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Tama city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Tama city is a Census city of 3,051 people across 2.97 square miles of land, in Tama County. Median household income is $68,661, 74.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $55,000.
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Tama
What Tama is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.97 sq mi
- Water area0.15 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,027
- County holding the largest share of its areaTama 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.
Tama
How many people live in Tama
- Population3,051
- Median age36.2
- Population under 18918
- Share under 1830.1 percent
- Population 65 and over496
- Share 65 and over16.3 percent
- Households1,052
- Family households787
- Share of households that are families74.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tama
Income and work in Tama
- Median household income$68,661
- Per capita income$28,745
- Civilian labor force1,352
- Employed1,251
- Unemployed101 plus or minus 58
- Unemployment rate7.5 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Adults 25 and over1,898
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher81.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.2 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.7 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tama
Housing in Tama
- Housing units1,122
- Occupied units1,052
- Vacant units70 plus or minus 51
- Vacancy rate6.2 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Owner occupied781
- Renter occupied271 plus or minus 77
- Ownership rate74.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$106,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$832
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.5 percent
- Single family units970
- Share single family86.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more129 plus or minus 54
- Share in buildings of two or more11.5 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Mobile homes23 plus or minus 30
- Median year structure built1960
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tama
How Tama gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,175
- Commuting under 15 minutes696 plus or minus 164
- Share commuting under 15 minutes59.2 percent plus or minus 12.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more271 plus or minus 104
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more23.1 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Drove alone73.6 percent
- Carpooled20.3 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home5.8 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tama
SBA loans in Tama (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$55,000
- Average approval$55,000
- Median approval$55,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$55,000
- Largest approval$55,000
- 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.
Tama County, not Tama
Tama County context, not Tama figures
These are Tama County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Tama measurements.
- Establishments in Tama County282
- Employment at those establishments, Tama County3,565
- Covered employment, Tama County5,356
- Average annual pay, Tama County$48,774
- Average weekly wage, Tama County$938
- Housing units permitted, Tama County12
- Of those, single family, Tama County12
- County product, 2024, Tama County$847,858,000
- County product change over the prior year, Tama County-3.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Tama County$48,810
Every figure in this section is published for Tama County as a whole and is not a measurement of Tama. 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
Tama questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Tama, Iowa?
3,051, in 1,052 households. Tama city covers 2.97 square miles of land, which is 1,027 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Tama in?
Tama 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 Tama?
$68,661. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $106,800. Median gross rent is $832 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Tama businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $55,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $55,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Tama, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Tama borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Tama. 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 Tama figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Tama 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 Tama.
Is zoning published for Tama?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.