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Riceville city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Riceville city is a Census city of 823 people across 1.06 square miles of land, lying across Howard County and Mitchell County. Median household income is $44,615, 67.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.4 m.
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Riceville
What Riceville is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.06 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land777
- County holding the largest share of its areaHoward County, 52.4 percent
- Counties this place lies inHoward County 52.4 percent, Mitchell County 47.6 percent
Riceville 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.
Riceville
How many people live in Riceville
- Population823
- Median age36.3
- Population under 18175 plus or minus 54
- Share under 1821.3 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Population 65 and over182 plus or minus 47
- Share 65 and over22.1 percent
- Households396
- Family households197 plus or minus 45
- Share of households that are families49.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Riceville
Income and work in Riceville
- Median household income$44,615
- Per capita income$27,101
- Civilian labor force418 plus or minus 97
- Employed414 plus or minus 99
- Unemployed4 plus or minus 5
- Unemployment rate1.0 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Adults 25 and over580
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.6 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.1 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Riceville
Housing in Riceville
- Housing units427
- Occupied units396
- Vacant units31 plus or minus 25
- Vacancy rate7.3 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Owner occupied269
- Renter occupied127 plus or minus 54
- Ownership rate67.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$112,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,156 plus or minus $775
- Annual rent as a share of median income31.1 percent plus or minus 21.3
- Single family units404
- Share single family94.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more12 plus or minus 14
- Share in buildings of two or more2.8 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Mobile homes11 plus or minus 9
- Median year structure built1950
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Riceville
How Riceville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute381 plus or minus 97
- Commuting under 15 minutes118 plus or minus 40
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.0 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more152 plus or minus 75
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.9 percent plus or minus 16.8
- Drove alone82.2 percent
- Carpooled9.0 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Worked from home7.3 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Riceville
SBA loans in Riceville (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$1,441,000
- Average approval$288,200
- Median approval$225,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$515,000
- Largest approval$515,000
- Jobs supported22
- Jobs per approval4.4
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term159 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
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.
Riceville
SBA loans in Riceville (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$539,000
- Average approval$269,500
- Median approval$351,000
- Largest approval$351,000
- Jobs supported4
- Loans with a final outcome0
- 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.
Howard County, not Riceville
Howard County context, not Riceville figures
These are Howard County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Riceville measurements.
- Establishments in Howard County270
- Employment at those establishments, Howard County3,350
- Covered employment, Howard County4,402
- Average annual pay, Howard County$48,223
- Average weekly wage, Howard County$927
- Housing units permitted, Howard County8
- Of those, single family, Howard County8
- County product, 2024, Howard County$727,355,000
- County product change over the prior year, Howard County3.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Howard County$51,474
Every figure in this section is published for Howard County as a whole and is not a measurement of Riceville. 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
Riceville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Riceville, Iowa?
823, in 396 households. Riceville city covers 1.06 square miles of land, which is 777 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Riceville in?
Riceville lies in more than one. By area it is 52.4 percent in Howard County, 47.6 percent in Mitchell County. This page sits under Howard 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 Riceville?
$44,615. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $112,100. Median gross rent is $1,156 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Riceville businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $1.4 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $225,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $539,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Riceville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Riceville borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Riceville. 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 Riceville figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Howard 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 Riceville.
Is zoning published for Riceville?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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