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Unicoi town, Tennessee: commercial real estate data.
Unicoi town is a Census town of 3,806 people across 16.19 square miles of land, in Unicoi County. Median household income is $42,424, 58.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $250,000.
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Unicoi
What Unicoi is
- Census place typetown
- Land area16.19 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land235
- County holding the largest share of its areaUnicoi 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.
Unicoi
How many people live in Unicoi
- Population3,806
- Median age49.7 plus or minus 10.8
- Population under 18577 plus or minus 164
- Share under 1815.2 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Population 65 and over844 plus or minus 233
- Share 65 and over22.2 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Households1,836
- Family households1,017
- Share of households that are families55.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Unicoi
Income and work in Unicoi
- Median household income$42,424 plus or minus $15,237
- Per capita income$34,698
- Civilian labor force1,742
- Employed1,658
- Unemployed84 plus or minus 75
- Unemployment rate4.8 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Adults 25 and over2,909
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.9 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.9 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Unicoi
Housing in Unicoi
- Housing units1,932
- Occupied units1,836
- Vacant units96 plus or minus 99
- Vacancy rate5.0 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Owner occupied1,071
- Renter occupied765 plus or minus 236
- Ownership rate58.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$244,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$920 plus or minus $363
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.0 percent plus or minus 13.9
- Single family units1,182 plus or minus 239
- Share single family61.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more332 plus or minus 176
- Share in buildings of two or more17.2 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Mobile homes418 plus or minus 189
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Unicoi gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,471
- Commuting under 15 minutes68 plus or minus 73
- Share commuting under 15 minutes4.6 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more455 plus or minus 202
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more30.9 percent plus or minus 12.7
- Drove alone79.1 percent
- Carpooled11.0 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Worked from home9.2 percent plus or minus 5.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Unicoi
SBA 7(a) lending to Unicoi borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$250,000
- Average approval$125,000
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$150,000
- Largest approval$150,000
- Jobs supported12
- Jobs per approval6.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
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.
Unicoi County, not Unicoi
Unicoi County context, not Unicoi figures
These are Unicoi County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Unicoi measurements.
- Establishments in Unicoi County243
- Employment at those establishments, Unicoi County4,203
- Covered employment, Unicoi County5,042
- Average annual pay, Unicoi County$56,936
- Average weekly wage, Unicoi County$1,095
- Housing units permitted, Unicoi County26
- Of those, single family, Unicoi County26
- County product, 2024, Unicoi County$813,087,000
- County product change over the prior year, Unicoi County6.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Unicoi County$57,059
Every figure in this section is published for Unicoi County as a whole and is not a measurement of Unicoi. 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
Unicoi questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Unicoi, Tennessee?
3,806, in 1,836 households. Unicoi town covers 16.19 square miles of land, which is 235 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Unicoi in?
Unicoi 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 Unicoi?
$42,424. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $244,300. Median gross rent is $920 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Unicoi businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $250,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $150,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Unicoi, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Unicoi borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Unicoi. 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 Unicoi figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Unicoi 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 Unicoi.
Is zoning published for Unicoi?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.