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Palestine city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Palestine city is a Census city of 19,136 people across 19.46 square miles of land, in Anderson County. Median household income is $44,981, 54.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 19 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $26.8 m.
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Palestine
What Palestine is
- Census place typecity
- Land area19.46 sq mi
- Water area0.2 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land984
- County holding the largest share of its areaAnderson 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.
Palestine
How many people live in Palestine
- Population19,136
- Median age35.7
- Population under 184,727
- Share under 1824.7 percent
- Population 65 and over2,907
- Share 65 and over15.2 percent
- Households6,734
- Family households4,358
- Share of households that are families64.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Palestine
Income and work in Palestine
- Median household income$44,981
- Per capita income$28,699
- Civilian labor force9,106
- Employed8,470
- Unemployed636 plus or minus 225
- Unemployment rate7.0 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over12,693
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.6 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.5 percent plus or minus 1.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Palestine
Housing in Palestine
- Housing units7,743
- Occupied units6,734
- Vacant units1,009 plus or minus 274
- Vacancy rate13.0 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Owner occupied3,688
- Renter occupied3,046
- Ownership rate54.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$166,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,062
- Annual rent as a share of median income28.3 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Single family units5,430
- Share single family70.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,733 plus or minus 420
- Share in buildings of two or more22.4 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Mobile homes545 plus or minus 374
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Palestine
How Palestine gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute7,960
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,124
- Share commuting under 15 minutes51.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,020 plus or minus 560
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more25.4 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Drove alone79.7 percent
- Carpooled9.0 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Public transport2.2 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home5.4 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Palestine
SBA 7(a) lending to Palestine borrowers
- Approvals19
- Gross approval$26,817,600
- Average approval$1,411,453
- Median approval$1,360,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,800,000
- Largest approval$4,680,000
- Jobs supported251
- Jobs per approval13.2
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full6
- Charged off1
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more73.7 percent
- Share to franchises36.8 percent
- Distinct lenders17
- Distinct industries by NAICS13
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 7 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.
Palestine
SBA 504 lending to Palestine borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$1,191,000
- Average approval$297,750
- Median approval$256,000
- Largest approval$562,000
- Jobs supported13
- Loans with a final outcome1
- 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.
Palestine
Flood programme status in Palestine
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number480004
- Currently effective map date02/03/10
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Anderson County, not Palestine
Anderson County context, not Palestine figures
These are Anderson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Palestine measurements.
- Establishments in Anderson County891
- Employment at those establishments, Anderson County12,803
- Covered employment, Anderson County20,139
- Average annual pay, Anderson County$59,154
- Average weekly wage, Anderson County$1,138
- Housing units permitted, Anderson County27
- Of those, single family, Anderson County18
- County product, 2024, Anderson County$2,737,991,000
- County product change over the prior year, Anderson County1.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Anderson County$57,774
Every figure in this section is published for Anderson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Palestine. 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.
- 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
Palestine questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Palestine, Texas?
19,136, in 6,734 households. Palestine city covers 19.46 square miles of land, which is 984 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Palestine in?
Anderson 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 Palestine?
$44,981. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $166,000. Median gross rent is $1,062 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Palestine businesses?
19 7(a) approvals totalling $26.8 m, across 17 lenders, median approval $1,360,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $1.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Palestine, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Palestine borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Palestine. only 7 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.
Is Palestine in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Palestine appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480004, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Palestine figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Anderson 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 Palestine.
Is zoning published for Palestine?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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