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Overton city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Overton city is a Census city of 2,444 people across 6.70 square miles of land, lying across Rusk County and Smith County. Median household income is $52,279, 66.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $339,000.
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Overton
What Overton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.7 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land365 plus or minus 103
- County holding the largest share of its areaRusk County, 80.2 percent
- Counties this place lies inRusk County 80.2 percent, Smith County 19.8 percent
Overton city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Overton
How many people live in Overton
- Population2,444 plus or minus 689
- Median age32.5
- Population under 18568 plus or minus 198
- Share under 1823.2 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Population 65 and over293 plus or minus 86
- Share 65 and over12.0 percent
- Households780 plus or minus 171
- Family households530 plus or minus 141
- Share of households that are families67.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Overton
Income and work in Overton
- Median household income$52,279 plus or minus $37,428
- Per capita income$24,694
- Civilian labor force1,091 plus or minus 361
- Employed1,026 plus or minus 356
- Unemployed65 plus or minus 60
- Unemployment rate6.0 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Adults 25 and over1,598 plus or minus 431
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.0 percent plus or minus 29.8
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.6 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.3 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Overton
Housing in Overton
- Housing units939
- Occupied units780 plus or minus 171
- Vacant units159 plus or minus 89
- Vacancy rate16.9 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Owner occupied516 plus or minus 149
- Renter occupied264 plus or minus 100
- Ownership rate66.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$115,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$783 plus or minus $245
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.0 percent plus or minus 14.0
- Single family units713 plus or minus 165
- Share single family75.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more168 plus or minus 77
- Share in buildings of two or more17.9 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Mobile homes58 plus or minus 43
- Median year structure built1967
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Overton
How Overton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute924 plus or minus 342
- Commuting under 15 minutes186 plus or minus 88
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.1 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more481 plus or minus 248
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more52.1 percent plus or minus 18.6
- Drove alone80.4 percent plus or minus 39.0
- Carpooled6.6 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.0 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Worked from home9.9 percent plus or minus 5.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Overton
SBA 7(a) lending to Overton borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$339,000
- Average approval$339,000
- Median approval$339,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$339,000
- Largest approval$339,000
- 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.
Overton
Flood programme status in Overton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number480994
- Currently effective map date09/29/10(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.
Rusk County, not Overton
Rusk County context, not Overton figures
These are Rusk County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Overton measurements.
- Establishments in Rusk County833
- Employment at those establishments, Rusk County10,458
- Covered employment, Rusk County13,100
- Average annual pay, Rusk County$53,942
- Average weekly wage, Rusk County$1,037
- Housing units permitted, Rusk County3
- Of those, single family, Rusk County3
- County product, 2024, Rusk County$2,792,844,000
- County product change over the prior year, Rusk County-8.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Rusk County$57,787
Every figure in this section is published for Rusk County as a whole and is not a measurement of Overton. 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
Overton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Overton, Texas?
2,444, in 780 households. Overton city covers 6.70 square miles of land, which is 365 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Overton in?
Overton lies in more than one. By area it is 80.2 percent in Rusk County, 19.8 percent in Smith County. This page sits under Rusk County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Overton?
$52,279. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $115,300. Median gross rent is $783 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Overton businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $339,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $339,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Overton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Overton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Overton. 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 Overton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Overton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480994, 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 Overton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Rusk 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 Overton.
Is zoning published for Overton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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