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Custer city, South Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Custer city is a Census city of 2,341 people across 2.56 square miles of land, in Custer County. Median household income is $78,369, 69.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 19 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.7 m.
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Custer
What Custer is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.56 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land916
- County holding the largest share of its areaCuster 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.
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How many people live in Custer
- Population2,341
- Median age51.2 plus or minus 10.5
- Population under 18314 plus or minus 92
- Share under 1813.4 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Population 65 and over812
- Share 65 and over34.7 percent
- Households1,169
- Family households796 plus or minus 162
- Share of households that are families68.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Custer
- Median household income$78,369
- Per capita income$48,209 plus or minus $13,861
- Civilian labor force1,084
- Employed1,041 plus or minus 216
- Unemployed43 plus or minus 55
- Unemployment rate4.0 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Adults 25 and over1,779
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.1 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.1 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Custer
- Housing units1,383
- Occupied units1,169
- Vacant units214 plus or minus 109
- Vacancy rate15.5 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Owner occupied813
- Renter occupied356 plus or minus 116
- Ownership rate69.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$235,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$968
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.8 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Single family units928
- Share single family67.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more291 plus or minus 114
- Share in buildings of two or more21.0 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Mobile homes164 plus or minus 67
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Custer gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute942 plus or minus 202
- Commuting under 15 minutes646 plus or minus 155
- Share commuting under 15 minutes68.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more217 plus or minus 96
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more23.0 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Drove alone81.8 percent
- Carpooled7.0 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.6 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Worked from home8.1 percent plus or minus 5.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Custer (7(a))
- Approvals19
- Gross approval$5,749,000
- Average approval$302,579
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,098,700
- Largest approval$1,792,000
- Jobs supported139
- Jobs per approval7.3
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Paid in full9
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more36.8 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders12
- Distinct industries by NAICS13
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 9 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.
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SBA loans in Custer (504)
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$3,480,000
- Average approval$316,364
- Median approval$272,000
- Largest approval$591,000
- Jobs supported40
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Custer County, not Custer
Custer County context, not Custer figures
These are Custer County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Custer measurements.
- Establishments in Custer County327
- Employment at those establishments, Custer County1,536
- Covered employment, Custer County2,677
- Average annual pay, Custer County$47,494
- Average weekly wage, Custer County$913
- Housing units permitted, Custer County232
- Of those, single family, Custer County228
- County product, 2024, Custer County$397,639,000
- County product change over the prior year, Custer County5.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Custer County$107,825
Every figure in this section is published for Custer County as a whole and is not a measurement of Custer. 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
Custer questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Custer, South Dakota?
2,341, in 1,169 households. Custer city covers 2.56 square miles of land, which is 916 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Custer in?
Custer 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 Custer?
$78,369. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $235,600. Median gross rent is $968 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Custer businesses?
19 7(a) approvals totalling $5.7 m, across 12 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 11 504 approvals worth $3.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Custer, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Custer borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Custer. only 9 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 Custer figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Custer 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 Custer.
Is zoning published for Custer?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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