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Dell Rapids city, South Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Dell Rapids city is a Census city of 3,905 people across 2.25 square miles of land, in Minnehaha County. Median household income is $100,170, 82.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.1 m.
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Dell Rapids
What Dell Rapids is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.25 sq mi
- Water area0.07 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,732
- County holding the largest share of its areaMinnehaha 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.
Dell Rapids
How many people live in Dell Rapids
- Population3,905
- Median age39.3
- Population under 181,028
- Share under 1826.3 percent
- Population 65 and over703 plus or minus 149
- Share 65 and over18.0 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Households1,551
- Family households1,066
- Share of households that are families68.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dell Rapids
Income and work in Dell Rapids
- Median household income$100,170
- Per capita income$44,052
- Civilian labor force2,006
- Employed1,999
- Unemployed7 plus or minus 11
- Unemployment rate0.3 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Adults 25 and over2,760
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher38.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.2 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dell Rapids
Housing in Dell Rapids
- Housing units1,606
- Occupied units1,551
- Vacant units55 plus or minus 59
- Vacancy rate3.4 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Owner occupied1,276
- Renter occupied275 plus or minus 108
- Ownership rate82.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$301,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$962
- Annual rent as a share of median income11.5 percent
- Single family units1,293
- Share single family80.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more258 plus or minus 105
- Share in buildings of two or more16.1 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Mobile homes33 plus or minus 37
- Median year structure built1983
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dell Rapids
How Dell Rapids gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,849
- Commuting under 15 minutes688 plus or minus 189
- Share commuting under 15 minutes37.2 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more719 plus or minus 171
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more38.9 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Drove alone84.4 percent
- Carpooled4.5 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.6 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Worked from home7.5 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dell Rapids
SBA 7(a) lending to Dell Rapids borrowers
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$1,098,600
- Average approval$156,943
- Median approval$161,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$252,000
- Largest approval$252,000
- Jobs supported53
- Jobs per approval7.6
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term72 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises14.3 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- 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.
Dell Rapids
SBA 504 lending to Dell Rapids borrowers
- Approvals14
- Gross approval$4,136,000
- Average approval$295,429
- Median approval$195,000
- Largest approval$731,000
- Jobs supported94
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Minnehaha County, not Dell Rapids
Minnehaha County context, not Dell Rapids figures
These are Minnehaha County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Dell Rapids measurements.
- Establishments in Minnehaha County6,262
- Employment at those establishments, Minnehaha County125,353
- Covered employment, Minnehaha County138,556
- Average annual pay, Minnehaha County$65,100
- Average weekly wage, Minnehaha County$1,252
- Housing units permitted, Minnehaha County2,421
- Of those, single family, Minnehaha County1,015
- County product, 2024, Minnehaha County$22,447,462,000
- County product change over the prior year, Minnehaha County7.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Minnehaha County$87,582
Every figure in this section is published for Minnehaha County as a whole and is not a measurement of Dell Rapids. 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
Dell Rapids questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Dell Rapids, South Dakota?
3,905, in 1,551 households. Dell Rapids city covers 2.25 square miles of land, which is 1,732 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Dell Rapids in?
Minnehaha 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 Dell Rapids?
$100,170. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $301,700. Median gross rent is $962 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Dell Rapids businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $1.1 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $161,000, plus 14 504 approvals worth $4.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Dell Rapids, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Dell Rapids borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Dell Rapids. 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 Dell Rapids figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Minnehaha 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 Dell Rapids.
Is zoning published for Dell Rapids?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.