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Runnells city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Runnells city is a Census city of 440 people across 0.57 square miles of land, in Polk County. Median household income is $101,500, 85.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $20,000.
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Runnells
What Runnells is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.57 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land765 plus or minus 170
- County holding the largest share of its areaPolk 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.
Runnells
How many people live in Runnells
- Population440 plus or minus 98
- Median age39.6
- Population under 1898 plus or minus 35
- Share under 1822.3 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Population 65 and over79 plus or minus 26
- Share 65 and over18.0 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Households174 plus or minus 39
- Family households131 plus or minus 36
- Share of households that are families75.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Runnells
Income and work in Runnells
- Median household income$101,500
- Per capita income$41,193
- Civilian labor force246 plus or minus 61
- Employed232 plus or minus 61
- Unemployed14 plus or minus 16
- Unemployment rate5.7 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Adults 25 and over322 plus or minus 66
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.5 percent plus or minus 28.0
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.0 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.0 percent plus or minus 5.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Runnells
Housing in Runnells
- Housing units178 plus or minus 40
- Occupied units174 plus or minus 39
- Vacant units4 plus or minus 6
- Vacancy rate2.2 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Owner occupied149 plus or minus 34
- Renter occupied25 plus or minus 17
- Ownership rate85.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$231,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$444 plus or minus $275
- Annual rent as a share of median income5.2 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Single family units157 plus or minus 38
- Share single family88.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more19 plus or minus 17
- Share in buildings of two or more10.7 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Mobile homes2 plus or minus 3
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Runnells
How Runnells gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute210 plus or minus 59
- Commuting under 15 minutes24 plus or minus 16
- Share commuting under 15 minutes11.4 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more122 plus or minus 37
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more58.1 percent
- Drove alone83.1 percent
- Carpooled5.2 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.3 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home9.1 percent plus or minus 5.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Runnells
SBA 7(a) lending to Runnells borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$20,000
- Average approval$20,000
- Median approval$20,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$20,000
- Largest approval$20,000
- Jobs supported8
- Jobs per approval8.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term37 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 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.
Polk County, not Runnells
Polk County context, not Runnells 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 Runnells 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 Runnells. 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
Runnells questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Runnells, Iowa?
440, in 174 households. Runnells city covers 0.57 square miles of land, which is 765 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Runnells in?
Polk 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 Runnells?
$101,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $231,600. Median gross rent is $444 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Runnells businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $20,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $20,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Runnells, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Runnells borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Runnells. 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 Runnells 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 Runnells.
Is zoning published for Runnells?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.