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Independence town, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Independence town is a Census town of 2,207 people across 2.42 square miles of land, in Tangipahoa Parish. Median household income is $40,268, 54.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $725,000.
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Independence
What Independence is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.42 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land911 plus or minus 250
- County holding the largest share of its areaTangipahoa Parish, 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.
Independence
How many people live in Independence
- Population2,207 plus or minus 605
- Median age30.0 plus or minus 7.8
- Population under 18712 plus or minus 242
- Share under 1832.3 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Population 65 and over235 plus or minus 73
- Share 65 and over10.6 percent
- Households705 plus or minus 177
- Family households448 plus or minus 127
- Share of households that are families63.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Independence
Income and work in Independence
- Median household income$40,268 plus or minus $14,131
- Per capita income$22,580
- Civilian labor force1,034 plus or minus 289
- Employed887 plus or minus 248
- Unemployed147 plus or minus 126
- Unemployment rate14.2 percent plus or minus 11.5
- Adults 25 and over1,246 plus or minus 283
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher81.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.8 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.2 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Independence
Housing in Independence
- Housing units863 plus or minus 221
- Occupied units705 plus or minus 177
- Vacant units158 plus or minus 114
- Vacancy rate18.3 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Owner occupied384 plus or minus 129
- Renter occupied321 plus or minus 111
- Ownership rate54.5 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Median owner-occupied home value$147,000 plus or minus $45,337
- Median gross rent, monthly$964
- Annual rent as a share of median income28.7 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Single family units673 plus or minus 196
- Share single family78.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more105 plus or minus 54
- Share in buildings of two or more12.2 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Mobile homes85 plus or minus 58
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Independence
How Independence gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute868 plus or minus 247
- Commuting under 15 minutes188 plus or minus 105
- Share commuting under 15 minutes21.7 percent plus or minus 10.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more367 plus or minus 130
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more42.3 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Drove alone75.1 percent
- Carpooled22.7 percent plus or minus 11.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.8 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Worked from home0.3 percent plus or minus 0.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Independence
SBA loans in Independence (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$725,000
- Average approval$145,000
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$398,800
- Largest approval$398,800
- Jobs supported34
- Jobs per approval6.8
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more40.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- 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.
Independence
SBA loans in Independence (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$236,000
- Average approval$236,000
- Median approval$236,000
- Largest approval$236,000
- Jobs supported3
- 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.
Tangipahoa Parish, not Independence
Tangipahoa Parish context, not Independence figures
These are Tangipahoa Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Independence measurements.
- Establishments in Tangipahoa Parish2,617
- Employment at those establishments, Tangipahoa Parish39,823
- Covered employment, Tangipahoa Parish47,214
- Average annual pay, Tangipahoa Parish$46,783
- Average weekly wage, Tangipahoa Parish$900
- Housing units permitted, Tangipahoa Parish1,085
- Of those, single family, Tangipahoa Parish699
- County product, 2024, Tangipahoa Parish$6,435,431,000
- County product change over the prior year, Tangipahoa Parish5.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Tangipahoa Parish$47,463
Every figure in this section is published for Tangipahoa Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Independence. 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
Independence questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Independence, Louisiana?
2,207, in 705 households. Independence town covers 2.42 square miles of land, which is 911 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Independence in?
Tangipahoa Parish, 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 Independence?
$40,268. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $147,000. Median gross rent is $964 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Independence businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $725,000, across 3 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $236,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Independence, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Independence borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Independence. 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 Independence figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Tangipahoa Parish 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 Independence.
Is zoning published for Independence?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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