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Atchison city, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Atchison city is a Census city of 10,785 people across 8.02 square miles of land, in Atchison County. Median household income is $54,474, 60.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.6 m.
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Atchison
What Atchison is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.02 sq mi
- Water area0.46 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,346
- County holding the largest share of its areaAtchison 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.
Atchison
How many people live in Atchison
- Population10,785
- Median age29.1
- Population under 182,551
- Share under 1823.7 percent
- Population 65 and over1,522
- Share 65 and over14.1 percent
- Households3,482
- Family households2,231
- Share of households that are families64.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Atchison
Income and work in Atchison
- Median household income$54,474
- Per capita income$26,812
- Civilian labor force5,271
- Employed4,990
- Unemployed281 plus or minus 138
- Unemployment rate5.3 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Adults 25 and over5,795
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.5 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Atchison
Housing in Atchison
- Housing units4,175
- Occupied units3,482
- Vacant units693 plus or minus 200
- Vacancy rate16.6 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Owner occupied2,105
- Renter occupied1,377
- Ownership rate60.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$129,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$737
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Single family units3,276
- Share single family78.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more810 plus or minus 233
- Share in buildings of two or more19.4 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Mobile homes89 plus or minus 79
- Median year structure built1962
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Atchison
How Atchison gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,313
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,545
- Share commuting under 15 minutes59.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,025 plus or minus 220
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more23.8 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Drove alone67.2 percent
- Carpooled9.8 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked12.4 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Worked from home8.6 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Atchison
SBA loans in Atchison (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$1,558,300
- Average approval$389,575
- Median approval$655,800
- Ninetieth percentile approval$725,000
- Largest approval$725,000
- Jobs supported45
- Jobs per approval11.3
- 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 lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
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.
Atchison
SBA loans in Atchison (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$2,012,000
- Average approval$2,012,000
- Median approval$2,012,000
- Largest approval$2,012,000
- Jobs supported20
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Atchison County, not Atchison
Atchison County context, not Atchison figures
These are Atchison County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Atchison measurements.
- Establishments in Atchison County364
- Employment at those establishments, Atchison County5,385
- Covered employment, Atchison County5,566
- Average annual pay, Atchison County$51,842
- Average weekly wage, Atchison County$997
- Housing units permitted, Atchison County22
- Of those, single family, Atchison County20
- County product, 2024, Atchison County$845,250,000
- County product change over the prior year, Atchison County6.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Atchison County$50,491
Every figure in this section is published for Atchison County as a whole and is not a measurement of Atchison. 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
Atchison questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Atchison, Kansas?
10,785, in 3,482 households. Atchison city covers 8.02 square miles of land, which is 1,346 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Atchison in?
Atchison 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 Atchison?
$54,474. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $129,700. Median gross rent is $737 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Atchison businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $1.6 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $655,800, plus 1 504 approvals worth $2.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Atchison, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Atchison borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Atchison. 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 Atchison figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Atchison 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 Atchison.
Is zoning published for Atchison?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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