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Knightdale town, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Knightdale town is a Census town of 20,214 people across 9.63 square miles of land, in Wake County. Median household income is $103,220, 64.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 40 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $28.0 m.
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Knightdale
What Knightdale is
- Census place typetown
- Land area9.63 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,100
- County holding the largest share of its areaWake 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.
Knightdale
How many people live in Knightdale
- Population20,214
- Median age33.6
- Population under 185,672
- Share under 1828.1 percent
- Population 65 and over1,925
- Share 65 and over9.5 percent
- Households7,594
- Family households5,401
- Share of households that are families71.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Knightdale
Income and work in Knightdale
- Median household income$103,220
- Per capita income$44,817
- Civilian labor force11,921
- Employed11,517
- Unemployed404 plus or minus 195
- Unemployment rate3.4 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over13,182
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher48.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree20.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Knightdale
Housing in Knightdale
- Housing units8,025
- Occupied units7,594
- Vacant units431 plus or minus 222
- Vacancy rate5.4 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Owner occupied4,911
- Renter occupied2,683
- Ownership rate64.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$380,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,674
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.5 percent
- Single family units6,029
- Share single family75.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,889
- Share in buildings of two or more23.5 percent
- Mobile homes107 plus or minus 98
- Median year structure built2008
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Knightdale
How Knightdale gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute9,202
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,671 plus or minus 476
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.2 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,107
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more33.8 percent
- Drove alone69.6 percent
- Carpooled7.2 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home19.0 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Knightdale
SBA loans in Knightdale (7(a))
- Approvals40
- Gross approval$27,970,100
- Average approval$699,253
- Median approval$300,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,054,100
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported600
- Jobs per approval15.0
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full3
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more10.0 percent
- Share to franchises15.0 percent
- Distinct lenders20
- Distinct industries by NAICS27
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 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.
Knightdale
SBA loans in Knightdale (504)
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$2,019,000
- Average approval$403,800
- Median approval$356,000
- Largest approval$976,000
- Jobs supported15
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Knightdale
Flood risk in Knightdale
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number370241
- Currently effective map date07/19/22
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Wake County, not Knightdale
Wake County context, not Knightdale figures
These are Wake County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Knightdale measurements.
- Establishments in Wake County33,873
- Employment at those establishments, Wake County556,250
- Covered employment, Wake County653,153
- Average annual pay, Wake County$76,807
- Average weekly wage, Wake County$1,477
- Housing units permitted, Wake County15,248
- Of those, single family, Wake County9,620
- County product, 2024, Wake County$128,428,188,000
- County product change over the prior year, Wake County6.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Wake County$88,162
Every figure in this section is published for Wake County as a whole and is not a measurement of Knightdale. 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.
- 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
Knightdale questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Knightdale, North Carolina?
20,214, in 7,594 households. Knightdale town covers 9.63 square miles of land, which is 2,100 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Knightdale in?
Wake 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 Knightdale?
$103,220. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $380,100. Median gross rent is $1,674 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Knightdale businesses?
40 7(a) approvals totalling $28.0 m, across 20 lenders, median approval $300,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $2.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Knightdale, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Knightdale borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Knightdale. only 4 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.
Is Knightdale in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Knightdale appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370241, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Knightdale figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wake 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 Knightdale.
Is zoning published for Knightdale?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.