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Van Wert city, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Van Wert city is a Census city of 10,790 people across 7.53 square miles of land, in Van Wert County. Median household income is $55,113, 71.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.0 m.
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Van Wert
What Van Wert is
- Census place typecity
- Land area7.53 sq mi
- Water area0.28 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,433
- County holding the largest share of its areaVan Wert 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 Van Wert
- Population10,790
- Median age41.2
- Population under 182,452
- Share under 1822.7 percent
- Population 65 and over2,062
- Share 65 and over19.1 percent
- Households4,507
- Family households2,742
- Share of households that are families60.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Van Wert
- Median household income$55,113
- Per capita income$30,872
- Civilian labor force5,436
- Employed5,208
- Unemployed228 plus or minus 128
- Unemployment rate4.2 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Adults 25 and over7,390
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.3 percent plus or minus 1.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Van Wert
- Housing units4,949
- Occupied units4,507
- Vacant units442 plus or minus 139
- Vacancy rate8.9 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Owner occupied3,202
- Renter occupied1,305
- Ownership rate71.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$123,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$765
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.7 percent
- Single family units4,109
- Share single family83.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more683 plus or minus 182
- Share in buildings of two or more13.8 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Mobile homes157 plus or minus 74
- Median year structure built1956
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Van Wert gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,073
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,373
- Share commuting under 15 minutes66.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more962
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more19.0 percent
- Drove alone85.3 percent
- Carpooled8.3 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.2 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home2.8 percent plus or minus 1.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 7(a) lending to Van Wert borrowers
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$4,950,700
- Average approval$550,078
- Median approval$117,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,763,000
- Largest approval$3,763,000
- Jobs supported127
- Jobs per approval14.1
- 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 franchises33.3 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
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.
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SBA 504 lending to Van Wert borrowers
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$7,168,000
- Average approval$1,024,000
- Median approval$1,270,000
- Largest approval$1,913,000
- Jobs supported88
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood programme status in Van Wert
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number390552
- Currently effective map date08/16/22(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.
Van Wert County, not Van Wert
Van Wert County context, not Van Wert figures
These are Van Wert County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Van Wert measurements.
- Establishments in Van Wert County522
- Employment at those establishments, Van Wert County10,772
- Covered employment, Van Wert County11,519
- Average annual pay, Van Wert County$49,418
- Average weekly wage, Van Wert County$950
- Housing units permitted, Van Wert County38
- Of those, single family, Van Wert County38
- County product, 2024, Van Wert County$1,726,005,000
- County product change over the prior year, Van Wert County-0.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Van Wert County$47,064
Every figure in this section is published for Van Wert County as a whole and is not a measurement of Van Wert. 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
Van Wert questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Van Wert, Ohio?
10,790, in 4,507 households. Van Wert city covers 7.53 square miles of land, which is 1,433 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Van Wert in?
Van Wert 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 Van Wert?
$55,113. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $123,900. Median gross rent is $765 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Van Wert businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $5.0 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $117,500, plus 7 504 approvals worth $7.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Van Wert, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Van Wert borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Van Wert. 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.
Is Van Wert in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Van Wert appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 390552, 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 Van Wert figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Van Wert 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 Van Wert.
Is zoning published for Van Wert?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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