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West Point city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
West Point city is a Census city of 840 people across 0.64 square miles of land, in Lee County. Median household income is $73,125, 78.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $57,700.
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West Point
What West Point is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.64 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,321
- County holding the largest share of its areaLee 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.
West Point
How many people live in West Point
- Population840
- Median age49.3
- Population under 18178 plus or minus 57
- Share under 1821.2 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Population 65 and over278 plus or minus 58
- Share 65 and over33.1 percent
- Households386
- Family households255 plus or minus 55
- Share of households that are families66.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Point
Income and work in West Point
- Median household income$73,125 plus or minus $17,882
- Per capita income$41,575
- Civilian labor force354 plus or minus 87
- Employed349 plus or minus 86
- Unemployed5 plus or minus 7
- Unemployment rate1.4 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over635
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.9 percent plus or minus 21.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.1 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.1 percent plus or minus 4.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Point
Housing in West Point
- Housing units422
- Occupied units386
- Vacant units36 plus or minus 32
- Vacancy rate8.5 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Owner occupied301
- Renter occupied85 plus or minus 30
- Ownership rate78.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$178,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$617 plus or minus $197
- Annual rent as a share of median income10.1 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Single family units314
- Share single family74.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more83 plus or minus 42
- Share in buildings of two or more19.7 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Mobile homes25 plus or minus 23
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Point
How West Point gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute358 plus or minus 80
- Commuting under 15 minutes139 plus or minus 48
- Share commuting under 15 minutes38.8 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more95 plus or minus 40
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.5 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Drove alone81.1 percent
- Carpooled10.3 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.6 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Worked from home0.6 percent plus or minus 1.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Point
SBA 7(a) lending to West Point borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$57,700
- Average approval$57,700
- Median approval$57,700
- Ninetieth percentile approval$57,700
- Largest approval$57,700
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term84 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.
Lee County, not West Point
Lee County context, not West Point figures
These are Lee County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as West Point measurements.
- Establishments in Lee County786
- Employment at those establishments, Lee County13,101
- Covered employment, Lee County13,719
- Average annual pay, Lee County$57,333
- Average weekly wage, Lee County$1,103
- Housing units permitted, Lee County54
- Of those, single family, Lee County12
- County product, 2024, Lee County$2,263,540,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lee County1.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lee County$46,952
Every figure in this section is published for Lee County as a whole and is not a measurement of West Point. 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
West Point questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in West Point, Iowa?
840, in 386 households. West Point city covers 0.64 square miles of land, which is 1,321 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is West Point in?
Lee 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 West Point?
$73,125. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $178,700. Median gross rent is $617 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to West Point businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $57,700, across 1 lenders, median approval $57,700. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in West Point, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to West Point borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for West Point. 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 West Point figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lee 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 West Point.
Is zoning published for West Point?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.