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Tahlequah city, Oklahoma: commercial real estate data.
Tahlequah city is a Census city of 16,935 people across 12.77 square miles of land, in Cherokee County. Median household income is $49,581, 40.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 14 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $10.9 m.
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Tahlequah
What Tahlequah is
- Census place typecity
- Land area12.77 sq mi
- Water area0.1 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,327
- County holding the largest share of its areaCherokee 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.
Tahlequah
How many people live in Tahlequah
- Population16,935
- Median age29.3
- Population under 183,388
- Share under 1820.0 percent
- Population 65 and over2,697
- Share 65 and over15.9 percent
- Households6,795
- Family households3,529
- Share of households that are families51.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tahlequah
Income and work in Tahlequah
- Median household income$49,581
- Per capita income$28,232
- Civilian labor force8,783
- Employed8,228
- Unemployed555 plus or minus 225
- Unemployment rate6.3 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over9,610
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher34.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tahlequah
Housing in Tahlequah
- Housing units7,600
- Occupied units6,795
- Vacant units805
- Vacancy rate10.6 percent
- Owner occupied2,732
- Renter occupied4,063
- Ownership rate40.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$185,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$835
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.2 percent
- Single family units4,350
- Share single family57.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,711
- Share in buildings of two or more35.7 percent
- Mobile homes539 plus or minus 162
- Median year structure built1988
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tahlequah
How Tahlequah gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute7,696
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,786
- Share commuting under 15 minutes62.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,309 plus or minus 264
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more17.0 percent
- Drove alone71.2 percent
- Carpooled14.5 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport0.7 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked5.0 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Worked from home5.6 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tahlequah
SBA loans in Tahlequah (7(a))
- Approvals14
- Gross approval$10,869,700
- Average approval$776,407
- Median approval$625,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,710,000
- Largest approval$3,155,000
- Jobs supported141
- Jobs per approval10.1
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full5
- Charged off0
- Median term210 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more42.9 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS12
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 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.
Tahlequah
SBA loans in Tahlequah (504)
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$3,737,000
- Average approval$467,125
- Median approval$360,000
- Largest approval$976,000
- Jobs supported79
- Loans with a final outcome6
- 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.
Cherokee County, not Tahlequah
Cherokee County context, not Tahlequah figures
These are Cherokee County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Tahlequah measurements.
- Establishments in Cherokee County767
- Employment at those establishments, Cherokee County8,864
- Covered employment, Cherokee County17,947
- Average annual pay, Cherokee County$49,123
- Average weekly wage, Cherokee County$945
- Housing units permitted, Cherokee County48
- Of those, single family, Cherokee County32
- County product, 2024, Cherokee County$1,929,082,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cherokee County7.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cherokee County$48,569
Every figure in this section is published for Cherokee County as a whole and is not a measurement of Tahlequah. 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
Tahlequah questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Tahlequah, Oklahoma?
16,935, in 6,795 households. Tahlequah city covers 12.77 square miles of land, which is 1,327 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Tahlequah in?
Cherokee 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 Tahlequah?
$49,581. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $185,400. Median gross rent is $835 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Tahlequah businesses?
14 7(a) approvals totalling $10.9 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $625,500, plus 8 504 approvals worth $3.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Tahlequah, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Tahlequah borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Tahlequah. only 5 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 Tahlequah figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cherokee 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 Tahlequah.
Is zoning published for Tahlequah?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.