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Knob Noster city, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Knob Noster city is a Census city of 2,838 people across 2.88 square miles of land, in Johnson County. Median household income is $62,353, 54.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $509,400.
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Knob Noster
What Knob Noster is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.88 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land985
- County holding the largest share of its areaJohnson 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.
Knob Noster
How many people live in Knob Noster
- Population2,838
- Median age32.0
- Population under 18554 plus or minus 137
- Share under 1819.5 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Population 65 and over309 plus or minus 107
- Share 65 and over10.9 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Households1,298
- Family households682
- Share of households that are families52.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Knob Noster
Income and work in Knob Noster
- Median household income$62,353
- Per capita income$34,422
- Civilian labor force1,229
- Employed1,106
- Unemployed123 plus or minus 76
- Unemployment rate10.0 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Adults 25 and over1,831
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.4 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.2 percent plus or minus 6.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Knob Noster
- Housing units1,321
- Occupied units1,298
- Vacant units23 plus or minus 31
- Vacancy rate1.7 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Owner occupied703
- Renter occupied595 plus or minus 134
- Ownership rate54.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$202,600 plus or minus $45,062
- Median gross rent, monthly$826
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.9 percent
- Single family units883
- Share single family66.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more387 plus or minus 112
- Share in buildings of two or more29.3 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Mobile homes51 plus or minus 33
- Median year structure built1990
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Knob Noster gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,473
- Commuting under 15 minutes642 plus or minus 170
- Share commuting under 15 minutes43.6 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more249 plus or minus 104
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more16.9 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Drove alone78.9 percent
- Carpooled14.7 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home5.9 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Knob Noster
SBA 7(a) lending to Knob Noster borrowers
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$509,400
- Average approval$72,771
- Median approval$72,300
- Ninetieth percentile approval$135,000
- Largest approval$135,000
- Jobs supported35
- Jobs per approval5.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term96 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more14.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
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.
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SBA 504 lending to Knob Noster borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$621,000
- Average approval$621,000
- Median approval$621,000
- Largest approval$621,000
- Jobs supported18
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Johnson County, not Knob Noster
Johnson County context, not Knob Noster figures
These are Johnson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Knob Noster measurements.
- Establishments in Johnson County951
- Employment at those establishments, Johnson County10,744
- Covered employment, Johnson County16,239
- Average annual pay, Johnson County$46,500
- Average weekly wage, Johnson County$894
- Housing units permitted, Johnson County102
- Of those, single family, Johnson County39
- County product, 2024, Johnson County$2,620,530,000
- County product change over the prior year, Johnson County5.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Johnson County$51,520
Every figure in this section is published for Johnson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Knob Noster. 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
Knob Noster questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Knob Noster, Missouri?
2,838, in 1,298 households. Knob Noster city covers 2.88 square miles of land, which is 985 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Knob Noster in?
Johnson 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 Knob Noster?
$62,353. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $202,600. Median gross rent is $826 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Knob Noster businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $509,400, across 4 lenders, median approval $72,300, plus 1 504 approvals worth $621,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Knob Noster, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Knob Noster borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Knob Noster. 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 Knob Noster figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Johnson 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 Knob Noster.
Is zoning published for Knob Noster?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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