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Parkesburg borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Parkesburg borough is a Census borough of 3,937 people across 1.27 square miles of land, in Chester County. Median household income is $76,250, 59.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.8 m.
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Parkesburg
What Parkesburg is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area1.27 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,102
- County holding the largest share of its areaChester 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.
Parkesburg
How many people live in Parkesburg
- Population3,937
- Median age33.0
- Population under 181,001 plus or minus 215
- Share under 1825.4 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Population 65 and over552 plus or minus 161
- Share 65 and over14.0 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Households1,492
- Family households1,018
- Share of households that are families68.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Parkesburg
Income and work in Parkesburg
- Median household income$76,250 plus or minus $42,625
- Per capita income$40,485
- Civilian labor force2,236
- Employed2,035
- Unemployed201 plus or minus 154
- Unemployment rate9.0 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Adults 25 and over2,500
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.5 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.0 percent plus or minus 5.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Parkesburg
Housing in Parkesburg
- Housing units1,492
- Occupied units1,492
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied893
- Renter occupied599 plus or minus 156
- Ownership rate59.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$305,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,201
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.9 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Single family units1,138
- Share single family76.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more354 plus or minus 133
- Share in buildings of two or more23.7 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Parkesburg
How Parkesburg gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,789
- Commuting under 15 minutes322 plus or minus 127
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.0 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more980 plus or minus 265
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more54.8 percent plus or minus 13.4
- Drove alone79.4 percent
- Carpooled9.0 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home11.6 percent plus or minus 5.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Parkesburg
SBA 7(a) lending to Parkesburg borrowers
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$7,826,000
- Average approval$869,556
- Median approval$160,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,171,000
- Largest approval$2,171,000
- Jobs supported82
- Jobs per approval9.1
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.1 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
Parkesburg
SBA 504 lending to Parkesburg borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$144,000
- Average approval$144,000
- Median approval$144,000
- Largest approval$144,000
- Jobs supported3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- 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.
Parkesburg
Flood programme status in Parkesburg
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number422277
- Currently effective map date09/29/17
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.
Chester County, not Parkesburg
Chester County context, not Parkesburg figures
These are Chester County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Parkesburg measurements.
- Establishments in Chester County15,102
- Employment at those establishments, Chester County262,454
- Covered employment, Chester County251,284
- Average annual pay, Chester County$87,886
- Average weekly wage, Chester County$1,690
- Housing units permitted, Chester County1,529
- Of those, single family, Chester County1,187
- County product, 2024, Chester County$60,160,228,000
- County product change over the prior year, Chester County5.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Chester County$121,506
Every figure in this section is published for Chester County as a whole and is not a measurement of Parkesburg. 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
Parkesburg questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania?
3,937, in 1,492 households. Parkesburg borough covers 1.27 square miles of land, which is 3,102 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Parkesburg in?
Chester 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 Parkesburg?
$76,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $305,900. Median gross rent is $1,201 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Parkesburg businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $7.8 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $160,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $144,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Parkesburg, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Parkesburg borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Parkesburg. only 1 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 Parkesburg in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Parkesburg appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 422277, 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 Parkesburg figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Chester 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 Parkesburg.
Is zoning published for Parkesburg?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.