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Yankton city, South Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Yankton city is a Census city of 15,540 people across 8.74 square miles of land, in Yankton County. Median household income is $67,804, 66.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 12 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.3 m.
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Yankton
What Yankton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.74 sq mi
- Water area0.24 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,778
- County holding the largest share of its areaYankton 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.
Yankton
How many people live in Yankton
- Population15,540
- Median age41.4
- Population under 183,287
- Share under 1821.2 percent
- Population 65 and over3,426
- Share 65 and over22.0 percent
- Households6,638
- Family households3,404
- Share of households that are families51.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Yankton
Income and work in Yankton
- Median household income$67,804
- Per capita income$41,073
- Civilian labor force7,850
- Employed7,690
- Unemployed160 plus or minus 94
- Unemployment rate2.0 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Adults 25 and over10,627
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher33.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.5 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Yankton
Housing in Yankton
- Housing units7,208
- Occupied units6,638
- Vacant units570 plus or minus 217
- Vacancy rate7.9 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Owner occupied4,399
- Renter occupied2,239
- Ownership rate66.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$222,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$790
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.0 percent
- Single family units5,147
- Share single family71.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,996
- Share in buildings of two or more27.7 percent
- Mobile homes65 plus or minus 57
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Yankton
How Yankton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute7,050
- Commuting under 15 minutes5,121
- Share commuting under 15 minutes72.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more600 plus or minus 185
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more8.5 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Drove alone79.0 percent
- Carpooled7.7 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport2.7 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Walked4.2 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Worked from home5.5 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Yankton
SBA loans in Yankton (7(a))
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$7,271,300
- Average approval$605,942
- Median approval$295,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,783,800
- Largest approval$3,400,000
- Jobs supported69
- Jobs per approval5.8
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full4
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more8.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS12
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 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.
Yankton
SBA loans in Yankton (504)
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$8,866,000
- Average approval$738,833
- Median approval$655,000
- Largest approval$2,582,000
- Jobs supported165
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Yankton County, not Yankton
Yankton County context, not Yankton figures
These are Yankton County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Yankton measurements.
- Establishments in Yankton County707
- Employment at those establishments, Yankton County11,776
- Covered employment, Yankton County13,091
- Average annual pay, Yankton County$55,512
- Average weekly wage, Yankton County$1,068
- Housing units permitted, Yankton County179
- Of those, single family, Yankton County41
- County product, 2024, Yankton County$1,758,949,000
- County product change over the prior year, Yankton County-0.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Yankton County$66,480
Every figure in this section is published for Yankton County as a whole and is not a measurement of Yankton. 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
Yankton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Yankton, South Dakota?
15,540, in 6,638 households. Yankton city covers 8.74 square miles of land, which is 1,778 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Yankton in?
Yankton 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 Yankton?
$67,804. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $222,700. Median gross rent is $790 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Yankton businesses?
12 7(a) approvals totalling $7.3 m, across 10 lenders, median approval $295,000, plus 12 504 approvals worth $8.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Yankton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Yankton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Yankton. only 5 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 Yankton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Yankton 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 Yankton.
Is zoning published for Yankton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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