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Norwalk city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Norwalk city is a Census city of 14,183 people across 11.65 square miles of land, in Warren County. Median household income is $102,722, 82.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 22 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.3 m.
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Norwalk
What Norwalk is
- Census place typecity
- Land area11.65 sq mi
- Water area0.35 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,217
- County holding the largest share of its areaWarren County, 98.8 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.
Norwalk
How many people live in Norwalk
- Population14,183
- Median age37.8
- Population under 183,770
- Share under 1826.6 percent
- Population 65 and over2,002
- Share 65 and over14.1 percent
- Households5,610
- Family households3,870
- Share of households that are families69.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Norwalk
Income and work in Norwalk
- Median household income$102,722
- Per capita income$49,896
- Civilian labor force7,741
- Employed7,477
- Unemployed264 plus or minus 162
- Unemployment rate3.4 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Adults 25 and over9,790
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher38.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.3 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Norwalk
Housing in Norwalk
- Housing units5,820
- Occupied units5,610
- Vacant units210 plus or minus 149
- Vacancy rate3.6 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Owner occupied4,629
- Renter occupied981 plus or minus 272
- Ownership rate82.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$303,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$838
- Annual rent as a share of median income9.8 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Single family units4,814
- Share single family82.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more985 plus or minus 312
- Share in buildings of two or more16.9 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Mobile homes21 plus or minus 33
- Median year structure built2002
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Norwalk
How Norwalk gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,951
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,517 plus or minus 354
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.5 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,360 plus or minus 333
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more22.9 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Drove alone74.1 percent
- Carpooled3.5 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.9 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home19.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Norwalk
SBA loans in Norwalk (7(a))
- Approvals22
- Gross approval$6,343,000
- Average approval$288,318
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$596,000
- Largest approval$2,000,000
- Jobs supported131
- Jobs per approval6.0
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises18.2 percent
- Distinct lenders15
- Distinct industries by NAICS18
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 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.
Norwalk
SBA loans in Norwalk (504)
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$16,187,000
- Average approval$1,348,917
- Median approval$763,000
- Largest approval$4,599,000
- Jobs supported118
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Warren County, not Norwalk
Warren County context, not Norwalk figures
These are Warren County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Norwalk measurements.
- Establishments in Warren County1,020
- Employment at those establishments, Warren County9,993
- Covered employment, Warren County13,125
- Average annual pay, Warren County$51,236
- Average weekly wage, Warren County$985
- Housing units permitted, Warren County438
- Of those, single family, Warren County436
- County product, 2024, Warren County$1,885,393,000
- County product change over the prior year, Warren County5.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Warren County$83,693
Every figure in this section is published for Warren County as a whole and is not a measurement of Norwalk. 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
Norwalk questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Norwalk, Iowa?
14,183, in 5,610 households. Norwalk city covers 11.65 square miles of land, which is 1,217 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Norwalk in?
Warren County, which holds 98.8 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Norwalk?
$102,722. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $303,100. Median gross rent is $838 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Norwalk businesses?
22 7(a) approvals totalling $6.3 m, across 15 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 12 504 approvals worth $16.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Norwalk, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Norwalk borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Norwalk. only 3 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 Norwalk figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Warren 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 Norwalk.
Is zoning published for Norwalk?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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