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Arcola city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Arcola city is a Census city of 1,911 people across 2.57 square miles of land, in Fort Bend County. Median household income is $75,086, 60.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $233,500.
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Arcola
What Arcola is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.57 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land744 plus or minus 237
- County holding the largest share of its areaFort Bend 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.
Arcola
How many people live in Arcola
- Population1,911 plus or minus 609
- Median age26.8
- Population under 18638 plus or minus 201
- Share under 1833.4 percent plus or minus 15.0
- Population 65 and over150 plus or minus 66
- Share 65 and over7.8 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Households622 plus or minus 150
- Family households430 plus or minus 146
- Share of households that are families69.1 percent plus or minus 16.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Arcola
- Median household income$75,086 plus or minus $20,646
- Per capita income$26,735
- Civilian labor force896 plus or minus 247
- Employed796 plus or minus 230
- Unemployed100 plus or minus 73
- Unemployment rate11.2 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Adults 25 and over1,074 plus or minus 284
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.5 percent plus or minus 29.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.3 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.3 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Arcola
- Housing units739 plus or minus 168
- Occupied units622 plus or minus 150
- Vacant units117 plus or minus 67
- Vacancy rate15.8 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Owner occupied374 plus or minus 111
- Renter occupied248 plus or minus 87
- Ownership rate60.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$242,600 plus or minus $56,288
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,130
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.1 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Single family units428 plus or minus 126
- Share single family57.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more86 plus or minus 78
- Share in buildings of two or more11.6 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Mobile homes225 plus or minus 95
- Median year structure built2001
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Arcola gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute754 plus or minus 220
- Commuting under 15 minutes64 plus or minus 53
- Share commuting under 15 minutes8.5 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more461 plus or minus 132
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more61.1 percent plus or minus 25.0
- Drove alone78.5 percent
- Carpooled14.5 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home4.8 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Arcola
SBA loans in Arcola (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$233,500
- Average approval$233,500
- Median approval$233,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$233,500
- Largest approval$233,500
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval4.0
- 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 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.
Fort Bend County, not Arcola
Fort Bend County context, not Arcola figures
These are Fort Bend County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Arcola measurements.
- Establishments in Fort Bend County18,519
- Employment at those establishments, Fort Bend County222,203
- Covered employment, Fort Bend County251,283
- Average annual pay, Fort Bend County$62,566
- Average weekly wage, Fort Bend County$1,203
- Housing units permitted, Fort Bend County12,017
- Of those, single family, Fort Bend County11,200
- County product, 2024, Fort Bend County$49,615,352,000
- County product change over the prior year, Fort Bend County7.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Fort Bend County$86,193
Every figure in this section is published for Fort Bend County as a whole and is not a measurement of Arcola. 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
Arcola questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Arcola, Texas?
1,911, in 622 households. Arcola city covers 2.57 square miles of land, which is 744 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Arcola in?
Fort Bend 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 Arcola?
$75,086. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $242,600. Median gross rent is $1,130 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Arcola businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $233,500, across 1 lenders, median approval $233,500. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Arcola, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Arcola borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Arcola. 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 Arcola figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Fort Bend 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 Arcola.
Is zoning published for Arcola?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.