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Poteau city, Oklahoma: commercial real estate data.
Poteau city is a Census city of 8,959 people across 26.60 square miles of land, in Le Flore County. Median household income is $50,511, 62.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.2 m.
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Poteau
What Poteau is
- Census place typecity
- Land area26.6 sq mi
- Water area2.12 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land337
- County holding the largest share of its areaLe Flore 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.
Poteau
How many people live in Poteau
- Population8,959
- Median age36.0
- Population under 182,450
- Share under 1827.3 percent
- Population 65 and over1,451
- Share 65 and over16.2 percent
- Households3,286
- Family households2,010
- Share of households that are families61.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Poteau
Income and work in Poteau
- Median household income$50,511
- Per capita income$24,228
- Civilian labor force3,433
- Employed3,224
- Unemployed209 plus or minus 88
- Unemployment rate6.1 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over5,741
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher80.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.5 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Poteau
Housing in Poteau
- Housing units3,707
- Occupied units3,286
- Vacant units421 plus or minus 95
- Vacancy rate11.4 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Owner occupied2,047
- Renter occupied1,239
- Ownership rate62.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$157,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$853
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.3 percent
- Single family units2,905
- Share single family78.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more506 plus or minus 133
- Share in buildings of two or more13.6 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Mobile homes296 plus or minus 91
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Poteau
How Poteau gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,095
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,531
- Share commuting under 15 minutes49.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more966 plus or minus 200
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.2 percent
- Drove alone82.8 percent
- Carpooled9.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.8 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home4.4 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Poteau
SBA loans in Poteau (7(a))
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$7,152,600
- Average approval$1,021,800
- Median approval$578,400
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,330,000
- Largest approval$2,330,000
- Jobs supported137
- Jobs per approval19.6
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more28.6 percent
- Share to franchises14.3 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 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.
Poteau
SBA loans in Poteau (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$252,000
- Average approval$252,000
- Median approval$252,000
- Largest approval$252,000
- Jobs supported6
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Le Flore County, not Poteau
Le Flore County context, not Poteau figures
These are Le Flore County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Poteau measurements.
- Establishments in Le Flore County798
- Employment at those establishments, Le Flore County6,665
- Covered employment, Le Flore County11,691
- Average annual pay, Le Flore County$42,224
- Average weekly wage, Le Flore County$812
- Housing units permitted, Le Flore County59
- Of those, single family, Le Flore County59
- County product, 2024, Le Flore County$1,751,455,000
- County product change over the prior year, Le Flore County3.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Le Flore County$43,302
Every figure in this section is published for Le Flore County as a whole and is not a measurement of Poteau. 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
Poteau questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Poteau, Oklahoma?
8,959, in 3,286 households. Poteau city covers 26.60 square miles of land, which is 337 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Poteau in?
Le Flore 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 Poteau?
$50,511. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $157,400. Median gross rent is $853 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Poteau businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $7.2 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $578,400, plus 1 504 approvals worth $252,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Poteau, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Poteau borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Poteau. only 3 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 Poteau figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Le Flore 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 Poteau.
Is zoning published for Poteau?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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