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Emporia city, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Emporia city is a Census city of 24,131 people across 12.45 square miles of land, in Lyon County. Median household income is $52,704, 49.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 30 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.1 m.
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Emporia
What Emporia is
- Census place typecity
- Land area12.45 sq mi
- Water area0.12 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,938
- County holding the largest share of its areaLyon 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.
Emporia
How many people live in Emporia
- Population24,131
- Median age30.2
- Population under 185,155
- Share under 1821.4 percent
- Population 65 and over3,407
- Share 65 and over14.1 percent
- Households10,385
- Family households5,242
- Share of households that are families50.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Emporia
Income and work in Emporia
- Median household income$52,704
- Per capita income$27,304
- Civilian labor force13,643
- Employed13,364
- Unemployed279 plus or minus 113
- Unemployment rate2.0 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Adults 25 and over14,033
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Emporia
Housing in Emporia
- Housing units11,538
- Occupied units10,385
- Vacant units1,153 plus or minus 272
- Vacancy rate10.0 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Owner occupied5,179
- Renter occupied5,206
- Ownership rate49.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$132,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$815
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.6 percent
- Single family units6,477
- Share single family56.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,165
- Share in buildings of two or more36.1 percent
- Mobile homes896 plus or minus 221
- Median year structure built1969
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Emporia
How Emporia gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute12,011
- Commuting under 15 minutes9,565
- Share commuting under 15 minutes79.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,073 plus or minus 263
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more8.9 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Drove alone76.7 percent
- Carpooled11.3 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.7 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home6.1 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Emporia
SBA 7(a) lending to Emporia borrowers
- Approvals30
- Gross approval$9,062,300
- Average approval$302,077
- Median approval$50,100
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,353,500
- Largest approval$1,955,000
- Jobs supported266
- Jobs per approval8.9
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more13.3 percent
- Share to franchises20.0 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS19
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.
Emporia
SBA 504 lending to Emporia borrowers
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$7,954,000
- Average approval$723,091
- Median approval$416,000
- Largest approval$2,596,000
- Jobs supported75
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lyon County, not Emporia
Lyon County context, not Emporia figures
These are Lyon County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Emporia measurements.
- Establishments in Lyon County839
- Employment at those establishments, Lyon County13,175
- Covered employment, Lyon County15,357
- Average annual pay, Lyon County$47,458
- Average weekly wage, Lyon County$913
- Housing units permitted, Lyon County38
- Of those, single family, Lyon County34
- County product, 2024, Lyon County$1,975,461,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lyon County-1.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lyon County$45,295
Every figure in this section is published for Lyon County as a whole and is not a measurement of Emporia. 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
Emporia questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Emporia, Kansas?
24,131, in 10,385 households. Emporia city covers 12.45 square miles of land, which is 1,938 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Emporia in?
Lyon 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 Emporia?
$52,704. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $132,700. Median gross rent is $815 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Emporia businesses?
30 7(a) approvals totalling $9.1 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $50,100, plus 11 504 approvals worth $8.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Emporia, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Emporia borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Emporia. 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 Emporia figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lyon 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 Emporia.
Is zoning published for Emporia?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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