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Lemmon city, South Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Lemmon city is a Census city of 1,208 people across 1.10 square miles of land, in Perkins County. Median household income is $50,147, 73.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $247,500.
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Lemmon
What Lemmon is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.1 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,101
- County holding the largest share of its areaPerkins 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.
Lemmon
How many people live in Lemmon
- Population1,208
- Median age45.9
- Population under 18262 plus or minus 72
- Share under 1821.7 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Population 65 and over374
- Share 65 and over31.0 percent
- Households544
- Family households312
- Share of households that are families57.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lemmon
Income and work in Lemmon
- Median household income$50,147 plus or minus $16,077
- Per capita income$29,342
- Civilian labor force571
- Employed542
- Unemployed29 plus or minus 20
- Unemployment rate5.1 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Adults 25 and over901
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.9 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.5 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lemmon
Housing in Lemmon
- Housing units687
- Occupied units544
- Vacant units143 plus or minus 57
- Vacancy rate20.8 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Owner occupied397
- Renter occupied147 plus or minus 46
- Ownership rate73.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$86,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$672
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.1 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Single family units525
- Share single family76.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more88 plus or minus 34
- Share in buildings of two or more12.8 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Mobile homes74 plus or minus 29
- Median year structure built1961
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lemmon
How Lemmon gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute495
- Commuting under 15 minutes444
- Share commuting under 15 minutes89.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more34 plus or minus 20
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more6.9 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Drove alone76.8 percent
- Carpooled9.2 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.4 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Worked from home9.0 percent plus or minus 6.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lemmon
SBA loans in Lemmon (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$247,500
- Average approval$247,500
- Median approval$247,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$247,500
- Largest approval$247,500
- Jobs supported6
- Jobs per approval6.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term84 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 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.
Lemmon
SBA loans in Lemmon (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,864,000
- Average approval$932,000
- Median approval$1,169,000
- Largest approval$1,169,000
- Jobs supported6
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Perkins County, not Lemmon
Perkins County context, not Lemmon figures
These are Perkins County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lemmon measurements.
- Establishments in Perkins County113
- Employment at those establishments, Perkins County734
- Covered employment, Perkins County1,119
- Average annual pay, Perkins County$41,738
- Average weekly wage, Perkins County$803
- Housing units permitted, Perkins County0
- Of those, single family, Perkins County0
- County product, 2024, Perkins County$175,636,000
- County product change over the prior year, Perkins County5.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Perkins County$43,111
Every figure in this section is published for Perkins County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lemmon. 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
Lemmon questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lemmon, South Dakota?
1,208, in 544 households. Lemmon city covers 1.10 square miles of land, which is 1,101 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lemmon in?
Perkins 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 Lemmon?
$50,147. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $86,200. Median gross rent is $672 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lemmon businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $247,500, across 1 lenders, median approval $247,500, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lemmon, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lemmon borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lemmon. 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 Lemmon figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Perkins 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 Lemmon.
Is zoning published for Lemmon?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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