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Bismarck city, North Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Bismarck city is a Census city of 75,556 people across 34.68 square miles of land, in Burleigh County. Median household income is $78,387, 65.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 97 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $55.7 m.
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Bismarck
What Bismarck is
- Census place typecity
- Land area34.68 sq mi
- Water area0.5 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,178
- County holding the largest share of its areaBurleigh 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.
Bismarck
How many people live in Bismarck
- Population75,556
- Median age38.9
- Population under 1816,252
- Share under 1821.5 percent
- Population 65 and over14,738
- Share 65 and over19.5 percent
- Households33,130
- Family households18,095
- Share of households that are families54.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bismarck
Income and work in Bismarck
- Median household income$78,387
- Per capita income$45,788
- Civilian labor force39,606
- Employed38,597
- Unemployed1,009 plus or minus 328
- Unemployment rate2.5 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Adults 25 and over52,397
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher39.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bismarck
Housing in Bismarck
- Housing units35,361
- Occupied units33,130
- Vacant units2,231 plus or minus 451
- Vacancy rate6.3 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Owner occupied21,692
- Renter occupied11,438
- Ownership rate65.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$300,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$999
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.3 percent
- Single family units20,484
- Share single family57.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more12,320
- Share in buildings of two or more34.8 percent
- Mobile homes2,557
- Median year structure built1985
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bismarck
How Bismarck gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute35,567
- Commuting under 15 minutes20,496
- Share commuting under 15 minutes57.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,879
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more8.1 percent
- Drove alone80.2 percent
- Carpooled8.8 percent
- Public transport0.2 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked1.9 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home7.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bismarck
SBA 7(a) lending to Bismarck borrowers
- Approvals97
- Gross approval$55,717,200
- Average approval$574,404
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,640,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,348
- Jobs per approval13.9
- Loans with a final outcome42
- Paid in full42
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term84 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more7.2 percent
- Share to franchises20.6 percent
- Distinct lenders32
- Distinct industries by NAICS56
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bismarck
SBA 504 lending to Bismarck borrowers
- Approvals113
- Gross approval$83,389,000
- Average approval$737,956
- Median approval$472,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,398
- Loans with a final outcome36
- Charged off4
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans11.1 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Burleigh County, not Bismarck
Burleigh County context, not Bismarck figures
These are Burleigh County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bismarck measurements.
- Establishments in Burleigh County3,218
- Employment at those establishments, Burleigh County47,601
- Covered employment, Burleigh County58,033
- Average annual pay, Burleigh County$63,464
- Average weekly wage, Burleigh County$1,220
- Housing units permitted, Burleigh County258
- Of those, single family, Burleigh County207
- County product, 2024, Burleigh County$7,809,487,000
- County product change over the prior year, Burleigh County6.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Burleigh County$61,809
Every figure in this section is published for Burleigh County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bismarck. 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
Bismarck questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bismarck, North Dakota?
75,556, in 33,130 households. Bismarck city covers 34.68 square miles of land, which is 2,178 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bismarck in?
Burleigh 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 Bismarck?
$78,387. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $300,300. Median gross rent is $999 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bismarck businesses?
97 7(a) approvals totalling $55.7 m, across 32 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 113 504 approvals worth $83.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bismarck, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bismarck borrowers get paid back?
Of the 42 loans that have reached a final outcome, 42 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Bismarck figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Burleigh 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 Bismarck.
Is zoning published for Bismarck?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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