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Slater city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Slater city is a Census city of 1,401 people across 1.91 square miles of land, lying across Story County and Boone County. Median household income is $97,500, 83.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.2 m.
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Slater
What Slater is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.91 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land733
- County holding the largest share of its areaStory County, 74.9 percent
- Counties this place lies inStory County 74.9 percent, Boone County 25.1 percent
Slater 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.
Slater
How many people live in Slater
- Population1,401
- Median age39.4
- Population under 18338 plus or minus 77
- Share under 1824.1 percent
- Population 65 and over195
- Share 65 and over13.9 percent
- Households560
- Family households384
- Share of households that are families68.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Slater
Income and work in Slater
- Median household income$97,500 plus or minus $23,378
- Per capita income$43,651
- Civilian labor force793
- Employed784
- Unemployed9 plus or minus 9
- Unemployment rate1.1 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Adults 25 and over957
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher99.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher36.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.0 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Slater
- Housing units580
- Occupied units560
- Vacant units20 plus or minus 20
- Vacancy rate3.4 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Owner occupied469
- Renter occupied91 plus or minus 36
- Ownership rate83.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$232,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$895
- Annual rent as a share of median income11.0 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Single family units497
- Share single family85.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more43 plus or minus 24
- Share in buildings of two or more7.4 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Mobile homes40 plus or minus 22
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Slater gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute643
- Commuting under 15 minutes171 plus or minus 60
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.6 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more194 plus or minus 45
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more30.2 percent
- Drove alone71.3 percent
- Carpooled9.7 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.3 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home16.9 percent plus or minus 6.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Slater
SBA loans in Slater (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$2,164,700
- Average approval$432,940
- Median approval$321,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,265,200
- Largest approval$1,265,200
- Jobs supported69
- Jobs per approval13.8
- 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 lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
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.
Story County, not Slater
Story County context, not Slater figures
These are Story County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Slater measurements.
- Establishments in Story County2,162
- Employment at those establishments, Story County33,500
- Covered employment, Story County47,549
- Average annual pay, Story County$62,615
- Average weekly wage, Story County$1,204
- Housing units permitted, Story County198
- Of those, single family, Story County152
- County product, 2024, Story County$7,790,105,000
- County product change over the prior year, Story County6.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Story County$55,800
Every figure in this section is published for Story County as a whole and is not a measurement of Slater. 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
Slater questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Slater, Iowa?
1,401, in 560 households. Slater city covers 1.91 square miles of land, which is 733 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Slater in?
Slater lies in more than one. By area it is 74.9 percent in Story County, 25.1 percent in Boone County. This page sits under Story 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 Slater?
$97,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $232,800. Median gross rent is $895 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Slater businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $2.2 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $321,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Slater, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Slater borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Slater. 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 Slater figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Story 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 Slater.
Is zoning published for Slater?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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