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Emerson city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Emerson city is a Census city of 570 people across 0.25 square miles of land, in Mills County. Median household income is $49,063, 82.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $50,000.
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Emerson
What Emerson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.25 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,237 plus or minus 459
- County holding the largest share of its areaMills 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.
Emerson
How many people live in Emerson
- Population570 plus or minus 117
- Median age45.4
- Population under 18129 plus or minus 48
- Share under 1822.6 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Population 65 and over97 plus or minus 22
- Share 65 and over17.0 percent
- Households246
- Family households153 plus or minus 35
- Share of households that are families62.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Emerson
Income and work in Emerson
- Median household income$49,063 plus or minus $9,796
- Per capita income$33,662
- Civilian labor force256 plus or minus 62
- Employed245 plus or minus 60
- Unemployed11 plus or minus 11
- Unemployment rate4.3 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Adults 25 and over395
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.5 percent plus or minus 21.7
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher9.9 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.5 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Emerson
Housing in Emerson
- Housing units282 plus or minus 57
- Occupied units246
- Vacant units36 plus or minus 27
- Vacancy rate12.8 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Owner occupied203 plus or minus 46
- Renter occupied43 plus or minus 24
- Ownership rate82.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$119,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,034 plus or minus $413
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.3 percent plus or minus 11.3
- Single family units256 plus or minus 53
- Share single family90.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more14 plus or minus 14
- Share in buildings of two or more5.0 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Mobile homes12 plus or minus 11
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Emerson
How Emerson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute233 plus or minus 61
- Commuting under 15 minutes60 plus or minus 30
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.8 percent plus or minus 11.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more78 plus or minus 35
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more33.5 percent plus or minus 12.0
- Drove alone83.8 percent
- Carpooled5.3 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home5.7 percent plus or minus 4.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Emerson
SBA loans in Emerson (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$50,000
- Average approval$50,000
- Median approval$50,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$50,000
- Largest approval$50,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- 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 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.
Mills County, not Emerson
Mills County context, not Emerson figures
These are Mills County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Emerson measurements.
- Establishments in Mills County331
- Employment at those establishments, Mills County2,291
- Covered employment, Mills County3,361
- Average annual pay, Mills County$55,050
- Average weekly wage, Mills County$1,059
- Housing units permitted, Mills County40
- Of those, single family, Mills County40
- County product, 2024, Mills County$645,309,000
- County product change over the prior year, Mills County0.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Mills County$69,726
Every figure in this section is published for Mills County as a whole and is not a measurement of Emerson. 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
Emerson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Emerson, Iowa?
570, in 246 households. Emerson city covers 0.25 square miles of land, which is 2,237 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Emerson in?
Mills 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 Emerson?
$49,063. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $119,500. Median gross rent is $1,034 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Emerson businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $50,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $50,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Emerson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Emerson borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Emerson. 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 Emerson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Mills 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 Emerson.
Is zoning published for Emerson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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