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East Palestine village, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
East Palestine village is a Census village of 4,696 people across 3.15 square miles of land, in Columbiana County. Median household income is $49,777, 68.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 11 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.1 m.
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East Palestine
What East Palestine is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area3.15 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,490
- County holding the largest share of its areaColumbiana 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.
East Palestine
How many people live in East Palestine
- Population4,696
- Median age44.5
- Population under 181,081 plus or minus 303
- Share under 1823.0 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Population 65 and over1,128 plus or minus 231
- Share 65 and over24.0 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Households2,032
- Family households1,282
- Share of households that are families63.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Palestine
Income and work in East Palestine
- Median household income$49,777
- Per capita income$32,383 plus or minus $6,789
- Civilian labor force2,085
- Employed2,053
- Unemployed32 plus or minus 30
- Unemployment rate1.5 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over3,403
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.7 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.0 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Palestine
Housing in East Palestine
- Housing units2,390
- Occupied units2,032
- Vacant units358 plus or minus 159
- Vacancy rate15.0 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Owner occupied1,385
- Renter occupied647 plus or minus 191
- Ownership rate68.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$113,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$851
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.5 percent
- Single family units2,034
- Share single family85.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more250 plus or minus 143
- Share in buildings of two or more10.5 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Mobile homes106 plus or minus 83
- Median year structure built1952
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Palestine
How East Palestine gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,908
- Commuting under 15 minutes680 plus or minus 227
- Share commuting under 15 minutes35.6 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more664 plus or minus 183
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.8 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Drove alone75.1 percent
- Carpooled14.7 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Public transport0.7 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Walked3.3 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Worked from home6.1 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Palestine
SBA loans in East Palestine (7(a))
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$2,140,700
- Average approval$194,609
- Median approval$25,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$600,000
- Largest approval$886,000
- Jobs supported41
- Jobs per approval3.7
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- 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 NAICS8
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.
East Palestine
Flood risk in East Palestine
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number390079
- Currently effective map date05/02/12(M)
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.
Columbiana County, not East Palestine
Columbiana County context, not East Palestine figures
These are Columbiana County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as East Palestine measurements.
- Establishments in Columbiana County1,907
- Employment at those establishments, Columbiana County25,092
- Covered employment, Columbiana County28,452
- Average annual pay, Columbiana County$49,319
- Average weekly wage, Columbiana County$948
- Housing units permitted, Columbiana County43
- Of those, single family, Columbiana County31
- County product, 2024, Columbiana County$4,812,810,000
- County product change over the prior year, Columbiana County4.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Columbiana County$49,109
Every figure in this section is published for Columbiana County as a whole and is not a measurement of East Palestine. 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
East Palestine questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in East Palestine, Ohio?
4,696, in 2,032 households. East Palestine village covers 3.15 square miles of land, which is 1,490 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is East Palestine in?
Columbiana 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 East Palestine?
$49,777. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $113,700. Median gross rent is $851 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to East Palestine businesses?
11 7(a) approvals totalling $2.1 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $25,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in East Palestine, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to East Palestine borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for East Palestine. 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.
Is East Palestine in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. East Palestine appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 390079, 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 East Palestine figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Columbiana 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 East Palestine.
Is zoning published for East Palestine?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.