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Lead city, South Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Lead city is a Census city of 3,006 people across 2.06 square miles of land, in Lawrence County. Median household income is $73,047, 70.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.1 m.
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Lead
What Lead is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.06 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,460
- County holding the largest share of its areaLawrence 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.
Lead
How many people live in Lead
- Population3,006
- Median age46.5 plus or minus 13.1
- Population under 18443 plus or minus 154
- Share under 1814.7 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Population 65 and over818 plus or minus 220
- Share 65 and over27.2 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Households1,345
- Family households723
- Share of households that are families53.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lead
Income and work in Lead
- Median household income$73,047 plus or minus $33,268
- Per capita income$38,887
- Civilian labor force1,780
- Employed1,780
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over2,361
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.5 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.8 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lead
Housing in Lead
- Housing units1,679
- Occupied units1,345
- Vacant units334 plus or minus 157
- Vacancy rate19.9 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Owner occupied946
- Renter occupied399 plus or minus 127
- Ownership rate70.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$189,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$835
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.7 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Single family units1,257
- Share single family74.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more390 plus or minus 166
- Share in buildings of two or more23.2 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Mobile homes32 plus or minus 20
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lead
How Lead gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,736
- Commuting under 15 minutes883 plus or minus 271
- Share commuting under 15 minutes50.9 percent plus or minus 14.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more461 plus or minus 173
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.6 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Drove alone71.6 percent
- Carpooled22.9 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Public transport2.2 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Walked0.5 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home2.0 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lead
SBA loans in Lead (7(a))
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$1,081,700
- Average approval$135,213
- Median approval$142,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$217,700
- Largest approval$217,700
- Jobs supported31
- Jobs per approval3.9
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more25.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Lead
SBA loans in Lead (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$1,058,000
- Average approval$264,500
- Median approval$301,000
- Largest approval$447,000
- Jobs supported6
- Loans with a final outcome3
- 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.
Lawrence County, not Lead
Lawrence County context, not Lead figures
These are Lawrence County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lead measurements.
- Establishments in Lawrence County1,248
- Employment at those establishments, Lawrence County11,109
- Covered employment, Lawrence County13,566
- Average annual pay, Lawrence County$50,201
- Average weekly wage, Lawrence County$965
- Housing units permitted, Lawrence County219
- Of those, single family, Lawrence County203
- County product, 2024, Lawrence County$1,847,820,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lawrence County2.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lawrence County$106,709
Every figure in this section is published for Lawrence County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lead. 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
Lead questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lead, South Dakota?
3,006, in 1,345 households. Lead city covers 2.06 square miles of land, which is 1,460 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lead in?
Lawrence 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 Lead?
$73,047. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $189,400. Median gross rent is $835 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lead businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $1.1 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $142,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $1.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lead, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lead borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lead. only 2 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 Lead figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lawrence 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 Lead.
Is zoning published for Lead?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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