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Polk borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Polk borough is a Census borough of 615 people across 2.03 square miles of land, in Venango County. Median household income is $36,786, 79.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $25,000.
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Polk
What Polk is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area2.03 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land303 plus or minus 68
- County holding the largest share of its areaVenango 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.
Polk
How many people live in Polk
- Population615 plus or minus 138
- Median age53.4
- Population under 1881 plus or minus 26
- Share under 1813.2 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Population 65 and over172 plus or minus 81
- Share 65 and over28.0 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Households220 plus or minus 69
- Family households111 plus or minus 42
- Share of households that are families50.5 percent plus or minus 10.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Polk
Income and work in Polk
- Median household income$36,786 plus or minus $33,818
- Per capita income$22,491
- Civilian labor force228 plus or minus 76
- Employed197 plus or minus 66
- Unemployed31 plus or minus 19
- Unemployment rate13.6 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Adults 25 and over479 plus or minus 99
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.6 percent plus or minus 14.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.9 percent plus or minus 14.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Polk
Housing in Polk
- Housing units258 plus or minus 69
- Occupied units220 plus or minus 69
- Vacant units38 plus or minus 19
- Vacancy rate14.7 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Owner occupied174 plus or minus 60
- Renter occupied46 plus or minus 22
- Ownership rate79.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$101,400 plus or minus $30,784
- Median gross rent, monthly$685
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.3 percent plus or minus 20.6
- Single family units220 plus or minus 68
- Share single family85.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more19 plus or minus 18
- Share in buildings of two or more7.4 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Mobile homes19 plus or minus 13
- Median year structure built1951
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Polk
How Polk gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute190 plus or minus 63
- Commuting under 15 minutes49 plus or minus 28
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.8 percent plus or minus 12.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more54 plus or minus 27
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.4 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Drove alone93.9 percent
- Carpooled1.0 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Worked from home3.1 percent plus or minus 8.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Polk
SBA loans in Polk (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$25,000
- Average approval$25,000
- Median approval$25,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$25,000
- Largest approval$25,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 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 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.
Polk
Flood risk in Polk
- Listed NFIP communities3
- Of those, participating3
- NFIP community number421733
- Currently effective map date03/15/12(M)
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.
Venango County, not Polk
Venango County context, not Polk figures
These are Venango County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Polk measurements.
- Establishments in Venango County1,134
- Employment at those establishments, Venango County14,230
- Covered employment, Venango County16,232
- Average annual pay, Venango County$49,299
- Average weekly wage, Venango County$948
- Housing units permitted, Venango County40
- Of those, single family, Venango County40
- County product, 2024, Venango County$2,149,235,000
- County product change over the prior year, Venango County-1.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Venango County$51,011
Every figure in this section is published for Venango County as a whole and is not a measurement of Polk. 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
Polk questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Polk, Pennsylvania?
615, in 220 households. Polk borough covers 2.03 square miles of land, which is 303 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Polk in?
Venango 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 Polk?
$36,786. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $101,400. Median gross rent is $685 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Polk businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $25,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $25,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Polk, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Polk borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Polk. 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 Polk in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Polk appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 421733, 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 Polk figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Venango 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 Polk.
Is zoning published for Polk?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.