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Peterson city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Peterson city is a Census city of 298 people across 0.52 square miles of land, in Clay County. Median household income is $73,333, 88.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Peterson
What Peterson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.52 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land574
- County holding the largest share of its areaClay 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.
Peterson
How many people live in Peterson
- Population298
- Median age57.0 plus or minus 15.4
- Population under 1846 plus or minus 24
- Share under 1815.4 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Population 65 and over100 plus or minus 30
- Share 65 and over33.6 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Households158 plus or minus 37
- Family households88 plus or minus 23
- Share of households that are families55.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Peterson
Income and work in Peterson
- Median household income$73,333 plus or minus $19,185
- Per capita income$47,348 plus or minus $13,592
- Civilian labor force167 plus or minus 47
- Employed167 plus or minus 47
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over232
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher30.6 percent plus or minus 10.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.8 percent plus or minus 8.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Peterson
Housing in Peterson
- Housing units189 plus or minus 47
- Occupied units158 plus or minus 37
- Vacant units31 plus or minus 32
- Vacancy rate16.4 percent plus or minus 16.4
- Owner occupied140 plus or minus 34
- Renter occupied18 plus or minus 13
- Ownership rate88.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$93,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$983 plus or minus $440
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.1 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Single family units174 plus or minus 46
- Share single family92.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more8 plus or minus 13
- Share in buildings of two or more4.2 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Mobile homes7 plus or minus 9
- Median year structure built1948
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Peterson
How Peterson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute164 plus or minus 48
- Commuting under 15 minutes36 plus or minus 18
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.0 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more86 plus or minus 35
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more52.4 percent plus or minus 14.4
- Drove alone89.2 percent
- Carpooled7.2 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Worked from home1.2 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clay County, not Peterson
Clay County context, not Peterson figures
These are Clay County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Peterson measurements.
- Establishments in Clay County570
- Employment at those establishments, Clay County7,012
- Covered employment, Clay County8,534
- Average annual pay, Clay County$53,504
- Average weekly wage, Clay County$1,029
- Housing units permitted, Clay County9
- Of those, single family, Clay County9
- County product, 2024, Clay County$1,539,920,000
- County product change over the prior year, Clay County8.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Clay County$56,054
Every figure in this section is published for Clay County as a whole and is not a measurement of Peterson. 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- 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
Peterson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Peterson, Iowa?
298, in 158 households. Peterson city covers 0.52 square miles of land, which is 574 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Peterson in?
Clay 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 Peterson?
$73,333. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $93,500. Median gross rent is $983 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Peterson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Clay 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 Peterson.
Is zoning published for Peterson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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