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Challis city, Idaho: commercial real estate data.
Challis city is a Census city of 854 people across 1.97 square miles of land, in Custer County. Median household income is $40,750, 59.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.6 m.
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Challis
What Challis is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.97 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land433 plus or minus 134
- County holding the largest share of its areaCuster 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.
Challis
How many people live in Challis
- Population854 plus or minus 264
- Median age48.4
- Population under 18167 plus or minus 95
- Share under 1819.6 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Population 65 and over195 plus or minus 90
- Share 65 and over22.8 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Households377 plus or minus 120
- Family households213 plus or minus 94
- Share of households that are families56.5 percent plus or minus 17.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Challis
Income and work in Challis
- Median household income$40,750 plus or minus $19,196
- Per capita income$23,689 plus or minus $5,986
- Civilian labor force407 plus or minus 175
- Employed402 plus or minus 174
- Unemployed5 plus or minus 9
- Unemployment rate1.2 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Adults 25 and over631 plus or minus 204
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.2 percent plus or minus 39.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.4 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.8 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Challis
Housing in Challis
- Housing units549 plus or minus 141
- Occupied units377 plus or minus 120
- Vacant units172 plus or minus 79
- Vacancy rate31.3 percent plus or minus 11.9
- Owner occupied223 plus or minus 94
- Renter occupied154 plus or minus 85
- Ownership rate59.2 percent plus or minus 16.3
- Median owner-occupied home value$176,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$539 plus or minus $282
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.9 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Single family units340 plus or minus 120
- Share single family61.9 percent plus or minus 14.9
- Units in buildings of two or more83 plus or minus 56
- Share in buildings of two or more15.1 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Mobile homes126 plus or minus 77
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Challis
How Challis gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute320 plus or minus 140
- Commuting under 15 minutes211 plus or minus 123
- Share commuting under 15 minutes65.9 percent plus or minus 25.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more45 plus or minus 40
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more14.1 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Drove alone37.1 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Carpooled39.1 percent plus or minus 27.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.5 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Worked from home20.4 percent plus or minus 23.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Challis
SBA loans in Challis (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$2,567,100
- Average approval$427,850
- Median approval$270,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,076,100
- Largest approval$1,076,100
- Jobs supported44
- Jobs per approval7.3
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term122 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Challis
SBA loans in Challis (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$135,000
- Average approval$135,000
- Median approval$135,000
- Largest approval$135,000
- Jobs supported2
- 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.
Custer County, not Challis
Custer County context, not Challis figures
These are Custer County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Challis measurements.
- Establishments in Custer County192
- Employment at those establishments, Custer County862
- Covered employment, Custer County1,539
- Average annual pay, Custer County$45,656
- Average weekly wage, Custer County$878
- Housing units permitted, Custer County49
- Of those, single family, Custer County49
- County product, 2024, Custer County$257,340,000
- County product change over the prior year, Custer County3.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Custer County$64,298
Every figure in this section is published for Custer County as a whole and is not a measurement of Challis. 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
Challis questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Challis, Idaho?
854, in 377 households. Challis city covers 1.97 square miles of land, which is 433 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Challis in?
Custer 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 Challis?
$40,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $176,400. Median gross rent is $539 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Challis businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $2.6 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $270,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $135,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Challis, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Challis borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Challis. only 2 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 Challis figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Custer 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 Challis.
Is zoning published for Challis?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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