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Wadena city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Wadena city is a Census city of 177 people across 0.75 square miles of land, in Fayette County. Median household income is $38,750, 76.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Wadena
What Wadena is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.75 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land235 plus or minus 64
- County holding the largest share of its areaFayette 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.
Wadena
How many people live in Wadena
- Population177 plus or minus 48
- Median age53.6
- Population under 1821 plus or minus 15
- Share under 1811.9 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Population 65 and over60 plus or minus 22
- Share 65 and over33.9 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Households94 plus or minus 24
- Family households41 plus or minus 16
- Share of households that are families43.6 percent plus or minus 12.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wadena
Income and work in Wadena
- Median household income$38,750 plus or minus $18,514
- Per capita income$24,084 plus or minus $6,551
- Civilian labor force61 plus or minus 24
- Employed58 plus or minus 24
- Unemployed3 plus or minus 4
- Unemployment rate4.9 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Adults 25 and over153 plus or minus 43
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.7 percent plus or minus 11.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.0 percent plus or minus 7.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wadena
Housing in Wadena
- Housing units112 plus or minus 31
- Occupied units94 plus or minus 24
- Vacant units18 plus or minus 17
- Vacancy rate16.1 percent plus or minus 14.5
- Owner occupied72 plus or minus 24
- Renter occupied22 plus or minus 16
- Ownership rate76.6 percent plus or minus 16.4
- Median owner-occupied home value$94,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$532
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.5 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Single family units97 plus or minus 32
- Share single family86.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more12 plus or minus 17
- Share in buildings of two or more10.7 percent plus or minus 14.6
- Mobile homes3 plus or minus 4
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wadena
How Wadena gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute48 plus or minus 21
- Commuting under 15 minutes6 plus or minus 8
- Share commuting under 15 minutes12.5 percent plus or minus 15.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more21 plus or minus 14
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more43.8 percent plus or minus 22.8
- Drove alone72.4 percent
- Carpooled5.2 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.4 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Worked from home17.2 percent plus or minus 23.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fayette County, not Wadena
Fayette County context, not Wadena figures
These are Fayette County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wadena measurements.
- Establishments in Fayette County524
- Employment at those establishments, Fayette County5,706
- Covered employment, Fayette County6,964
- Average annual pay, Fayette County$48,847
- Average weekly wage, Fayette County$939
- Housing units permitted, Fayette County11
- Of those, single family, Fayette County9
- County product, 2024, Fayette County$1,074,991,000
- County product change over the prior year, Fayette County6.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Fayette County$48,126
Every figure in this section is published for Fayette County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wadena. 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
Wadena questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wadena, Iowa?
177, in 94 households. Wadena city covers 0.75 square miles of land, which is 235 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wadena in?
Fayette 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 Wadena?
$38,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $94,200. Median gross rent is $532 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 Wadena figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Fayette 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 Wadena.
Is zoning published for Wadena?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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