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De Soto city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
De Soto city is a Census city of 1,041 people across 1.88 square miles of land, in Dallas County. Median household income is $97,109, 84.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $550,000.
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De Soto
What De Soto is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.88 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land553
- County holding the largest share of its areaDallas 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.
De Soto
How many people live in De Soto
- Population1,041
- Median age32.0
- Population under 18296 plus or minus 71
- Share under 1828.4 percent
- Population 65 and over152 plus or minus 42
- Share 65 and over14.6 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Households389
- Family households288
- Share of households that are families74.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
De Soto
Income and work in De Soto
- Median household income$97,109
- Per capita income$36,588
- Civilian labor force595 plus or minus 125
- Employed576 plus or minus 123
- Unemployed19 plus or minus 18
- Unemployment rate3.2 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Adults 25 and over662
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.8 percent plus or minus 21.6
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.2 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
De Soto
Housing in De Soto
- Housing units417
- Occupied units389
- Vacant units28 plus or minus 23
- Vacancy rate6.7 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Owner occupied330
- Renter occupied59 plus or minus 32
- Ownership rate84.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$227,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,089
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.5 percent
- Single family units381
- Share single family91.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more11 plus or minus 17
- Share in buildings of two or more2.6 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Mobile homes25 plus or minus 16
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
De Soto
How De Soto gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute485 plus or minus 114
- Commuting under 15 minutes67 plus or minus 36
- Share commuting under 15 minutes13.8 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more238 plus or minus 79
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more49.1 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Drove alone75.0 percent
- Carpooled9.5 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home14.6 percent plus or minus 5.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
De Soto
SBA loans in De Soto (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$550,000
- Average approval$550,000
- Median approval$550,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$550,000
- Largest approval$550,000
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
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.
Dallas County, not De Soto
Dallas County context, not De Soto figures
These are Dallas County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as De Soto measurements.
- Establishments in Dallas County2,521
- Employment at those establishments, Dallas County46,640
- Covered employment, Dallas County55,258
- Average annual pay, Dallas County$76,316
- Average weekly wage, Dallas County$1,468
- Housing units permitted, Dallas County1,513
- Of those, single family, Dallas County883
- County product, 2024, Dallas County$11,106,538,000
- County product change over the prior year, Dallas County7.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Dallas County$79,519
Every figure in this section is published for Dallas County as a whole and is not a measurement of De Soto. 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
De Soto questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in De Soto, Iowa?
1,041, in 389 households. De Soto city covers 1.88 square miles of land, which is 553 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is De Soto in?
Dallas 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 De Soto?
$97,109. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $227,700. Median gross rent is $1,089 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to De Soto businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $550,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $550,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in De Soto, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to De Soto borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for De Soto. 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 De Soto figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Dallas 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 De Soto.
Is zoning published for De Soto?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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