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Olton city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Olton city is a Census city of 1,552 people across 1.36 square miles of land, in Lamb County. Median household income is $46,029, 66.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $435,900.
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Olton
What Olton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.36 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,142
- County holding the largest share of its areaLamb 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.
Olton
How many people live in Olton
- Population1,552
- Median age43.9
- Population under 18362 plus or minus 91
- Share under 1823.3 percent
- Population 65 and over271 plus or minus 96
- Share 65 and over17.5 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Households548
- Family households388 plus or minus 81
- Share of households that are families70.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Olton
Income and work in Olton
- Median household income$46,029 plus or minus $14,157
- Per capita income$23,061
- Civilian labor force593 plus or minus 129
- Employed593 plus or minus 129
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over1,072
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher71.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher7.6 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.1 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Olton
Housing in Olton
- Housing units702
- Occupied units548
- Vacant units154 plus or minus 51
- Vacancy rate21.9 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Owner occupied366 plus or minus 80
- Renter occupied182 plus or minus 70
- Ownership rate66.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$50,800 plus or minus $14,963
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,045
- Annual rent as a share of median income27.2 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Single family units615
- Share single family87.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more18 plus or minus 34
- Share in buildings of two or more2.6 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Mobile homes69 plus or minus 36
- Median year structure built1964
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Olton
How Olton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute541 plus or minus 118
- Commuting under 15 minutes388 plus or minus 111
- Share commuting under 15 minutes71.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more111 plus or minus 58
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.5 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Drove alone82.0 percent
- Carpooled10.0 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Public transport1.6 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home6.4 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Olton
SBA loans in Olton (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$435,900
- Average approval$145,300
- Median approval$25,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$400,900
- Largest approval$400,900
- Jobs supported5
- Jobs per approval1.7
- 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 lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
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.
Olton
SBA loans in Olton (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$458,000
- Average approval$458,000
- Median approval$458,000
- Largest approval$458,000
- Jobs supported8
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Olton
Flood risk in Olton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number480896
- Currently effective map date02/01/91(L)
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.
Lamb County, not Olton
Lamb County context, not Olton figures
These are Lamb County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Olton measurements.
- Establishments in Lamb County230
- Employment at those establishments, Lamb County2,152
- Covered employment, Lamb County3,938
- Average annual pay, Lamb County$52,612
- Average weekly wage, Lamb County$1,012
- Housing units permitted, Lamb County1
- Of those, single family, Lamb County1
- County product, 2024, Lamb County$1,006,062,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lamb County-4.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lamb County$35,691
Every figure in this section is published for Lamb County as a whole and is not a measurement of Olton. 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
Olton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Olton, Texas?
1,552, in 548 households. Olton city covers 1.36 square miles of land, which is 1,142 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Olton in?
Lamb 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 Olton?
$46,029. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $50,800. Median gross rent is $1,045 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Olton businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $435,900, across 2 lenders, median approval $25,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $458,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Olton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Olton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Olton. 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 Olton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Olton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480896, 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 Olton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lamb 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 Olton.
Is zoning published for Olton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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