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Ralston city, Nebraska: commercial real estate data.
Ralston city is a Census city of 6,472 people across 1.63 square miles of land, in Douglas County. Median household income is $69,403, 63.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.0 m.
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Ralston
What Ralston is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.63 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,961
- County holding the largest share of its areaDouglas 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.
Ralston
How many people live in Ralston
- Population6,472
- Median age37.3
- Population under 181,482 plus or minus 349
- Share under 1822.9 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Population 65 and over1,048
- Share 65 and over16.2 percent
- Households2,872
- Family households1,571
- Share of households that are families54.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ralston
Income and work in Ralston
- Median household income$69,403
- Per capita income$41,090
- Civilian labor force3,798
- Employed3,713
- Unemployed85 plus or minus 73
- Unemployment rate2.2 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over4,498
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.7 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ralston
Housing in Ralston
- Housing units2,987
- Occupied units2,872
- Vacant units115 plus or minus 98
- Vacancy rate3.9 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Owner occupied1,819
- Renter occupied1,053
- Ownership rate63.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$230,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,215
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.0 percent
- Single family units2,044
- Share single family68.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more943 plus or minus 206
- Share in buildings of two or more31.6 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ralston
How Ralston gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,313
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,098 plus or minus 224
- Share commuting under 15 minutes33.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more500 plus or minus 154
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.1 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Drove alone80.7 percent
- Carpooled9.3 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home10.0 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ralston
SBA loans in Ralston (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,036,000
- Average approval$518,000
- Median approval$911,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$911,000
- Largest approval$911,000
- Jobs supported16
- Jobs per approval8.0
- 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.
Ralston
SBA loans in Ralston (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$342,000
- Average approval$171,000
- Median approval$205,000
- Largest approval$205,000
- Jobs supported7
- Loans with a final outcome0
- 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.
Douglas County, not Ralston
Douglas County context, not Ralston figures
These are Douglas County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ralston measurements.
- Establishments in Douglas County16,710
- Employment at those establishments, Douglas County339,929
- Covered employment, Douglas County340,716
- Average annual pay, Douglas County$67,868
- Average weekly wage, Douglas County$1,305
- Housing units permitted, Douglas County4,539
- Of those, single family, Douglas County1,867
- County product, 2024, Douglas County$73,770,708,000
- County product change over the prior year, Douglas County4.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Douglas County$67,090
Every figure in this section is published for Douglas County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ralston. 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
Ralston questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ralston, Nebraska?
6,472, in 2,872 households. Ralston city covers 1.63 square miles of land, which is 3,961 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ralston in?
Douglas 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 Ralston?
$69,403. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $230,800. Median gross rent is $1,215 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Ralston businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $1.0 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $911,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $342,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Ralston, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Ralston borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Ralston. 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 Ralston figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Douglas 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 Ralston.
Is zoning published for Ralston?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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