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Wayland city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Wayland city is a Census city of 1,191 people across 1.06 square miles of land, in Henry County. Median household income is $70,774, 79.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $115,000.
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Wayland
What Wayland is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.06 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,120 plus or minus 239
- County holding the largest share of its areaHenry 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.
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How many people live in Wayland
- Population1,191 plus or minus 254
- Median age42.2
- Population under 18273 plus or minus 66
- Share under 1822.9 percent
- Population 65 and over220 plus or minus 51
- Share 65 and over18.5 percent
- Households397
- Family households257 plus or minus 55
- Share of households that are families64.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Wayland
- Median household income$70,774
- Per capita income$29,215
- Civilian labor force580 plus or minus 149
- Employed580 plus or minus 149
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over861 plus or minus 190
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.9 percent plus or minus 27.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.4 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.7 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Wayland
- Housing units427
- Occupied units397
- Vacant units30 plus or minus 26
- Vacancy rate7.0 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Owner occupied317
- Renter occupied80 plus or minus 35
- Ownership rate79.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$135,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$814
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.8 percent
- Single family units353
- Share single family82.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more67 plus or minus 33
- Share in buildings of two or more15.7 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Mobile homes7 plus or minus 6
- Median year structure built1961
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Wayland gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute557 plus or minus 145
- Commuting under 15 minutes213 plus or minus 86
- Share commuting under 15 minutes38.2 percent plus or minus 11.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more144 plus or minus 47
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more25.9 percent
- Drove alone84.2 percent
- Carpooled8.1 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home1.9 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Wayland (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$115,000
- Average approval$115,000
- Median approval$115,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$115,000
- Largest approval$115,000
- Jobs supported3
- Jobs per approval3.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term60 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.
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SBA loans in Wayland (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,586,000
- Average approval$793,000
- Median approval$990,000
- Largest approval$990,000
- Jobs supported6
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Henry County, not Wayland
Henry County context, not Wayland figures
These are Henry County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wayland measurements.
- Establishments in Henry County482
- Employment at those establishments, Henry County6,726
- Covered employment, Henry County8,137
- Average annual pay, Henry County$52,431
- Average weekly wage, Henry County$1,008
- Housing units permitted, Henry County36
- Of those, single family, Henry County28
- County product, 2024, Henry County$1,153,613,000
- County product change over the prior year, Henry County-0.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Henry County$50,038
Every figure in this section is published for Henry County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wayland. 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
Wayland questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wayland, Iowa?
1,191, in 397 households. Wayland city covers 1.06 square miles of land, which is 1,120 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wayland in?
Henry 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 Wayland?
$70,774. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $135,500. Median gross rent is $814 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wayland businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $115,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $115,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wayland, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wayland borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wayland. 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 Wayland figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Henry 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 Wayland.
Is zoning published for Wayland?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.