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Etowah CDP, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Etowah CDP is a Census CDP of 7,968 people across 17.67 square miles of land, in Henderson County. Median household income is $72,596, 84.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.1 m.
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Etowah
What Etowah is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area17.67 sq mi
- Water area0.21 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land451
- County holding the largest share of its areaHenderson 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.
Etowah
How many people live in Etowah
- Population7,968
- Median age45.5
- Population under 181,573 plus or minus 338
- Share under 1819.7 percent
- Population 65 and over2,160
- Share 65 and over27.1 percent
- Households3,327
- Family households2,484
- Share of households that are families74.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Etowah
Income and work in Etowah
- Median household income$72,596 plus or minus $27,415
- Per capita income$39,187
- Civilian labor force3,659
- Employed3,555
- Unemployed104 plus or minus 87
- Unemployment rate2.8 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Adults 25 and over5,927
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher39.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.9 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Etowah
Housing in Etowah
- Housing units3,705
- Occupied units3,327
- Vacant units378 plus or minus 174
- Vacancy rate10.2 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Owner occupied2,794
- Renter occupied533 plus or minus 209
- Ownership rate84.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$338,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,413 plus or minus $324
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.4 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Single family units3,080
- Share single family83.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more113 plus or minus 74
- Share in buildings of two or more3.0 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Mobile homes512 plus or minus 219
- Median year structure built1988
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Etowah
How Etowah gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,229
- Commuting under 15 minutes444 plus or minus 265
- Share commuting under 15 minutes13.8 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,093 plus or minus 326
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more33.8 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Drove alone78.7 percent
- Carpooled14.9 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home6.5 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Etowah
SBA 7(a) lending to Etowah borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$3,101,500
- Average approval$620,300
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,306,500
- Largest approval$1,306,500
- Jobs supported26
- Jobs per approval5.2
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
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.
Henderson County, not Etowah
Henderson County context, not Etowah figures
These are Henderson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Etowah measurements.
- Establishments in Henderson County3,085
- Employment at those establishments, Henderson County38,824
- Covered employment, Henderson County44,207
- Average annual pay, Henderson County$54,106
- Average weekly wage, Henderson County$1,041
- Housing units permitted, Henderson County1,610
- Of those, single family, Henderson County988
- County product, 2024, Henderson County$6,371,806,000
- County product change over the prior year, Henderson County6.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Henderson County$95,308
Every figure in this section is published for Henderson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Etowah. 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
Etowah questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Etowah, North Carolina?
7,968, in 3,327 households. Etowah CDP covers 17.67 square miles of land, which is 451 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Etowah in?
Henderson 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 Etowah?
$72,596. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $338,100. Median gross rent is $1,413 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Etowah businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $3.1 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $250,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Etowah, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Etowah borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Etowah. 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 Etowah figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Henderson 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 Etowah.
Is zoning published for Etowah?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.