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Polk village, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Polk village is a Census village of 380 people across 1.01 square miles of land, in Ashland County. Median household income is $68,125, 88.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $292,600.
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This is a small place, and the figures below carry wide margins.
The American Community Survey reaches Polk through a sample, not a count, and in a place this size that sample is thin. The population estimate here is 380 with a margin of error of plus or minus 196, which is 51.6 percent of the estimate itself. Every figure whose margin reaches 20 percent is printed with that margin beside it, so you can see the width of each one rather than having to assume it.
Nothing has been removed or adjusted. These are the published federal estimates, shown with the uncertainty the Census publishes alongside them.
Polk
What Polk is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area1.01 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land375 plus or minus 194
- County holding the largest share of its areaAshland 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.
Polk
How many people live in Polk
- Population380 plus or minus 196
- Median age32.1 plus or minus 8.9
- Population under 18125 plus or minus 63
- Share under 1832.9 percent plus or minus 23.7
- Population 65 and over52 plus or minus 25
- Share 65 and over13.7 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Households129 plus or minus 50
- Family households88 plus or minus 41
- Share of households that are families68.2 percent plus or minus 17.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Polk
Income and work in Polk
- Median household income$68,125 plus or minus $20,022
- Per capita income$28,075 plus or minus $6,698
- Civilian labor force173 plus or minus 82
- Employed169 plus or minus 80
- Unemployed4 plus or minus 6
- Unemployment rate2.3 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over232 plus or minus 96
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.5 percent plus or minus 45.7
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.8 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.6 percent plus or minus 9.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Polk
Housing in Polk
- Housing units133 plus or minus 51
- Occupied units129 plus or minus 50
- Vacant units4 plus or minus 8
- Vacancy rate3.0 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Owner occupied114 plus or minus 46
- Renter occupied15 plus or minus 11
- Ownership rate88.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$132,700 plus or minus $45,545
- Median gross rent, monthly$675 plus or minus $268
- Annual rent as a share of median income11.9 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Single family units123 plus or minus 50
- Share single family92.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more8 plus or minus 17
- Share in buildings of two or more6.0 percent plus or minus 12.6
- Mobile homes2 plus or minus 3
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Polk
How Polk gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute161 plus or minus 80
- Commuting under 15 minutes30 plus or minus 26
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.6 percent plus or minus 13.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more53 plus or minus 29
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more32.9 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Drove alone81.1 percent
- Carpooled14.2 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home4.7 percent plus or minus 4.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Polk
SBA 7(a) lending to Polk borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$292,600
- Average approval$73,150
- Median approval$72,600
- Ninetieth percentile approval$150,000
- Largest approval$150,000
- Jobs supported3
- Jobs per approval0.8
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Ashland County, not Polk
Ashland County context, not Polk figures
These are Ashland County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Polk measurements.
- Establishments in Ashland County1,021
- Employment at those establishments, Ashland County17,851
- Covered employment, Ashland County18,904
- Average annual pay, Ashland County$48,877
- Average weekly wage, Ashland County$940
- Housing units permitted, Ashland County57
- Of those, single family, Ashland County57
- County product, 2024, Ashland County$2,445,748,000
- County product change over the prior year, Ashland County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Ashland County$51,587
Every figure in this section is published for Ashland County as a whole and is not a measurement of Polk. 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
Polk questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Polk, Ohio?
380, in 129 households. Polk village covers 1.01 square miles of land, which is 375 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Polk in?
Ashland 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 Polk?
$68,125. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $132,700. Median gross rent is $675 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Polk businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $292,600, across 2 lenders, median approval $72,600. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Polk, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Polk borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Polk. only 2 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 Polk figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Ashland 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 Polk.
Is zoning published for Polk?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.