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Kalona city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Kalona city is a Census city of 2,692 people across 2.15 square miles of land, in Washington County. Median household income is $80,129, 65.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.0 m.
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Kalona
What Kalona is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.15 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,249
- County holding the largest share of its areaWashington 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.
Kalona
How many people live in Kalona
- Population2,692
- Median age41.4
- Population under 18602 plus or minus 121
- Share under 1822.4 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Population 65 and over684
- Share 65 and over25.4 percent
- Households1,189
- Family households753
- Share of households that are families63.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kalona
Income and work in Kalona
- Median household income$80,129
- Per capita income$40,605
- Civilian labor force1,555
- Employed1,549
- Unemployed6 plus or minus 10
- Unemployment rate0.4 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Adults 25 and over1,809
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher31.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.2 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kalona
Housing in Kalona
- Housing units1,249
- Occupied units1,189
- Vacant units60 plus or minus 51
- Vacancy rate4.8 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Owner occupied782
- Renter occupied407 plus or minus 107
- Ownership rate65.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$257,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$853
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.8 percent
- Single family units904
- Share single family72.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more264 plus or minus 88
- Share in buildings of two or more21.1 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Mobile homes81 plus or minus 46
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kalona
How Kalona gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,345
- Commuting under 15 minutes636
- Share commuting under 15 minutes47.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more358 plus or minus 91
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.6 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Drove alone74.1 percent
- Carpooled5.6 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Public transport1.4 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Walked5.6 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Worked from home12.4 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kalona
SBA loans in Kalona (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$2,974,300
- Average approval$1,487,150
- Median approval$2,929,300
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,929,300
- Largest approval$2,929,300
- Jobs supported33
- Jobs per approval16.5
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term252 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
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.
Kalona
SBA loans in Kalona (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$475,000
- Average approval$237,500
- Median approval$382,000
- Largest approval$382,000
- Jobs supported12
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Washington County, not Kalona
Washington County context, not Kalona figures
These are Washington County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Kalona measurements.
- Establishments in Washington County687
- Employment at those establishments, Washington County6,474
- Covered employment, Washington County8,558
- Average annual pay, Washington County$48,539
- Average weekly wage, Washington County$933
- Housing units permitted, Washington County34
- Of those, single family, Washington County16
- County product, 2024, Washington County$1,863,408,000
- County product change over the prior year, Washington County13.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Washington County$57,893
Every figure in this section is published for Washington County as a whole and is not a measurement of Kalona. 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
Kalona questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Kalona, Iowa?
2,692, in 1,189 households. Kalona city covers 2.15 square miles of land, which is 1,249 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Kalona in?
Washington 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 Kalona?
$80,129. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $257,900. Median gross rent is $853 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Kalona businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $3.0 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $2,929,300, plus 2 504 approvals worth $475,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Kalona, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Kalona borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Kalona. 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 Kalona figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Washington 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 Kalona.
Is zoning published for Kalona?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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