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Waucoma city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Waucoma city is a Census city of 291 people across 0.47 square miles of land, in Fayette County. Median household income is $78,750, 87.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $34,600.
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Waucoma
What Waucoma is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.47 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land622 plus or minus 242
- 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.
Waucoma
How many people live in Waucoma
- Population291 plus or minus 113
- Median age44.3 plus or minus 14.3
- Population under 1872 plus or minus 41
- Share under 1824.7 percent plus or minus 10.4
- Population 65 and over62 plus or minus 24
- Share 65 and over21.3 percent
- Households112 plus or minus 35
- Family households77 plus or minus 29
- Share of households that are families68.8 percent plus or minus 14.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waucoma
Income and work in Waucoma
- Median household income$78,750 plus or minus $19,378
- Per capita income$33,948
- Civilian labor force189 plus or minus 78
- Employed184 plus or minus 78
- Unemployed5 plus or minus 5
- Unemployment rate2.6 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over176 plus or minus 56
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.9 percent plus or minus 41.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher8.0 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Waucoma
- Housing units129 plus or minus 37
- Occupied units112 plus or minus 35
- Vacant units17 plus or minus 15
- Vacancy rate13.2 percent plus or minus 11.0
- Owner occupied98 plus or minus 32
- Renter occupied14 plus or minus 11
- Ownership rate87.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$122,700 plus or minus $55,641
- Median gross rent, monthly$475 plus or minus $246
- Annual rent as a share of median income7.2 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Single family units117 plus or minus 36
- Share single family90.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more9 plus or minus 16
- Share in buildings of two or more7.0 percent plus or minus 12.6
- Mobile homes3 plus or minus 3
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Waucoma gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute180 plus or minus 78
- Commuting under 15 minutes80 plus or minus 42
- Share commuting under 15 minutes44.4 percent plus or minus 13.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more55 plus or minus 26
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more30.6 percent
- Drove alone88.0 percent plus or minus 18.9
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.7 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Worked from home2.2 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waucoma
SBA loans in Waucoma (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$34,600
- Average approval$34,600
- Median approval$34,600
- Ninetieth percentile approval$34,600
- Largest approval$34,600
- Jobs supported1
- Jobs per approval1.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term74 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 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.
Fayette County, not Waucoma
Fayette County context, not Waucoma 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 Waucoma 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 Waucoma. 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
Waucoma questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Waucoma, Iowa?
291, in 112 households. Waucoma city covers 0.47 square miles of land, which is 622 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Waucoma 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 Waucoma?
$78,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $122,700. Median gross rent is $475 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Waucoma businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $34,600, across 1 lenders, median approval $34,600. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Waucoma, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Waucoma borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Waucoma. 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 Waucoma 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 Waucoma.
Is zoning published for Waucoma?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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