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Wellston city, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Wellston city is a Census city of 5,452 people across 6.97 square miles of land, in Jackson County. Median household income is $56,193, 70.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.0 m.
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Wellston
What Wellston is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.97 sq mi
- Water area0.08 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land783
- County holding the largest share of its areaJackson 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.
Wellston
How many people live in Wellston
- Population5,452
- Median age40.1
- Population under 181,239 plus or minus 301
- Share under 1822.7 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Population 65 and over974 plus or minus 229
- Share 65 and over17.9 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Households2,030
- Family households1,457
- Share of households that are families71.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wellston
Income and work in Wellston
- Median household income$56,193 plus or minus $19,350
- Per capita income$29,095 plus or minus $6,379
- Civilian labor force2,374 plus or minus 501
- Employed2,292 plus or minus 507
- Unemployed82 plus or minus 78
- Unemployment rate3.5 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Adults 25 and over3,804
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.0 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.5 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wellston
Housing in Wellston
- Housing units2,325
- Occupied units2,030
- Vacant units295 plus or minus 129
- Vacancy rate12.7 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Owner occupied1,436
- Renter occupied594 plus or minus 259
- Ownership rate70.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$124,000 plus or minus $39,938
- Median gross rent, monthly$534 plus or minus $330
- Annual rent as a share of median income11.4 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Single family units1,713
- Share single family73.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more329 plus or minus 187
- Share in buildings of two or more14.2 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Mobile homes283 plus or minus 167
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wellston
How Wellston gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,250 plus or minus 491
- Commuting under 15 minutes398 plus or minus 151
- Share commuting under 15 minutes17.7 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more963 plus or minus 348
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more42.8 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Drove alone79.8 percent
- Carpooled13.2 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.3 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Worked from home1.0 percent plus or minus 1.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wellston
SBA loans in Wellston (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$5,000,000
- Average approval$5,000,000
- Median approval$5,000,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$5,000,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported21
- Jobs per approval21.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises100.0 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.
Wellston
Flood risk in Wellston
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number390293
- Currently effective map date12/18/09(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Jackson County, not Wellston
Jackson County context, not Wellston figures
These are Jackson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wellston measurements.
- Establishments in Jackson County596
- Employment at those establishments, Jackson County8,677
- Covered employment, Jackson County10,126
- Average annual pay, Jackson County$45,877
- Average weekly wage, Jackson County$882
- Housing units permitted, Jackson County33
- Of those, single family, Jackson County33
- County product, 2024, Jackson County$1,314,490,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jackson County3.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jackson County$52,188
Every figure in this section is published for Jackson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wellston. 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.
- 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
Wellston questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wellston, Ohio?
5,452, in 2,030 households. Wellston city covers 6.97 square miles of land, which is 783 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wellston in?
Jackson 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 Wellston?
$56,193. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $124,000. Median gross rent is $534 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wellston businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $5.0 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $5,000,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wellston, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wellston borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wellston. 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.
Is Wellston in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Wellston appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 390293, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Wellston figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jackson 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 Wellston.
Is zoning published for Wellston?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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