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Wichita city, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Wichita city is a Census city of 397,945 people across 165.07 square miles of land, in Sedgwick County. Median household income is $64,620, 58.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 433 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $251.9 m.
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Wichita
What Wichita is
- Census place typecity
- Land area165.07 sq mi
- Water area4.47 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,411
- County holding the largest share of its areaSedgwick 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.
Wichita
How many people live in Wichita
- Population397,945
- Median age35.7
- Population under 1895,808
- Share under 1824.1 percent
- Population 65 and over62,611
- Share 65 and over15.7 percent
- Households158,589
- Family households94,740
- Share of households that are families59.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wichita
Income and work in Wichita
- Median household income$64,620
- Per capita income$36,960
- Civilian labor force204,732
- Employed193,368
- Unemployed11,364
- Unemployment rate5.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over262,444
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher31.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Wichita
- Housing units176,411
- Occupied units158,589
- Vacant units17,822
- Vacancy rate10.1 percent
- Owner occupied93,373
- Renter occupied65,216
- Ownership rate58.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$190,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$975
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.1 percent
- Single family units125,261
- Share single family71.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more46,220
- Share in buildings of two or more26.2 percent
- Mobile homes4,814
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Wichita gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute176,659
- Commuting under 15 minutes61,486
- Share commuting under 15 minutes34.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more23,379
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more13.2 percent
- Drove alone78.5 percent
- Carpooled10.1 percent
- Public transport0.7 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Worked from home7.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wichita
SBA 7(a) lending to Wichita borrowers
- Approvals433
- Gross approval$251,901,200
- Average approval$581,758
- Median approval$295,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,520,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported7,052
- Jobs per approval16.3
- Loans with a final outcome85
- Paid in full82
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans3.5 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more13.4 percent
- Share to franchises20.6 percent
- Distinct lenders80
- Distinct industries by NAICS164
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wichita
SBA 504 lending to Wichita borrowers
- Approvals134
- Gross approval$93,620,000
- Average approval$698,657
- Median approval$528,000
- Largest approval$4,051,000
- Jobs supported1,649
- Loans with a final outcome44
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans2.3 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sedgwick County, not Wichita
Sedgwick County context, not Wichita figures
These are Sedgwick County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wichita measurements.
- Establishments in Sedgwick County12,710
- Employment at those establishments, Sedgwick County237,173
- Covered employment, Sedgwick County264,782
- Average annual pay, Sedgwick County$60,652
- Average weekly wage, Sedgwick County$1,166
- Housing units permitted, Sedgwick County2,620
- Of those, single family, Sedgwick County1,248
- County product, 2024, Sedgwick County$41,524,850,000
- County product change over the prior year, Sedgwick County3.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Sedgwick County$57,107
Every figure in this section is published for Sedgwick County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wichita. 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
Wichita questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wichita, Kansas?
397,945, in 158,589 households. Wichita city covers 165.07 square miles of land, which is 2,411 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wichita in?
Sedgwick 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 Wichita?
$64,620. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $190,800. Median gross rent is $975 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wichita businesses?
433 7(a) approvals totalling $251.9 m, across 80 lenders, median approval $295,500, plus 134 504 approvals worth $93.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wichita, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wichita borrowers get paid back?
Of the 85 loans that have reached a final outcome, 82 were paid in full and 3 charged off, a charge off rate of 3.5 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Wichita figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sedgwick 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 Wichita.
Is zoning published for Wichita?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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