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Alcester city, South Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Alcester city is a Census city of 989 people across 0.73 square miles of land, in Union County. Median household income is $57,000, 69.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $45,000.
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Alcester
What Alcester is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.73 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,348 plus or minus 271
- County holding the largest share of its areaUnion 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.
Alcester
How many people live in Alcester
- Population989 plus or minus 199
- Median age44.4 plus or minus 14.9
- Population under 18275 plus or minus 109
- Share under 1827.8 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Population 65 and over315 plus or minus 87
- Share 65 and over31.9 percent
- Households374
- Family households253 plus or minus 65
- Share of households that are families67.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alcester
Income and work in Alcester
- Median household income$57,000
- Per capita income$26,935
- Civilian labor force415 plus or minus 98
- Employed410 plus or minus 98
- Unemployed5 plus or minus 5
- Unemployment rate1.2 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Adults 25 and over688
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.3 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.6 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Alcester
- Housing units402
- Occupied units374
- Vacant units28 plus or minus 26
- Vacancy rate7.0 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Owner occupied259 plus or minus 59
- Renter occupied115 plus or minus 33
- Ownership rate69.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$125,800 plus or minus $41,016
- Median gross rent, monthly$688
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.5 percent
- Single family units314
- Share single family78.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more63 plus or minus 24
- Share in buildings of two or more15.7 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Mobile homes25 plus or minus 26
- Median year structure built1970
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Alcester gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute388 plus or minus 94
- Commuting under 15 minutes251 plus or minus 82
- Share commuting under 15 minutes64.7 percent plus or minus 14.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more76 plus or minus 30
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more19.6 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Drove alone73.0 percent
- Carpooled14.0 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked7.4 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Worked from home4.7 percent plus or minus 4.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alcester
SBA loans in Alcester (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$45,000
- Average approval$45,000
- Median approval$45,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$45,000
- Largest approval$45,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term60 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.
Alcester
SBA loans in Alcester (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$583,000
- Average approval$583,000
- Median approval$583,000
- Largest approval$583,000
- Jobs supported0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- 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.
Union County, not Alcester
Union County context, not Alcester figures
These are Union County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Alcester measurements.
- Establishments in Union County555
- Employment at those establishments, Union County9,844
- Covered employment, Union County9,633
- Average annual pay, Union County$73,276
- Average weekly wage, Union County$1,409
- Housing units permitted, Union County48
- Of those, single family, Union County40
- County product, 2024, Union County$2,261,372,000
- County product change over the prior year, Union County2.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Union County$133,352
Every figure in this section is published for Union County as a whole and is not a measurement of Alcester. 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
Alcester questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Alcester, South Dakota?
989, in 374 households. Alcester city covers 0.73 square miles of land, which is 1,348 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Alcester in?
Union 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 Alcester?
$57,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $125,800. Median gross rent is $688 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Alcester businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $45,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $45,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $583,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Alcester, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Alcester borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Alcester. 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 Alcester figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Union 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 Alcester.
Is zoning published for Alcester?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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