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Wendell city, Idaho: commercial real estate data.
Wendell city is a Census city of 2,981 people across 1.41 square miles of land, in Gooding County. Median household income is $57,266, 70.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $60,000.
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Wendell
What Wendell is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.41 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,119
- County holding the largest share of its areaGooding 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.
Wendell
How many people live in Wendell
- Population2,981
- Median age42.1
- Population under 18692 plus or minus 142
- Share under 1823.2 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Population 65 and over489 plus or minus 103
- Share 65 and over16.4 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Households1,080
- Family households685
- Share of households that are families63.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wendell
Income and work in Wendell
- Median household income$57,266 plus or minus $20,828
- Per capita income$28,392
- Civilian labor force1,682
- Employed1,575
- Unemployed107 plus or minus 85
- Unemployment rate6.4 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Adults 25 and over2,004
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher65.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.9 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.6 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wendell
Housing in Wendell
- Housing units1,127
- Occupied units1,080
- Vacant units47 plus or minus 44
- Vacancy rate4.2 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Owner occupied766 plus or minus 156
- Renter occupied314 plus or minus 86
- Ownership rate70.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$242,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$815
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.1 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Single family units714
- Share single family63.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more210 plus or minus 94
- Share in buildings of two or more18.6 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Mobile homes197 plus or minus 107
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wendell
How Wendell gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,470
- Commuting under 15 minutes592 plus or minus 171
- Share commuting under 15 minutes40.3 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more396 plus or minus 139
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.9 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Drove alone68.3 percent
- Carpooled15.0 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked7.7 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Worked from home4.5 percent plus or minus 4.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wendell
SBA loans in Wendell (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$60,000
- Average approval$60,000
- Median approval$60,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$60,000
- Largest approval$60,000
- Jobs supported0
- Jobs per approval0.0
- 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.
Wendell
SBA loans in Wendell (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$852,000
- Average approval$213,000
- Median approval$233,000
- Largest approval$299,000
- Jobs supported36
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Gooding County, not Wendell
Gooding County context, not Wendell figures
These are Gooding County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wendell measurements.
- Establishments in Gooding County360
- Employment at those establishments, Gooding County3,201
- Covered employment, Gooding County6,743
- Average annual pay, Gooding County$48,813
- Average weekly wage, Gooding County$939
- Housing units permitted, Gooding County52
- Of those, single family, Gooding County42
- County product, 2024, Gooding County$1,764,618,000
- County product change over the prior year, Gooding County24.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Gooding County$58,038
Every figure in this section is published for Gooding County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wendell. 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
Wendell questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wendell, Idaho?
2,981, in 1,080 households. Wendell city covers 1.41 square miles of land, which is 2,119 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wendell in?
Gooding 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 Wendell?
$57,266. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $242,100. Median gross rent is $815 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wendell businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $60,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $60,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $852,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wendell, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wendell borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wendell. 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 Wendell figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Gooding 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 Wendell.
Is zoning published for Wendell?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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