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Plankinton city, South Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Plankinton city is a Census city of 603 people across 0.76 square miles of land, in Aurora County. Median household income is $74,833, 69.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $828,000.
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Plankinton
What Plankinton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.76 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land790
- County holding the largest share of its areaAurora 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.
Plankinton
How many people live in Plankinton
- Population603
- Median age42.4
- Population under 18143 plus or minus 42
- Share under 1823.7 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Population 65 and over85 plus or minus 29
- Share 65 and over14.1 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Households252
- Family households178 plus or minus 37
- Share of households that are families70.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plankinton
Income and work in Plankinton
- Median household income$74,833
- Per capita income$53,328 plus or minus $15,092
- Civilian labor force357 plus or minus 72
- Employed357 plus or minus 72
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over418
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.5 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.9 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plankinton
Housing in Plankinton
- Housing units292
- Occupied units252
- Vacant units40 plus or minus 28
- Vacancy rate13.7 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Owner occupied174
- Renter occupied78 plus or minus 30
- Ownership rate69.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$114,800 plus or minus $29,163
- Median gross rent, monthly$970
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.6 percent
- Single family units228
- Share single family78.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more23 plus or minus 20
- Share in buildings of two or more7.9 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Mobile homes40 plus or minus 23
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plankinton
How Plankinton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute316 plus or minus 66
- Commuting under 15 minutes140 plus or minus 42
- Share commuting under 15 minutes44.3 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more105 plus or minus 40
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more33.2 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Drove alone76.5 percent
- Carpooled9.5 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Worked from home11.5 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plankinton
SBA 7(a) lending to Plankinton borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$828,000
- Average approval$828,000
- Median approval$828,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$828,000
- Largest approval$828,000
- Jobs supported15
- Jobs per approval15.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 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.
Plankinton
SBA 504 lending to Plankinton borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,765,000
- Average approval$1,765,000
- Median approval$1,765,000
- Largest approval$1,765,000
- Jobs supported166
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Aurora County, not Plankinton
Aurora County context, not Plankinton figures
These are Aurora County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Plankinton measurements.
- Establishments in Aurora County78
- Employment at those establishments, Aurora County522
- Covered employment, Aurora County812
- Average annual pay, Aurora County$41,846
- Average weekly wage, Aurora County$805
- Housing units permitted, Aurora County9
- Of those, single family, Aurora County5
- County product, 2024, Aurora County$155,797,000
- County product change over the prior year, Aurora County-13.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Aurora County$72,093
Every figure in this section is published for Aurora County as a whole and is not a measurement of Plankinton. 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
Plankinton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Plankinton, South Dakota?
603, in 252 households. Plankinton city covers 0.76 square miles of land, which is 790 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Plankinton in?
Aurora 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 Plankinton?
$74,833. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $114,800. Median gross rent is $970 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Plankinton businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $828,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $828,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $1.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Plankinton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Plankinton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Plankinton. 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 Plankinton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Aurora 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 Plankinton.
Is zoning published for Plankinton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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