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Blakesburg city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Blakesburg city is a Census city of 310 people across 0.27 square miles of land, in Wapello County. Median household income is $51,000, 69.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Blakesburg
What Blakesburg is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.27 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,146 plus or minus 377
- County holding the largest share of its areaWapello 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.
Blakesburg
How many people live in Blakesburg
- Population310 plus or minus 102
- Median age38.6 plus or minus 12.3
- Population under 1874 plus or minus 32
- Share under 1823.9 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Population 65 and over69 plus or minus 28
- Share 65 and over22.3 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Households128 plus or minus 39
- Family households90 plus or minus 35
- Share of households that are families70.3 percent plus or minus 17.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blakesburg
Income and work in Blakesburg
- Median household income$51,000 plus or minus $29,135
- Per capita income$33,588 plus or minus $8,044
- Civilian labor force157 plus or minus 60
- Employed149 plus or minus 60
- Unemployed8 plus or minus 8
- Unemployment rate5.1 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Adults 25 and over226 plus or minus 73
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.2 percent plus or minus 40.7
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.9 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.7 percent plus or minus 5.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blakesburg
Housing in Blakesburg
- Housing units147 plus or minus 40
- Occupied units128 plus or minus 39
- Vacant units19 plus or minus 15
- Vacancy rate12.9 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Owner occupied89 plus or minus 33
- Renter occupied39 plus or minus 25
- Ownership rate69.5 percent plus or minus 14.7
- Median owner-occupied home value$85,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$626
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.7 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Single family units112 plus or minus 37
- Share single family76.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more28 plus or minus 25
- Share in buildings of two or more19.0 percent plus or minus 16.3
- Mobile homes7 plus or minus 7
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blakesburg
How Blakesburg gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute146 plus or minus 60
- Commuting under 15 minutes29 plus or minus 15
- Share commuting under 15 minutes19.9 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more59 plus or minus 31
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.4 percent plus or minus 13.7
- Drove alone92.6 percent
- Carpooled1.3 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.0 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Worked from home2.0 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wapello County, not Blakesburg
Wapello County context, not Blakesburg figures
These are Wapello County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Blakesburg measurements.
- Establishments in Wapello County699
- Employment at those establishments, Wapello County12,594
- Covered employment, Wapello County15,384
- Average annual pay, Wapello County$53,071
- Average weekly wage, Wapello County$1,021
- Housing units permitted, Wapello County45
- Of those, single family, Wapello County39
- County product, 2024, Wapello County$2,159,794,000
- County product change over the prior year, Wapello County0.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Wapello County$42,988
Every figure in this section is published for Wapello County as a whole and is not a measurement of Blakesburg. 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- 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
Blakesburg questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Blakesburg, Iowa?
310, in 128 households. Blakesburg city covers 0.27 square miles of land, which is 1,146 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Blakesburg in?
Wapello 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 Blakesburg?
$51,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $85,900. Median gross rent is $626 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Blakesburg figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wapello 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 Blakesburg.
Is zoning published for Blakesburg?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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