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Dickson city, Tennessee: commercial real estate data.
Dickson city is a Census city of 16,424 people across 20.52 square miles of land, in Dickson County. Median household income is $69,678, 61.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 23 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $8.9 m.
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Dickson
What Dickson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area20.52 sq mi
- Water area0.08 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land800
- County holding the largest share of its areaDickson 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.
Dickson
How many people live in Dickson
- Population16,424
- Median age33.8
- Population under 183,797
- Share under 1823.1 percent
- Population 65 and over2,349
- Share 65 and over14.3 percent
- Households6,583
- Family households4,538
- Share of households that are families68.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dickson
Income and work in Dickson
- Median household income$69,678
- Per capita income$37,285
- Civilian labor force8,965
- Employed8,533
- Unemployed432 plus or minus 219
- Unemployment rate4.8 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over11,059
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.1 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dickson
Housing in Dickson
- Housing units7,191
- Occupied units6,583
- Vacant units608 plus or minus 225
- Vacancy rate8.5 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Owner occupied4,063
- Renter occupied2,520
- Ownership rate61.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$292,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,063
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.3 percent
- Single family units5,523
- Share single family76.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,611 plus or minus 367
- Share in buildings of two or more22.4 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Mobile homes57 plus or minus 69
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dickson
How Dickson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute7,465
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,831
- Share commuting under 15 minutes37.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,946
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.5 percent
- Drove alone75.2 percent
- Carpooled6.9 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Public transport1.8 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home10.8 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dickson
SBA 7(a) lending to Dickson borrowers
- Approvals23
- Gross approval$8,898,100
- Average approval$386,874
- Median approval$115,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,100,000
- Largest approval$2,800,000
- Jobs supported81
- Jobs per approval3.5
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full6
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more26.1 percent
- Share to franchises8.7 percent
- Distinct lenders12
- Distinct industries by NAICS19
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 7 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.
Dickson
SBA 504 lending to Dickson borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,977,000
- Average approval$988,500
- Median approval$1,748,000
- Largest approval$1,748,000
- Jobs supported31
- Loans with a final outcome1
- 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.
Dickson County, not Dickson
Dickson County context, not Dickson figures
These are Dickson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Dickson measurements.
- Establishments in Dickson County1,100
- Employment at those establishments, Dickson County15,749
- Covered employment, Dickson County18,872
- Average annual pay, Dickson County$51,716
- Average weekly wage, Dickson County$995
- Housing units permitted, Dickson County376
- Of those, single family, Dickson County353
- County product, 2024, Dickson County$2,981,493,000
- County product change over the prior year, Dickson County5.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Dickson County$62,719
Every figure in this section is published for Dickson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Dickson. 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
Dickson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Dickson, Tennessee?
16,424, in 6,583 households. Dickson city covers 20.52 square miles of land, which is 800 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Dickson in?
Dickson 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 Dickson?
$69,678. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $292,600. Median gross rent is $1,063 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Dickson businesses?
23 7(a) approvals totalling $8.9 m, across 12 lenders, median approval $115,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $2.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Dickson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Dickson borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Dickson. only 7 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 Dickson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Dickson 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 Dickson.
Is zoning published for Dickson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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