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Ackley city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Ackley city is a Census city of 1,482 people across 2.46 square miles of land, lying across Hardin County and Franklin County. Median household income is $62,583, 81.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.8 m.
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Ackley
What Ackley is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.46 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land603
- County holding the largest share of its areaHardin County, 65.8 percent
- Counties this place lies inHardin County 65.8 percent, Franklin County 34.2 percent
Ackley city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ackley
How many people live in Ackley
- Population1,482
- Median age46.7
- Population under 18245 plus or minus 53
- Share under 1816.5 percent
- Population 65 and over364
- Share 65 and over24.6 percent
- Households683
- Family households367
- Share of households that are families53.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ackley
Income and work in Ackley
- Median household income$62,583
- Per capita income$35,191
- Civilian labor force756
- Employed741
- Unemployed15 plus or minus 14
- Unemployment rate2.0 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over1,122
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.9 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.4 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ackley
Housing in Ackley
- Housing units788
- Occupied units683
- Vacant units105 plus or minus 48
- Vacancy rate13.3 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Owner occupied555
- Renter occupied128 plus or minus 53
- Ownership rate81.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$103,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$669
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.8 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Single family units674
- Share single family85.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more106 plus or minus 47
- Share in buildings of two or more13.5 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Mobile homes8 plus or minus 7
- Median year structure built1952
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ackley
How Ackley gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute692
- Commuting under 15 minutes241 plus or minus 52
- Share commuting under 15 minutes34.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more220 plus or minus 60
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.8 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Drove alone85.5 percent
- Carpooled5.0 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.8 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Worked from home5.6 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ackley
SBA loans in Ackley (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$6,845,000
- Average approval$2,281,667
- Median approval$3,150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,600,000
- Largest approval$3,600,000
- Jobs supported31
- Jobs per approval10.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term180 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
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.
Hardin County, not Ackley
Hardin County context, not Ackley figures
These are Hardin County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ackley measurements.
- Establishments in Hardin County499
- Employment at those establishments, Hardin County4,845
- Covered employment, Hardin County6,483
- Average annual pay, Hardin County$54,065
- Average weekly wage, Hardin County$1,040
- Housing units permitted, Hardin County28
- Of those, single family, Hardin County28
- County product, 2024, Hardin County$1,142,119,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hardin County1.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hardin County$45,163
Every figure in this section is published for Hardin County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ackley. 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
Ackley questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ackley, Iowa?
1,482, in 683 households. Ackley city covers 2.46 square miles of land, which is 603 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ackley in?
Ackley lies in more than one. By area it is 65.8 percent in Hardin County, 34.2 percent in Franklin County. This page sits under Hardin County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Ackley?
$62,583. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $103,900. Median gross rent is $669 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Ackley businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $6.8 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $3,150,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Ackley, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Ackley borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Ackley. 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 Ackley figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Hardin 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 Ackley.
Is zoning published for Ackley?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.