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Wamego city, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Wamego city is a Census city of 4,386 people across 2.64 square miles of land, in Pottawatomie County. Median household income is $78,809, 72.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $787,300.
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Wamego
What Wamego is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.64 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,663
- County holding the largest share of its areaPottawatomie 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.
Wamego
How many people live in Wamego
- Population4,386
- Median age36.7
- Population under 181,231 plus or minus 265
- Share under 1828.1 percent
- Population 65 and over601 plus or minus 178
- Share 65 and over13.7 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Households1,793
- Family households941 plus or minus 197
- Share of households that are families52.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wamego
Income and work in Wamego
- Median household income$78,809 plus or minus $29,839
- Per capita income$40,211
- Civilian labor force2,413
- Employed2,374
- Unemployed39 plus or minus 48
- Unemployment rate1.6 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Adults 25 and over2,844
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.2 percent plus or minus 24.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher41.2 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree14.0 percent plus or minus 5.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wamego
Housing in Wamego
- Housing units2,067
- Occupied units1,793
- Vacant units274 plus or minus 201
- Vacancy rate13.3 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Owner occupied1,303 plus or minus 263
- Renter occupied490 plus or minus 181
- Ownership rate72.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$198,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$849 plus or minus $251
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.9 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Single family units1,654
- Share single family80.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more341 plus or minus 173
- Share in buildings of two or more16.5 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Mobile homes72 plus or minus 78
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wamego
How Wamego gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,203 plus or minus 449
- Commuting under 15 minutes880 plus or minus 271
- Share commuting under 15 minutes39.9 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more701 plus or minus 239
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.8 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Drove alone79.8 percent
- Carpooled8.0 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.5 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Worked from home7.2 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wamego
SBA 7(a) lending to Wamego borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$787,300
- Average approval$157,460
- Median approval$174,600
- Ninetieth percentile approval$242,700
- Largest approval$242,700
- Jobs supported54
- Jobs per approval10.8
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
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.
Pottawatomie County, not Wamego
Pottawatomie County context, not Wamego figures
These are Pottawatomie County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wamego measurements.
- Establishments in Pottawatomie County703
- Employment at those establishments, Pottawatomie County10,572
- Covered employment, Pottawatomie County10,028
- Average annual pay, Pottawatomie County$51,426
- Average weekly wage, Pottawatomie County$989
- Housing units permitted, Pottawatomie County117
- Of those, single family, Pottawatomie County111
- County product, 2024, Pottawatomie County$1,590,521,000
- County product change over the prior year, Pottawatomie County1.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Pottawatomie County$65,442
Every figure in this section is published for Pottawatomie County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wamego. 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
Wamego questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wamego, Kansas?
4,386, in 1,793 households. Wamego city covers 2.64 square miles of land, which is 1,663 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wamego in?
Pottawatomie 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 Wamego?
$78,809. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $198,300. Median gross rent is $849 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wamego businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $787,300, across 5 lenders, median approval $174,600. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wamego, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wamego borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wamego. 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 Wamego figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Pottawatomie 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 Wamego.
Is zoning published for Wamego?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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