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Alva city, Oklahoma: commercial real estate data.
Alva city is a Census city of 4,982 people across 6.30 square miles of land, in Woods County. Median household income is $40,709, 50.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $95,100.
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Alva
What Alva is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.3 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land790
- County holding the largest share of its areaWoods 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.
Alva
How many people live in Alva
- Population4,982
- Median age28.3
- Population under 181,014
- Share under 1820.4 percent
- Population 65 and over786 plus or minus 171
- Share 65 and over15.8 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Households2,135
- Family households1,028
- Share of households that are families48.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alva
Income and work in Alva
- Median household income$40,709
- Per capita income$26,849
- Civilian labor force2,736
- Employed2,602
- Unemployed134 plus or minus 88
- Unemployment rate4.9 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Adults 25 and over2,602
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher39.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree15.4 percent plus or minus 4.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alva
Housing in Alva
- Housing units2,617
- Occupied units2,135
- Vacant units482 plus or minus 169
- Vacancy rate18.4 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Owner occupied1,069
- Renter occupied1,066
- Ownership rate50.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$133,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$877
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.9 percent
- Single family units2,341
- Share single family89.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more258 plus or minus 123
- Share in buildings of two or more9.9 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Mobile homes18 plus or minus 25
- Median year structure built1955
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alva
How Alva gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,568
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,085
- Share commuting under 15 minutes81.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more234 plus or minus 93
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more9.1 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Drove alone75.6 percent
- Carpooled12.0 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked11.1 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Worked from home1.1 percent plus or minus 1.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alva
SBA loans in Alva (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$95,100
- Average approval$95,100
- Median approval$95,100
- Ninetieth percentile approval$95,100
- Largest approval$95,100
- Jobs supported8
- Jobs per approval8.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term180 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Alva
SBA loans in Alva (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$680,000
- Average approval$340,000
- Median approval$396,000
- Largest approval$396,000
- Jobs supported16
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off1
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Woods County, not Alva
Woods County context, not Alva figures
These are Woods County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Alva measurements.
- Establishments in Woods County249
- Employment at those establishments, Woods County2,139
- Covered employment, Woods County3,324
- Average annual pay, Woods County$48,725
- Average weekly wage, Woods County$937
- Housing units permitted, Woods County7
- Of those, single family, Woods County7
- County product, 2024, Woods County$731,048,000
- County product change over the prior year, Woods County-4.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Woods County$44,683
Every figure in this section is published for Woods County as a whole and is not a measurement of Alva. 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
Alva questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Alva, Oklahoma?
4,982, in 2,135 households. Alva city covers 6.30 square miles of land, which is 790 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Alva in?
Woods 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 Alva?
$40,709. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $133,600. Median gross rent is $877 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Alva businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $95,100, across 1 lenders, median approval $95,100, plus 2 504 approvals worth $680,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Alva, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Alva borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Alva. only 0 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 Alva figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Woods 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 Alva.
Is zoning published for Alva?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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