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Wahpeton city, North Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Wahpeton city is a Census city of 8,010 people across 5.36 square miles of land, in Richland County. Median household income is $62,750, 45.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.5 m.
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Wahpeton
What Wahpeton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.36 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,496
- County holding the largest share of its areaRichland 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.
Wahpeton
How many people live in Wahpeton
- Population8,010
- Median age34.7
- Population under 181,158
- Share under 1814.5 percent
- Population 65 and over1,557
- Share 65 and over19.4 percent
- Households3,459
- Family households1,561
- Share of households that are families45.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wahpeton
Income and work in Wahpeton
- Median household income$62,750
- Per capita income$34,490
- Civilian labor force4,569
- Employed4,492
- Unemployed77 plus or minus 54
- Unemployment rate1.7 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Adults 25 and over4,984
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.4 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wahpeton
Housing in Wahpeton
- Housing units3,756
- Occupied units3,459
- Vacant units297 plus or minus 139
- Vacancy rate7.9 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Owner occupied1,570
- Renter occupied1,889
- Ownership rate45.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$171,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$751
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.4 percent
- Single family units1,846
- Share single family49.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,821
- Share in buildings of two or more48.5 percent
- Mobile homes89 plus or minus 53
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wahpeton
How Wahpeton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,074
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,072
- Share commuting under 15 minutes75.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more639 plus or minus 206
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.7 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Drove alone78.1 percent
- Carpooled5.6 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked7.9 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Worked from home6.8 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wahpeton
SBA 7(a) lending to Wahpeton borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$1,515,100
- Average approval$303,020
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,062,000
- Largest approval$1,062,000
- Jobs supported33
- Jobs per approval6.6
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term84 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises40.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
Wahpeton
SBA 504 lending to Wahpeton borrowers
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$5,350,000
- Average approval$891,667
- Median approval$492,000
- Largest approval$3,128,000
- Jobs supported64
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Richland County, not Wahpeton
Richland County context, not Wahpeton figures
These are Richland County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wahpeton measurements.
- Establishments in Richland County541
- Employment at those establishments, Richland County5,915
- Covered employment, Richland County7,970
- Average annual pay, Richland County$54,185
- Average weekly wage, Richland County$1,042
- Housing units permitted, Richland County39
- Of those, single family, Richland County39
- County product, 2024, Richland County$1,477,961,000
- County product change over the prior year, Richland County-2.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Richland County$52,355
Every figure in this section is published for Richland County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wahpeton. 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
Wahpeton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wahpeton, North Dakota?
8,010, in 3,459 households. Wahpeton city covers 5.36 square miles of land, which is 1,496 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wahpeton in?
Richland 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 Wahpeton?
$62,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $171,300. Median gross rent is $751 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wahpeton businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $1.5 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 6 504 approvals worth $5.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wahpeton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wahpeton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wahpeton. only 1 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 Wahpeton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Richland 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 Wahpeton.
Is zoning published for Wahpeton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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