments in Chickasaw County353
- Employment at those establishments, Chickasaw County4,157
- Covered employment, Chickasaw County5,115
- Average annual pay, Chickasaw County$55,425
- Average weekly wage, Chickasaw County$1,066
- Housing units permitted, Chickasaw County5
- Of those, single family, Chickasaw County5
- County product, 2024, Chickasaw County$1,087,234,000
- County product change over the prior year, Chickasaw County5.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Chickasaw County$47,874
Every figure in this section is published for Chickasaw County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ionia. 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
Ionia questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ionia, Iowa?
336, in 145 households. Ionia city covers 0.56 square miles of land, which is 596 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ionia in?
Chickasaw 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 Ionia?
$73,945. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $95,700. Median gross rent is $533 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Ionia businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $240,400, across 1 lenders, median approval $38,400. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Ionia, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Ionia borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Ionia. 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 Ionia figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Chickasaw 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 Ionia.
Is zoning published for Ionia?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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