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Tupelo city, Mississippi: commercial real estate data.
Tupelo city is a Census city of 37,791 people across 64.38 square miles of land, in Lee County. Median household income is $66,257, 63.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 30 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $20.1 m.
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Tupelo
What Tupelo is
- Census place typecity
- Land area64.38 sq mi
- Water area0.3 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land587
- County holding the largest share of its areaLee 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.
Tupelo
How many people live in Tupelo
- Population37,791
- Median age38.3
- Population under 189,008
- Share under 1823.8 percent
- Population 65 and over6,418
- Share 65 and over17.0 percent
- Households15,553
- Family households9,670
- Share of households that are families62.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tupelo
Income and work in Tupelo
- Median household income$66,257
- Per capita income$38,068
- Civilian labor force18,479
- Employed17,517
- Unemployed962 plus or minus 324
- Unemployment rate5.2 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over25,518
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher34.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tupelo
Housing in Tupelo
- Housing units17,578
- Occupied units15,553
- Vacant units2,025
- Vacancy rate11.5 percent
- Owner occupied9,865
- Renter occupied5,688
- Ownership rate63.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$212,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$976
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.7 percent
- Single family units12,587
- Share single family71.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,629
- Share in buildings of two or more26.3 percent
- Mobile homes362 plus or minus 160
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tupelo
How Tupelo gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute16,557
- Commuting under 15 minutes6,930
- Share commuting under 15 minutes41.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,279
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more13.8 percent
- Drove alone85.6 percent
- Carpooled6.1 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home6.0 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tupelo
SBA loans in Tupelo (7(a))
- Approvals30
- Gross approval$20,072,800
- Average approval$669,093
- Median approval$500,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,725,000
- Largest approval$2,310,000
- Jobs supported549
- Jobs per approval18.3
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more30.0 percent
- Share to franchises26.7 percent
- Distinct lenders15
- 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.
Tupelo
SBA loans in Tupelo (504)
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$10,658,000
- Average approval$1,065,800
- Median approval$926,000
- Largest approval$3,355,000
- Jobs supported185
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lee County, not Tupelo
Lee County context, not Tupelo figures
These are Lee County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Tupelo measurements.
- Establishments in Lee County2,550
- Employment at those establishments, Lee County47,607
- Covered employment, Lee County52,532
- Average annual pay, Lee County$51,183
- Average weekly wage, Lee County$984
- Housing units permitted, Lee County126
- Of those, single family, Lee County92
- County product, 2024, Lee County$6,477,190,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lee County3.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lee County$47,540
Every figure in this section is published for Lee County as a whole and is not a measurement of Tupelo. 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
Tupelo questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Tupelo, Mississippi?
37,791, in 15,553 households. Tupelo city covers 64.38 square miles of land, which is 587 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Tupelo in?
Lee 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 Tupelo?
$66,257. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $212,800. Median gross rent is $976 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Tupelo businesses?
30 7(a) approvals totalling $20.1 m, across 15 lenders, median approval $500,000, plus 10 504 approvals worth $10.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Tupelo, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Tupelo borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Tupelo. 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 Tupelo figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lee 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 Tupelo.
Is zoning published for Tupelo?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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