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Battle Creek city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Battle Creek city is a Census city of 803 people across 0.57 square miles of land, in Ida County. Median household income is $59,688, 75.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $150,000.
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Battle Creek
What Battle Creek is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.57 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,404 plus or minus 304
- County holding the largest share of its areaIda 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.
Battle Creek
How many people live in Battle Creek
- Population803 plus or minus 174
- Median age41.0 plus or minus 8.9
- Population under 18239 plus or minus 66
- Share under 1829.8 percent
- Population 65 and over170 plus or minus 47
- Share 65 and over21.2 percent
- Households317 plus or minus 67
- Family households186 plus or minus 58
- Share of households that are families58.7 percent plus or minus 13.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Battle Creek
- Median household income$59,688 plus or minus $26,660
- Per capita income$28,118
- Civilian labor force418 plus or minus 125
- Employed414 plus or minus 125
- Unemployed4 plus or minus 5
- Unemployment rate1.0 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Adults 25 and over528 plus or minus 110
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher10.2 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.2 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Battle Creek
- Housing units381 plus or minus 79
- Occupied units317 plus or minus 67
- Vacant units64 plus or minus 43
- Vacancy rate16.8 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Owner occupied240 plus or minus 60
- Renter occupied77 plus or minus 34
- Ownership rate75.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$73,800 plus or minus $21,016
- Median gross rent, monthly$480 plus or minus $258
- Annual rent as a share of median income9.7 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Single family units325 plus or minus 70
- Share single family85.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more54 plus or minus 39
- Share in buildings of two or more14.2 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Mobile homes2 plus or minus 3
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Battle Creek gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute336 plus or minus 82
- Commuting under 15 minutes173 plus or minus 64
- Share commuting under 15 minutes51.5 percent plus or minus 14.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more24 plus or minus 18
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more7.1 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Drove alone75.7 percent plus or minus 29.8
- Carpooled5.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home17.4 percent plus or minus 13.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Battle Creek
SBA loans in Battle Creek (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$150,000
- Average approval$75,000
- Median approval$85,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$85,000
- Largest approval$85,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval1.0
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 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 2 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.
Ida County, not Battle Creek
Ida County context, not Battle Creek figures
These are Ida County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Battle Creek measurements.
- Establishments in Ida County244
- Employment at those establishments, Ida County3,275
- Covered employment, Ida County3,584
- Average annual pay, Ida County$60,392
- Average weekly wage, Ida County$1,161
- Housing units permitted, Ida County2
- Of those, single family, Ida County2
- County product, 2024, Ida County$745,612,000
- County product change over the prior year, Ida County-0.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Ida County$43,815
Every figure in this section is published for Ida County as a whole and is not a measurement of Battle Creek. 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
Battle Creek questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Battle Creek, Iowa?
803, in 317 households. Battle Creek city covers 0.57 square miles of land, which is 1,404 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Battle Creek in?
Ida 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 Battle Creek?
$59,688. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $73,800. Median gross rent is $480 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Battle Creek businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $150,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $85,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Battle Creek, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Battle Creek borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Battle Creek. only 2 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 Battle Creek figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Ida 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 Battle Creek.
Is zoning published for Battle Creek?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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