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Abilene city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Abilene city is a Census city of 128,053 people across 106.67 square miles of land, lying across Taylor County and Jones County. Median household income is $62,648, 56.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 124 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $104.5 m.
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Abilene
What Abilene is
- Census place typecity
- Land area106.67 sq mi
- Water area5.43 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,200
- County holding the largest share of its areaTaylor County, 84.8 percent
- Counties this place lies inTaylor County 84.8 percent, Jones County 15.2 percent
Abilene 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.
Abilene
How many people live in Abilene
- Population128,053
- Median age32.8
- Population under 1829,488
- Share under 1823.0 percent
- Population 65 and over17,807
- Share 65 and over13.9 percent
- Households46,917
- Family households29,442
- Share of households that are families62.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Abilene
Income and work in Abilene
- Median household income$62,648
- Per capita income$31,321
- Civilian labor force58,259
- Employed56,499
- Unemployed1,760 plus or minus 363
- Unemployment rate3.0 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Adults 25 and over79,187
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Abilene
Housing in Abilene
- Housing units53,156
- Occupied units46,917
- Vacant units6,239
- Vacancy rate11.7 percent
- Owner occupied26,320
- Renter occupied20,597
- Ownership rate56.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$183,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,157
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.2 percent
- Single family units38,374
- Share single family72.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more13,060
- Share in buildings of two or more24.6 percent
- Mobile homes1,474
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Abilene
How Abilene gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute54,919
- Commuting under 15 minutes28,608
- Share commuting under 15 minutes52.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,239
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more7.7 percent
- Drove alone78.2 percent
- Carpooled9.5 percent
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked2.3 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home8.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Abilene
SBA loans in Abilene (7(a))
- Approvals124
- Gross approval$104,524,700
- Average approval$842,941
- Median approval$321,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,750,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,869
- Jobs per approval15.1
- Loans with a final outcome39
- Paid in full34
- Charged off5
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans12.8 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more21.8 percent
- Share to franchises25.0 percent
- Distinct lenders42
- Distinct industries by NAICS66
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Abilene
SBA loans in Abilene (504)
- Approvals45
- Gross approval$39,741,000
- Average approval$883,133
- Median approval$708,000
- Largest approval$5,456,000
- Jobs supported555
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans8.3 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Abilene
Flood risk in Abilene
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number485450
- Currently effective map date01/06/12
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.
Taylor County, not Abilene
Taylor County context, not Abilene figures
These are Taylor County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Abilene measurements.
- Establishments in Taylor County3,658
- Employment at those establishments, Taylor County61,016
- Covered employment, Taylor County68,255
- Average annual pay, Taylor County$55,914
- Average weekly wage, Taylor County$1,075
- Housing units permitted, Taylor County516
- Of those, single family, Taylor County420
- County product, 2024, Taylor County$9,865,588,000
- County product change over the prior year, Taylor County6.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Taylor County$57,145
Every figure in this section is published for Taylor County as a whole and is not a measurement of Abilene. 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
Abilene questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Abilene, Texas?
128,053, in 46,917 households. Abilene city covers 106.67 square miles of land, which is 1,200 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Abilene in?
Abilene lies in more than one. By area it is 84.8 percent in Taylor County, 15.2 percent in Jones County. This page sits under Taylor 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 Abilene?
$62,648. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $183,700. Median gross rent is $1,157 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Abilene businesses?
124 7(a) approvals totalling $104.5 m, across 42 lenders, median approval $321,000, plus 45 504 approvals worth $39.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Abilene, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Abilene borrowers get paid back?
Of the 39 loans that have reached a final outcome, 34 were paid in full and 5 charged off, a charge off rate of 12.8 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Abilene in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Abilene appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 485450, 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 Abilene figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Taylor 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 Abilene.
Is zoning published for Abilene?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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