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Jefferson city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Jefferson city is a Census city of 2,131 people across 4.45 square miles of land, in Marion County. Median household income is $41,500, 53.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.4 m.
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Jefferson
What Jefferson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.45 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land479
- County holding the largest share of its areaMarion 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.
Jefferson
How many people live in Jefferson
- Population2,131
- Median age37.1 plus or minus 7.6
- Population under 18505 plus or minus 153
- Share under 1823.7 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Population 65 and over546 plus or minus 120
- Share 65 and over25.6 percent
- Households870
- Family households466 plus or minus 119
- Share of households that are families53.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jefferson
Income and work in Jefferson
- Median household income$41,500 plus or minus $17,383
- Per capita income$25,642 plus or minus $5,427
- Civilian labor force996
- Employed912 plus or minus 220
- Unemployed84 plus or minus 96
- Unemployment rate8.4 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Adults 25 and over1,403
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.3 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.3 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jefferson
Housing in Jefferson
- Housing units1,144
- Occupied units870
- Vacant units274 plus or minus 112
- Vacancy rate24.0 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Owner occupied467 plus or minus 110
- Renter occupied403 plus or minus 122
- Ownership rate53.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$148,600 plus or minus $70,131
- Median gross rent, monthly$653 plus or minus $321
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.9 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Single family units703 plus or minus 156
- Share single family61.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more226 plus or minus 131
- Share in buildings of two or more19.8 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Mobile homes215 plus or minus 108
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jefferson
How Jefferson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute875 plus or minus 219
- Commuting under 15 minutes277 plus or minus 116
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.7 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more351 plus or minus 117
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.1 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Drove alone74.2 percent plus or minus 14.8
- Carpooled13.3 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.8 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Worked from home3.6 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jefferson
SBA loans in Jefferson (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$3,415,800
- Average approval$853,950
- Median approval$613,800
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,467,000
- Largest approval$2,467,000
- Jobs supported21
- Jobs per approval5.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises50.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
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.
Jefferson
SBA loans in Jefferson (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$75,000
- Average approval$75,000
- Median approval$75,000
- Largest approval$75,000
- Jobs supported3
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jefferson
Flood risk in Jefferson
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number480465
- Currently effective map date10/26/82(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.
Marion County, not Jefferson
Marion County context, not Jefferson figures
These are Marion County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Jefferson measurements.
- Establishments in Marion County174
- Employment at those establishments, Marion County1,794
- Covered employment, Marion County2,263
- Average annual pay, Marion County$43,740
- Average weekly wage, Marion County$841
- Housing units permitted, Marion County15
- Of those, single family, Marion County11
- County product, 2024, Marion County$392,963,000
- County product change over the prior year, Marion County2.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Marion County$51,861
Every figure in this section is published for Marion County as a whole and is not a measurement of Jefferson. 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
Jefferson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Jefferson, Texas?
2,131, in 870 households. Jefferson city covers 4.45 square miles of land, which is 479 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Jefferson in?
Marion 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 Jefferson?
$41,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $148,600. Median gross rent is $653 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Jefferson businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $3.4 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $613,800, plus 1 504 approvals worth $75,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Jefferson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Jefferson borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Jefferson. 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.
Is Jefferson in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Jefferson appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480465, 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 Jefferson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Marion 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 Jefferson.
Is zoning published for Jefferson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.