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Carlisle city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Carlisle city is a Census city of 4,255 people across 5.65 square miles of land, lying across Polk County and Warren County. Median household income is $109,191, 84.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.5 m.
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Carlisle
What Carlisle is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.65 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land753
- County holding the largest share of its areaPolk County, 59.0 percent
- Counties this place lies inPolk County 59.0 percent, Warren County 41.0 percent
Carlisle 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.
Carlisle
How many people live in Carlisle
- Population4,255
- Median age36.3
- Population under 181,219
- Share under 1828.6 percent
- Population 65 and over523 plus or minus 139
- Share 65 and over12.3 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Households1,553
- Family households1,129
- Share of households that are families72.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carlisle
Income and work in Carlisle
- Median household income$109,191 plus or minus $25,012
- Per capita income$42,599
- Civilian labor force2,377
- Employed2,233
- Unemployed144 plus or minus 87
- Unemployment rate6.1 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Adults 25 and over2,661
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.6 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.9 percent plus or minus 4.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carlisle
Housing in Carlisle
- Housing units1,651
- Occupied units1,553
- Vacant units98 plus or minus 98
- Vacancy rate5.9 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Owner occupied1,304
- Renter occupied249 plus or minus 87
- Ownership rate84.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$234,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,000 plus or minus $555
- Annual rent as a share of median income11.0 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Single family units1,406
- Share single family85.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more165 plus or minus 84
- Share in buildings of two or more10.0 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Mobile homes80 plus or minus 59
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carlisle
How Carlisle gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,994
- Commuting under 15 minutes312 plus or minus 101
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.6 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more616 plus or minus 165
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more30.9 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Drove alone77.6 percent
- Carpooled8.4 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.7 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Worked from home10.1 percent plus or minus 4.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carlisle
SBA loans in Carlisle (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$1,461,000
- Average approval$292,200
- Median approval$171,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,000,000
- Largest approval$1,000,000
- Jobs supported35
- Jobs per approval7.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
Carlisle
SBA loans in Carlisle (504)
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$5,181,000
- Average approval$863,500
- Median approval$639,000
- Largest approval$2,304,000
- Jobs supported28
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Polk County, not Carlisle
Polk County context, not Carlisle figures
These are Polk County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Carlisle measurements.
- Establishments in Polk County13,890
- Employment at those establishments, Polk County295,413
- Covered employment, Polk County317,845
- Average annual pay, Polk County$72,557
- Average weekly wage, Polk County$1,395
- Housing units permitted, Polk County2,949
- Of those, single family, Polk County2,295
- County product, 2024, Polk County$63,823,028,000
- County product change over the prior year, Polk County7.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Polk County$63,088
Every figure in this section is published for Polk County as a whole and is not a measurement of Carlisle. 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
Carlisle questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Carlisle, Iowa?
4,255, in 1,553 households. Carlisle city covers 5.65 square miles of land, which is 753 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Carlisle in?
Carlisle lies in more than one. By area it is 59.0 percent in Polk County, 41.0 percent in Warren County. This page sits under Polk 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 Carlisle?
$109,191. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $234,300. Median gross rent is $1,000 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Carlisle businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $1.5 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $171,000, plus 6 504 approvals worth $5.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Carlisle, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Carlisle borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Carlisle. only 1 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 Carlisle figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Polk 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 Carlisle.
Is zoning published for Carlisle?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.