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Hiawatha city, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Hiawatha city is a Census city of 3,197 people across 2.61 square miles of land, in Brown County. Median household income is $68,750, 75.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $970,000.
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Hiawatha
What Hiawatha is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.61 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,224
- County holding the largest share of its areaBrown 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.
Hiawatha
How many people live in Hiawatha
- Population3,197
- Median age41.6
- Population under 18807 plus or minus 163
- Share under 1825.2 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Population 65 and over605 plus or minus 122
- Share 65 and over18.9 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Households1,311
- Family households713
- Share of households that are families54.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hiawatha
Income and work in Hiawatha
- Median household income$68,750
- Per capita income$37,719
- Civilian labor force1,636
- Employed1,535
- Unemployed101 plus or minus 67
- Unemployment rate6.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Adults 25 and over2,210
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.6 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.0 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hiawatha
Housing in Hiawatha
- Housing units1,582
- Occupied units1,311
- Vacant units271 plus or minus 132
- Vacancy rate17.1 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Owner occupied993
- Renter occupied318 plus or minus 94
- Ownership rate75.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$121,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$652 plus or minus $216
- Annual rent as a share of median income11.4 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Single family units1,224
- Share single family77.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more347 plus or minus 117
- Share in buildings of two or more21.9 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Mobile homes11 plus or minus 17
- Median year structure built1963
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hiawatha
How Hiawatha gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,426
- Commuting under 15 minutes975
- Share commuting under 15 minutes68.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more77 plus or minus 47
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more5.4 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Drove alone77.3 percent
- Carpooled12.1 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.1 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Worked from home6.4 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hiawatha
SBA loans in Hiawatha (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$970,000
- Average approval$485,000
- Median approval$600,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$600,000
- Largest approval$600,000
- Jobs supported1
- Jobs per approval0.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises50.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
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.
Brown County, not Hiawatha
Brown County context, not Hiawatha figures
These are Brown County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Hiawatha measurements.
- Establishments in Brown County277
- Employment at those establishments, Brown County3,268
- Covered employment, Brown County4,493
- Average annual pay, Brown County$50,553
- Average weekly wage, Brown County$972
- Housing units permitted, Brown County0
- Of those, single family, Brown County0
- County product, 2024, Brown County$702,128,000
- County product change over the prior year, Brown County3.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Brown County$43,995
Every figure in this section is published for Brown County as a whole and is not a measurement of Hiawatha. 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
Hiawatha questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Hiawatha, Kansas?
3,197, in 1,311 households. Hiawatha city covers 2.61 square miles of land, which is 1,224 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Hiawatha in?
Brown 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 Hiawatha?
$68,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $121,800. Median gross rent is $652 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Hiawatha businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $970,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $600,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Hiawatha, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Hiawatha borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Hiawatha. 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 Hiawatha figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Brown 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 Hiawatha.
Is zoning published for Hiawatha?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.