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Scooba, Mississippi: commercial real estate data.
Scooba is a Census town of 718 people across 2.48 square miles of land, in Kemper County. 61.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $305,900 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Scooba
What Scooba is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.48 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land290 plus or minus 65
- County holding the largest share of its areaKemper 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.
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How many people live in Scooba
- Population718 plus or minus 161
- Median age20.4
- Population under 1860 plus or minus 45
- Share under 188.4 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Population 65 and over40 plus or minus 25
- Share 65 and over5.6 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Households135 plus or minus 68
- Family households92 plus or minus 64
- Share of households that are families68.1 percent plus or minus 32.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Scooba
- Per capita income$16,072 plus or minus $12,233
- Civilian labor force252 plus or minus 118
- Employed226 plus or minus 114
- Unemployed26 plus or minus 30
- Unemployment rate10.3 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Adults 25 and over199 plus or minus 97
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher77.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.1 percent plus or minus 25.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.5 percent plus or minus 8.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Scooba
- Housing units180 plus or minus 71
- Occupied units135 plus or minus 68
- Vacant units45 plus or minus 26
- Vacancy rate25.0 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Owner occupied83 plus or minus 58
- Renter occupied52 plus or minus 39
- Ownership rate61.5 percent plus or minus 29.8
- Single family units90 plus or minus 60
- Share single family50.0 percent plus or minus 26.6
- Units in buildings of two or more60 plus or minus 42
- Share in buildings of two or more33.3 percent plus or minus 19.4
- Mobile homes30 plus or minus 30
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Scooba gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute221 plus or minus 114
- Commuting under 15 minutes55 plus or minus 40
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.9 percent plus or minus 13.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more71 plus or minus 67
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more32.1 percent plus or minus 25.2
- Drove alone84.1 percent plus or minus 25.6
- Carpooled2.7 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked11.1 percent plus or minus 14.9
- Worked from home2.2 percent plus or minus 4.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Scooba (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$305,900
- Average approval$305,900
- Median approval$305,900
- Largest approval$305,900
- Jobs supported7
- Jobs per approval7.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term84 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Scooba, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Scooba
- NFIP communityTown of Scooba
- NFIP community number280334
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date09/05/07
The Town of Scooba participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 280334 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Kemper County, not Scooba
Kemper County context, not Scooba figures
- Establishments in Kemper County101
- Covered employment, Kemper County1,775
- Average annual pay, Kemper County$43,014
Every figure in this section is published for Kemper County as a whole and is not a measurement of Scooba.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Scooba questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Scooba, Mississippi?
718, in 135 households. Scooba town covers 2.48 square miles of land, which is 290 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Scooba in?
Kemper County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
How much SBA lending goes to Scooba businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $305,900 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $305,900. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Scooba, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Scooba borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Scooba. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Scooba in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Scooba appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Scooba, town of, community 280334, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Scooba figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kemper 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 Scooba.
Is zoning published for Scooba?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.