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Pierce City city, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Pierce City city is a Census city of 1,477 people across 1.29 square miles of land, in Lawrence County. Median household income is $51,121, 65.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.9 m.
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Pierce City
What Pierce City is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.29 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,145 plus or minus 248
- County holding the largest share of its areaLawrence County, 99.6 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.
Pierce City
How many people live in Pierce City
- Population1,477 plus or minus 320
- Median age29.0
- Population under 18561 plus or minus 123
- Share under 1838.0 percent
- Population 65 and over123 plus or minus 38
- Share 65 and over8.3 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Households482 plus or minus 107
- Family households311 plus or minus 92
- Share of households that are families64.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pierce City
Income and work in Pierce City
- Median household income$51,121 plus or minus $11,006
- Per capita income$20,108
- Civilian labor force715 plus or minus 195
- Employed678 plus or minus 181
- Unemployed37 plus or minus 43
- Unemployment rate5.2 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Adults 25 and over826 plus or minus 197
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.9 percent plus or minus 25.8
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher5.8 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.3 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pierce City
Housing in Pierce City
- Housing units535 plus or minus 107
- Occupied units482 plus or minus 107
- Vacant units53 plus or minus 34
- Vacancy rate9.9 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Owner occupied316 plus or minus 75
- Renter occupied166 plus or minus 81
- Ownership rate65.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$135,600 plus or minus $34,718
- Median gross rent, monthly$776
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Single family units383 plus or minus 79
- Share single family71.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more70 plus or minus 36
- Share in buildings of two or more13.1 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Mobile homes82 plus or minus 68
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Pierce City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute607 plus or minus 167
- Commuting under 15 minutes153 plus or minus 62
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.2 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more130 plus or minus 44
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.4 percent
- Drove alone63.8 percent plus or minus 24.0
- Carpooled24.6 percent plus or minus 14.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.6 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home10.7 percent plus or minus 9.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pierce City
SBA loans in Pierce City (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$1,901,500
- Average approval$316,917
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,155,000
- Largest approval$1,155,000
- Jobs supported11
- Jobs per approval1.8
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term84 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
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.
Pierce City
SBA loans in Pierce City (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$91,000
- Average approval$91,000
- Median approval$91,000
- Largest approval$91,000
- Jobs supported4
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lawrence County, not Pierce City
Lawrence County context, not Pierce City figures
These are Lawrence County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Pierce City measurements.
- Establishments in Lawrence County689
- Employment at those establishments, Lawrence County6,385
- Covered employment, Lawrence County8,920
- Average annual pay, Lawrence County$47,246
- Average weekly wage, Lawrence County$909
- Housing units permitted, Lawrence County79
- Of those, single family, Lawrence County34
- County product, 2024, Lawrence County$1,343,017,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lawrence County9.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lawrence County$46,991
Every figure in this section is published for Lawrence County as a whole and is not a measurement of Pierce City. 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
Pierce City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Pierce City, Missouri?
1,477, in 482 households. Pierce City city covers 1.29 square miles of land, which is 1,145 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Pierce City in?
Lawrence County, which holds 99.6 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Pierce City?
$51,121. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $135,600. Median gross rent is $776 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Pierce City businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $1.9 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $91,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Pierce City, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Pierce City borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Pierce City. 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 Pierce City figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lawrence 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 Pierce City.
Is zoning published for Pierce City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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