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Rolla city, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Rolla city is a Census city of 20,287 people across 12.12 square miles of land, in Phelps County. Median household income is $46,204, 39.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 25 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $17.1 m.
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Rolla
What Rolla is
- Census place typecity
- Land area12.12 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,673
- County holding the largest share of its areaPhelps 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 Rolla
- Population20,287
- Median age28.2
- Population under 183,744
- Share under 1818.5 percent
- Population 65 and over2,865
- Share 65 and over14.1 percent
- Households8,005
- Family households3,754
- Share of households that are families46.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Rolla
- Median household income$46,204
- Per capita income$25,226
- Civilian labor force8,916
- Employed8,509
- Unemployed407 plus or minus 145
- Unemployment rate4.6 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over11,179
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher35.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree17.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Rolla
- Housing units9,238
- Occupied units8,005
- Vacant units1,233 plus or minus 250
- Vacancy rate13.3 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Owner occupied3,152
- Renter occupied4,853
- Ownership rate39.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$187,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$789
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.5 percent
- Single family units4,634
- Share single family50.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,398
- Share in buildings of two or more47.6 percent
- Mobile homes199 plus or minus 105
- Median year structure built1985
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Rolla gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute7,774
- Commuting under 15 minutes5,084
- Share commuting under 15 minutes65.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more782 plus or minus 202
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more10.1 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Drove alone70.8 percent
- Carpooled16.0 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Public transport0.2 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked5.0 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Worked from home6.3 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 7(a) lending to Rolla borrowers
- Approvals25
- Gross approval$17,098,300
- Average approval$683,932
- Median approval$255,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,000,000
- Largest approval$4,000,000
- Jobs supported427
- Jobs per approval17.1
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Paid in full5
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more28.0 percent
- Share to franchises28.0 percent
- Distinct lenders14
- Distinct industries by NAICS16
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 6 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 Rolla borrowers
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$7,306,000
- Average approval$664,182
- Median approval$345,000
- Largest approval$3,743,000
- Jobs supported174
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Phelps County, not Rolla
Phelps County context, not Rolla figures
These are Phelps County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Rolla measurements.
- Establishments in Phelps County1,050
- Employment at those establishments, Phelps County15,928
- Covered employment, Phelps County19,225
- Average annual pay, Phelps County$50,599
- Average weekly wage, Phelps County$973
- Housing units permitted, Phelps County152
- Of those, single family, Phelps County41
- County product, 2024, Phelps County$2,138,274,000
- County product change over the prior year, Phelps County5.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Phelps County$46,287
Every figure in this section is published for Phelps County as a whole and is not a measurement of Rolla. 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
Rolla questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Rolla, Missouri?
20,287, in 8,005 households. Rolla city covers 12.12 square miles of land, which is 1,673 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Rolla in?
Phelps 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 Rolla?
$46,204. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $187,000. Median gross rent is $789 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Rolla businesses?
25 7(a) approvals totalling $17.1 m, across 14 lenders, median approval $255,000, plus 11 504 approvals worth $7.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Rolla, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Rolla borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Rolla. only 6 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 Rolla figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Phelps 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 Rolla.
Is zoning published for Rolla?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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