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Tiffin city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Tiffin city is a Census city of 5,737 people across 4.32 square miles of land, in Johnson County. Median household income is $100,952, 80.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.7 m.
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Tiffin
What Tiffin is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.32 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,327
- County holding the largest share of its areaJohnson 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.
Tiffin
How many people live in Tiffin
- Population5,737
- Median age33.0
- Population under 181,569 plus or minus 347
- Share under 1827.3 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Population 65 and over586 plus or minus 205
- Share 65 and over10.2 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Households2,406
- Family households1,651
- Share of households that are families68.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tiffin
Income and work in Tiffin
- Median household income$100,952 plus or minus $25,401
- Per capita income$61,387 plus or minus $23,363
- Civilian labor force3,188
- Employed3,175
- Unemployed13 plus or minus 21
- Unemployment rate0.4 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Adults 25 and over3,544
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher100.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher63.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree19.2 percent plus or minus 5.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tiffin
Housing in Tiffin
- Housing units2,406
- Occupied units2,406
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied1,929
- Renter occupied477 plus or minus 178
- Ownership rate80.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$338,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,224
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.5 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Single family units1,944
- Share single family80.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more462 plus or minus 208
- Share in buildings of two or more19.2 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built2012
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tiffin
How Tiffin gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,584
- Commuting under 15 minutes565 plus or minus 230
- Share commuting under 15 minutes21.9 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more537 plus or minus 218
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.8 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Drove alone78.5 percent
- Carpooled2.1 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.4 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home18.6 percent plus or minus 5.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tiffin
SBA loans in Tiffin (7(a))
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$1,716,500
- Average approval$190,722
- Median approval$198,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$478,000
- Largest approval$478,000
- Jobs supported62
- Jobs per approval6.9
- 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 franchises22.2 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
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.
Tiffin
SBA loans in Tiffin (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$259,000
- Average approval$259,000
- Median approval$259,000
- Largest approval$259,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome1
- 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.
Johnson County, not Tiffin
Johnson County context, not Tiffin figures
These are Johnson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Tiffin measurements.
- Establishments in Johnson County3,490
- Employment at those establishments, Johnson County68,965
- Covered employment, Johnson County83,750
- Average annual pay, Johnson County$64,363
- Average weekly wage, Johnson County$1,238
- Housing units permitted, Johnson County714
- Of those, single family, Johnson County512
- County product, 2024, Johnson County$12,640,083,000
- County product change over the prior year, Johnson County4.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Johnson County$63,933
Every figure in this section is published for Johnson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Tiffin. 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
Tiffin questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Tiffin, Iowa?
5,737, in 2,406 households. Tiffin city covers 4.32 square miles of land, which is 1,327 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Tiffin in?
Johnson 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 Tiffin?
$100,952. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $338,500. Median gross rent is $1,224 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Tiffin businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $1.7 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $198,500, plus 1 504 approvals worth $259,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Tiffin, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Tiffin borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Tiffin. 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 Tiffin figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Johnson 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 Tiffin.
Is zoning published for Tiffin?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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