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Williston city, North Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Williston city is a Census city of 28,056 people across 25.73 square miles of land, in Williams County. Median household income is $79,381, 47.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 42 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $24.9 m.
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Williston
What Williston is
- Census place typecity
- Land area25.73 sq mi
- Water area0.14 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,090
- County holding the largest share of its areaWilliams 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.
Williston
How many people live in Williston
- Population28,056
- Median age32.0
- Population under 187,743
- Share under 1827.6 percent
- Population 65 and over2,810
- Share 65 and over10.0 percent
- Households11,360
- Family households6,962
- Share of households that are families61.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Williston
Income and work in Williston
- Median household income$79,381
- Per capita income$45,046
- Civilian labor force15,877
- Employed15,097
- Unemployed780 plus or minus 311
- Unemployment rate4.9 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over17,857
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher25.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.6 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Williston
- Housing units15,107
- Occupied units11,360
- Vacant units3,747
- Vacancy rate24.8 percent
- Owner occupied5,348
- Renter occupied6,012
- Ownership rate47.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$286,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,122
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.0 percent
- Single family units6,454
- Share single family42.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more7,853
- Share in buildings of two or more52.0 percent
- Mobile homes800 plus or minus 383
- Median year structure built2003
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Williston
How Williston gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute14,527
- Commuting under 15 minutes7,849
- Share commuting under 15 minutes54.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,452 plus or minus 603
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more16.9 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Drove alone81.9 percent
- Carpooled10.6 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked3.2 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Worked from home3.6 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Williston
SBA loans in Williston (7(a))
- Approvals42
- Gross approval$24,869,700
- Average approval$592,136
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,856,300
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported378
- Jobs per approval9.0
- Loans with a final outcome17
- Paid in full16
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans5.9 percent
- Median term96 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more9.5 percent
- Share to franchises2.4 percent
- Distinct lenders19
- Distinct industries by NAICS29
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Williston
SBA loans in Williston (504)
- Approvals84
- Gross approval$58,705,000
- Average approval$698,869
- Median approval$414,000
- Largest approval$4,849,000
- Jobs supported946
- Loans with a final outcome19
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs6
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Williams County, not Williston
Williams County context, not Williston figures
These are Williams County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Williston measurements.
- Establishments in Williams County1,652
- Employment at those establishments, Williams County21,785
- Covered employment, Williams County27,125
- Average annual pay, Williams County$91,464
- Average weekly wage, Williams County$1,759
- Housing units permitted, Williams County90
- Of those, single family, Williams County88
- County product, 2024, Williams County$7,472,626,000
- County product change over the prior year, Williams County2.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Williams County$57,280
Every figure in this section is published for Williams County as a whole and is not a measurement of Williston. 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
Williston questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Williston, North Dakota?
28,056, in 11,360 households. Williston city covers 25.73 square miles of land, which is 1,090 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Williston in?
Williams 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 Williston?
$79,381. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $286,200. Median gross rent is $1,122 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Williston businesses?
42 7(a) approvals totalling $24.9 m, across 19 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 84 504 approvals worth $58.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Williston, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Williston borrowers get paid back?
Of the 17 loans that have reached a final outcome, 16 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 5.9 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Williston figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Williams 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 Williston.
Is zoning published for Williston?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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