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Itta Bena city, Mississippi: commercial real estate data.
Itta Bena city is a Census city of 1,967 people across 1.41 square miles of land, in Leflore County. Median household income is $36,033, 31.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $113,000.
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Itta Bena
What Itta Bena is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.41 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,394 plus or minus 333
- County holding the largest share of its areaLeflore 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.
Itta Bena
How many people live in Itta Bena
- Population1,967 plus or minus 470
- Median age37.4 plus or minus 7.5
- Population under 18400 plus or minus 161
- Share under 1820.3 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Population 65 and over334 plus or minus 91
- Share 65 and over17.0 percent
- Households780 plus or minus 159
- Family households502 plus or minus 127
- Share of households that are families64.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Itta Bena
Income and work in Itta Bena
- Median household income$36,033 plus or minus $8,276
- Per capita income$18,195 plus or minus $3,648
- Civilian labor force938 plus or minus 313
- Employed725 plus or minus 238
- Unemployed213 plus or minus 158
- Unemployment rate22.7 percent plus or minus 15.0
- Adults 25 and over1,405 plus or minus 349
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.9 percent plus or minus 26.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.3 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.2 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Itta Bena
Housing in Itta Bena
- Housing units971
- Occupied units780 plus or minus 159
- Vacant units191 plus or minus 68
- Vacancy rate19.7 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Owner occupied243 plus or minus 61
- Renter occupied537 plus or minus 152
- Ownership rate31.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$87,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$695
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.1 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Single family units629 plus or minus 127
- Share single family64.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more342 plus or minus 128
- Share in buildings of two or more35.2 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Itta Bena
How Itta Bena gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute683 plus or minus 220
- Commuting under 15 minutes203 plus or minus 101
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.7 percent plus or minus 11.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more197 plus or minus 123
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.8 percent plus or minus 15.4
- Drove alone89.0 percent
- Carpooled8.6 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.9 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Itta Bena
SBA loans in Itta Bena (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$113,000
- Average approval$56,500
- Median approval$63,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$63,000
- Largest approval$63,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval1.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
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.
Leflore County, not Itta Bena
Leflore County context, not Itta Bena figures
These are Leflore County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Itta Bena measurements.
- Establishments in Leflore County653
- Employment at those establishments, Leflore County10,663
- Covered employment, Leflore County12,566
- Average annual pay, Leflore County$43,592
- Average weekly wage, Leflore County$838
- Housing units permitted, Leflore County45
- Of those, single family, Leflore County11
- County product, 2024, Leflore County$1,453,237,000
- County product change over the prior year, Leflore County-3.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Leflore County$33,747
Every figure in this section is published for Leflore County as a whole and is not a measurement of Itta Bena. 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
Itta Bena questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Itta Bena, Mississippi?
1,967, in 780 households. Itta Bena city covers 1.41 square miles of land, which is 1,394 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Itta Bena in?
Leflore 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 Itta Bena?
$36,033. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $87,400. Median gross rent is $695 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Itta Bena businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $113,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $63,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Itta Bena, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Itta Bena borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Itta Bena. 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 Itta Bena figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Leflore 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 Itta Bena.
Is zoning published for Itta Bena?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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