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Chunky town, Mississippi: commercial real estate data.
Chunky town is a Census town of 242 people across 0.83 square miles of land, in Newton County. Median household income is $57,500, 81.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.1 m.
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What Chunky is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.83 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land290 plus or minus 104
- County holding the largest share of its areaNewton 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 Chunky
- Population242 plus or minus 87
- Median age36.5 plus or minus 24.0
- Population under 1851 plus or minus 35
- Share under 1821.1 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Population 65 and over38 plus or minus 25
- Share 65 and over15.7 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Households96 plus or minus 34
- Family households76 plus or minus 29
- Share of households that are families79.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Chunky
- Median household income$57,500 plus or minus $24,496
- Per capita income$29,983 plus or minus $7,731
- Civilian labor force128 plus or minus 55
- Employed123 plus or minus 52
- Unemployed5 plus or minus 9
- Unemployment rate3.9 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Adults 25 and over151 plus or minus 58
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.7 percent plus or minus 44.0
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.2 percent plus or minus 14.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree19.2 percent plus or minus 14.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Chunky
- Housing units113 plus or minus 44
- Occupied units96 plus or minus 34
- Vacant units17 plus or minus 24
- Vacancy rate15.0 percent plus or minus 20.4
- Owner occupied78 plus or minus 30
- Renter occupied18 plus or minus 15
- Ownership rate81.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$88,300 plus or minus $25,209
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,150
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.0 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Single family units74 plus or minus 34
- Share single family65.5 percent plus or minus 16.0
- Units in buildings of two or more1 plus or minus 14
- Share in buildings of two or more0.9 percent plus or minus 12.5
- Mobile homes38 plus or minus 25
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Chunky gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute120 plus or minus 52
- Commuting under 15 minutes12 plus or minus 10
- Share commuting under 15 minutes10.0 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more46 plus or minus 28
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more38.3 percent plus or minus 15.9
- Drove alone82.1 percent
- Carpooled14.6 percent plus or minus 13.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home2.4 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Chunky (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$2,119,800
- Average approval$1,059,900
- Median approval$1,995,800
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,995,800
- Largest approval$1,995,800
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term192 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
Newton County, not Chunky
Newton County context, not Chunky figures
These are Newton County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Chunky measurements.
- Establishments in Newton County315
- Employment at those establishments, Newton County4,053
- Covered employment, Newton County5,127
- Average annual pay, Newton County$41,490
- Average weekly wage, Newton County$798
- Housing units permitted, Newton County0
- Of those, single family, Newton County0
- County product, 2024, Newton County$699,388,000
- County product change over the prior year, Newton County7.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Newton County$50,586
Every figure in this section is published for Newton County as a whole and is not a measurement of Chunky. 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
Chunky questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Chunky, Mississippi?
242, in 96 households. Chunky town covers 0.83 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 Chunky in?
Newton 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 Chunky?
$57,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $88,300. Median gross rent is $1,150 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Chunky businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $2.1 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $1,995,800. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Chunky, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Chunky borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Chunky. only 1 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 Chunky figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Newton 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 Chunky.
Is zoning published for Chunky?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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