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Lewiston city, Idaho: commercial real estate data.
Lewiston city is a Census city of 34,651 people across 17.55 square miles of land, in Nez Perce County. Median household income is $72,197, 67.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 45 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $21.7 m.
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Lewiston
What Lewiston is
- Census place typecity
- Land area17.55 sq mi
- Water area0.8 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,975
- County holding the largest share of its areaNez Perce 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.
Lewiston
How many people live in Lewiston
- Population34,651
- Median age39.8
- Population under 187,353
- Share under 1821.2 percent
- Population 65 and over7,146
- Share 65 and over20.6 percent
- Households14,235
- Family households8,732
- Share of households that are families61.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lewiston
Income and work in Lewiston
- Median household income$72,197
- Per capita income$37,764
- Civilian labor force16,865
- Employed16,439
- Unemployed426 plus or minus 153
- Unemployment rate2.5 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Adults 25 and over23,952
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lewiston
Housing in Lewiston
- Housing units15,109
- Occupied units14,235
- Vacant units874 plus or minus 236
- Vacancy rate5.8 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Owner occupied9,604
- Renter occupied4,631
- Ownership rate67.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$333,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,027
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.1 percent
- Single family units10,533
- Share single family69.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,343
- Share in buildings of two or more22.1 percent
- Mobile homes1,178 plus or minus 309
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lewiston
How Lewiston gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute14,485
- Commuting under 15 minutes8,311
- Share commuting under 15 minutes57.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,356 plus or minus 283
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more9.4 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Drove alone80.3 percent
- Carpooled6.2 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Public transport0.2 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked2.0 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home9.8 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lewiston
SBA loans in Lewiston (7(a))
- Approvals45
- Gross approval$21,704,000
- Average approval$482,311
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$797,600
- Largest approval$3,939,000
- Jobs supported247
- Jobs per approval5.5
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Paid in full8
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises13.3 percent
- Distinct lenders17
- Distinct industries by NAICS31
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 8 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.
Lewiston
SBA loans in Lewiston (504)
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$9,870,000
- Average approval$822,500
- Median approval$543,000
- Largest approval$4,432,000
- Jobs supported142
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Nez Perce County, not Lewiston
Nez Perce County context, not Lewiston figures
These are Nez Perce County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lewiston measurements.
- Establishments in Nez Perce County1,213
- Employment at those establishments, Nez Perce County17,985
- Covered employment, Nez Perce County21,969
- Average annual pay, Nez Perce County$54,589
- Average weekly wage, Nez Perce County$1,050
- Housing units permitted, Nez Perce County125
- Of those, single family, Nez Perce County100
- County product, 2024, Nez Perce County$3,075,367,000
- County product change over the prior year, Nez Perce County2.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Nez Perce County$54,725
Every figure in this section is published for Nez Perce County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lewiston. 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
Lewiston questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lewiston, Idaho?
34,651, in 14,235 households. Lewiston city covers 17.55 square miles of land, which is 1,975 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lewiston in?
Nez Perce 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 Lewiston?
$72,197. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $333,700. Median gross rent is $1,027 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lewiston businesses?
45 7(a) approvals totalling $21.7 m, across 17 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 12 504 approvals worth $9.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lewiston, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lewiston borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lewiston. only 8 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 Lewiston figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Nez Perce 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 Lewiston.
Is zoning published for Lewiston?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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