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Wooster city, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Wooster city is a Census city of 26,971 people across 17.46 square miles of land, in Wayne County. Median household income is $66,898, 65.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 61 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $16.8 m.
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Wooster
What Wooster is
- Census place typecity
- Land area17.46 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,545
- County holding the largest share of its areaWayne 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.
Wooster
How many people live in Wooster
- Population26,971
- Median age40.1
- Population under 184,639
- Share under 1817.2 percent
- Population 65 and over5,645
- Share 65 and over20.9 percent
- Households11,108
- Family households6,184
- Share of households that are families55.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wooster
Income and work in Wooster
- Median household income$66,898
- Per capita income$34,774
- Civilian labor force13,587
- Employed13,067
- Unemployed520 plus or minus 170
- Unemployment rate3.8 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Adults 25 and over18,004
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher36.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wooster
Housing in Wooster
- Housing units12,114
- Occupied units11,108
- Vacant units1,006 plus or minus 288
- Vacancy rate8.3 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Owner occupied7,237
- Renter occupied3,871
- Ownership rate65.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$214,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$918
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.5 percent
- Single family units8,442
- Share single family69.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,196
- Share in buildings of two or more26.4 percent
- Mobile homes423 plus or minus 187
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wooster
How Wooster gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute11,474
- Commuting under 15 minutes7,299
- Share commuting under 15 minutes63.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,923
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more16.8 percent
- Drove alone74.3 percent
- Carpooled7.9 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked7.7 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Worked from home9.3 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wooster
SBA loans in Wooster (7(a))
- Approvals61
- Gross approval$16,752,200
- Average approval$274,626
- Median approval$75,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$650,000
- Largest approval$2,456,800
- Jobs supported323
- Jobs per approval5.3
- Loans with a final outcome20
- Paid in full20
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more9.8 percent
- Share to franchises14.8 percent
- Distinct lenders16
- Distinct industries by NAICS37
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wooster
SBA loans in Wooster (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,059,000
- Average approval$353,000
- Median approval$312,000
- Largest approval$506,000
- Jobs supported28
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wooster
Flood risk in Wooster
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number390579
- Currently effective map date08/18/09
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.
Wayne County, not Wooster
Wayne County context, not Wooster figures
These are Wayne County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wooster measurements.
- Establishments in Wayne County2,583
- Employment at those establishments, Wayne County42,271
- Covered employment, Wayne County48,515
- Average annual pay, Wayne County$57,609
- Average weekly wage, Wayne County$1,108
- Housing units permitted, Wayne County282
- Of those, single family, Wayne County228
- County product, 2024, Wayne County$8,952,225,000
- County product change over the prior year, Wayne County4.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Wayne County$53,069
Every figure in this section is published for Wayne County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wooster. 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
Wooster questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wooster, Ohio?
26,971, in 11,108 households. Wooster city covers 17.46 square miles of land, which is 1,545 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wooster in?
Wayne 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 Wooster?
$66,898. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $214,200. Median gross rent is $918 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wooster businesses?
61 7(a) approvals totalling $16.8 m, across 16 lenders, median approval $75,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wooster, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wooster borrowers get paid back?
Of the 20 loans that have reached a final outcome, 20 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Wooster in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Wooster appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 390579, 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 Wooster figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wayne 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 Wooster.
Is zoning published for Wooster?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.