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Brookings, South Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Brookings is a Census city of 23,948 people across 13.96 square miles of land, in Brookings County. Median household income is $63,493, 47.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 32 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $15.8 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Brookings
What Brookings is
- Census place typecity
- Land area13.96 sq mi
- Water area0.08 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,716
- County holding the largest share of its areaBrookings 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.
Brookings
How many people live in Brookings
- Population23,948
- Median age24.7
- Population under 184,448
- Share under 1818.6 percent
- Population 65 and over2,888
- Share 65 and over12.1 percent
- Households9,145
- Family households3,864
- Share of households that are families42.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brookings
Income and work in Brookings
- Median household income$63,493
- Per capita income$32,470
- Civilian labor force13,636
- Employed13,028
- Unemployed608 plus or minus 184
- Unemployment rate4.5 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Adults 25 and over11,785
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher47.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree17.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brookings
Housing in Brookings
- Housing units9,984
- Occupied units9,145
- Vacant units839 plus or minus 267
- Vacancy rate8.4 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Owner occupied4,365
- Renter occupied4,780
- Ownership rate47.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$265,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$889
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.8 percent
- Single family units5,549
- Share single family55.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,792
- Share in buildings of two or more38.0 percent
- Mobile homes643 plus or minus 184
- Median year structure built1986
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Brookings gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute11,263
- Commuting under 15 minutes8,437
- Share commuting under 15 minutes74.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,112 plus or minus 303
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more9.9 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Drove alone72.8 percent
- Carpooled10.2 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport0.5 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked4.8 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Worked from home10.4 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brookings
SBA loans in Brookings (7(a))
- Approvals32
- Gross approval$15,760,900
- Average approval$492,528
- Median approval$325,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$895,900
- Largest approval$3,040,000
- Jobs supported431
- Jobs per approval13.5
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full5
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more12.5 percent
- Share to franchises25.0 percent
- Distinct lenders12
- Distinct industries by NAICS20
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Brookings, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 5 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Brookings
SBA loans in Brookings (504)
- Approvals35
- Gross approval$22,444,000
- Average approval$641,257
- Median approval$496,000
- Largest approval$2,730,000
- Jobs supported219
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Brookings, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026. Only 9 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Brookings
Flood risk in Brookings
- NFIP communityCity of Brookings
- NFIP community number460004
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date04/23/25
The City of Brookings participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 460004 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Brookings County, not Brookings
Brookings County context, not Brookings figures
- Establishments in Brookings County958
- Covered employment, Brookings County19,246
- Average annual pay, Brookings County$56,994
- Housing units permitted, Brookings County208
Every figure in this section is published for Brookings County as a whole and is not a measurement of Brookings.
All Brookings County figures →
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Brookings questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Brookings, South Dakota?
23,948, in 9,145 households. Brookings city covers 13.96 square miles of land, which is 1,716 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Brookings in?
Brookings 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 Brookings?
$63,493. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $265,500. Median gross rent is $889 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Brookings businesses?
32 7(a) approvals totaling $15.8 m since FY2020, across 12 lenders, median approval $325,000, plus 35 504 approvals worth $22.4 m since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Brookings, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Brookings borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Brookings. Only 5 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Brookings in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Brookings appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Brookings, city of, community 460004, 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 Brookings figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Brookings 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 Brookings.
Is zoning published for Brookings?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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