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Terra Alta town, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Terra Alta town is a Census town of 1,841 people across 1.19 square miles of land, in Preston County. Median household income is $50,536, 69.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $112,500.
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Terra Alta
What Terra Alta is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.19 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,553 plus or minus 342
- County holding the largest share of its areaPreston 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.
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How many people live in Terra Alta
- Population1,841 plus or minus 405
- Median age29.9 plus or minus 8.2
- Population under 18523 plus or minus 142
- Share under 1828.4 percent
- Population 65 and over257 plus or minus 103
- Share 65 and over14.0 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Households637
- Family households396 plus or minus 93
- Share of households that are families62.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Terra Alta
- Median household income$50,536 plus or minus $17,794
- Per capita income$21,869
- Civilian labor force867 plus or minus 186
- Employed785 plus or minus 162
- Unemployed82 plus or minus 56
- Unemployment rate9.5 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Adults 25 and over1,120
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher77.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher8.8 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.5 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Terra Alta
- Housing units760
- Occupied units637
- Vacant units123 plus or minus 70
- Vacancy rate16.2 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Owner occupied441
- Renter occupied196 plus or minus 73
- Ownership rate69.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$95,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$742
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.6 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Single family units533
- Share single family70.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more88 plus or minus 54
- Share in buildings of two or more11.6 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Mobile homes139 plus or minus 55
- Median year structure built1964
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Terra Alta gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute761 plus or minus 160
- Commuting under 15 minutes200 plus or minus 95
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.3 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more301 plus or minus 100
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.6 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Drove alone83.2 percent
- Carpooled11.2 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home3.1 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Terra Alta (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$112,500
- Average approval$112,500
- Median approval$112,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$112,500
- Largest approval$112,500
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term180 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.
Preston County, not Terra Alta
Preston County context, not Terra Alta figures
These are Preston County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Terra Alta measurements.
- Establishments in Preston County509
- Employment at those establishments, Preston County5,012
- Covered employment, Preston County7,208
- Average annual pay, Preston County$55,402
- Average weekly wage, Preston County$1,065
- Housing units permitted, Preston County1
- Of those, single family, Preston County1
- County product, 2024, Preston County$1,012,032,000
- County product change over the prior year, Preston County6.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Preston County$55,925
Every figure in this section is published for Preston County as a whole and is not a measurement of Terra Alta. 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
Terra Alta questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Terra Alta, West Virginia?
1,841, in 637 households. Terra Alta town covers 1.19 square miles of land, which is 1,553 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Terra Alta in?
Preston 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 Terra Alta?
$50,536. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $95,200. Median gross rent is $742 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Terra Alta businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $112,500, across 1 lenders, median approval $112,500. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Terra Alta, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Terra Alta borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Terra Alta. 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 Terra Alta figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Preston 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 Terra Alta.
Is zoning published for Terra Alta?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.