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Cle Elum city, Washington: commercial real estate data.
Cle Elum city is a Census city of 1,905 people across 4.49 square miles of land, in Kittitas County. Median household income is $63,973, 62.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 20 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $10.6 m.
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Cle Elum
What Cle Elum is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.49 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land424
- County holding the largest share of its areaKittitas 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.
Cle Elum
How many people live in Cle Elum
- Population1,905
- Median age48.0
- Population under 18188 plus or minus 86
- Share under 189.9 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Population 65 and over446 plus or minus 146
- Share 65 and over23.4 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Households970
- Family households477 plus or minus 98
- Share of households that are families49.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cle Elum
Income and work in Cle Elum
- Median household income$63,973
- Per capita income$40,961
- Civilian labor force1,021
- Employed1,000
- Unemployed21 plus or minus 21
- Unemployment rate2.1 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Adults 25 and over1,567
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher81.0 percent plus or minus 18.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.0 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.7 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cle Elum
Housing in Cle Elum
- Housing units1,134
- Occupied units970
- Vacant units164 plus or minus 89
- Vacancy rate14.5 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Owner occupied607 plus or minus 156
- Renter occupied363 plus or minus 123
- Ownership rate62.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$451,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,295 plus or minus $395
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.3 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Single family units906
- Share single family79.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more203 plus or minus 92
- Share in buildings of two or more17.9 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Mobile homes25 plus or minus 22
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cle Elum
How Cle Elum gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute874
- Commuting under 15 minutes450 plus or minus 154
- Share commuting under 15 minutes51.5 percent plus or minus 14.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more252 plus or minus 81
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.8 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Drove alone68.9 percent
- Carpooled14.6 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked5.5 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Worked from home10.6 percent plus or minus 5.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cle Elum
SBA loans in Cle Elum (7(a))
- Approvals20
- Gross approval$10,608,400
- Average approval$530,420
- Median approval$75,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,600,000
- Largest approval$4,425,000
- Jobs supported99
- Jobs per approval5.0
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more15.0 percent
- Share to franchises10.0 percent
- Distinct lenders11
- Distinct industries by NAICS18
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 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.
Cle Elum
SBA loans in Cle Elum (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$786,000
- Average approval$786,000
- Median approval$786,000
- Largest approval$786,000
- Jobs supported6
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Kittitas County, not Cle Elum
Kittitas County context, not Cle Elum figures
These are Kittitas County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Cle Elum measurements.
- Establishments in Kittitas County1,500
- Employment at those establishments, Kittitas County13,283
- Covered employment, Kittitas County16,775
- Average annual pay, Kittitas County$54,172
- Average weekly wage, Kittitas County$1,042
- Housing units permitted, Kittitas County434
- Of those, single family, Kittitas County399
- County product, 2024, Kittitas County$2,641,203,000
- County product change over the prior year, Kittitas County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Kittitas County$97,154
Every figure in this section is published for Kittitas County as a whole and is not a measurement of Cle Elum. 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
Cle Elum questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Cle Elum, Washington?
1,905, in 970 households. Cle Elum city covers 4.49 square miles of land, which is 424 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Cle Elum in?
Kittitas 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 Cle Elum?
$63,973. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $451,000. Median gross rent is $1,295 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Cle Elum businesses?
20 7(a) approvals totalling $10.6 m, across 11 lenders, median approval $75,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $786,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Cle Elum, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Cle Elum borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Cle Elum. only 3 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 Cle Elum figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kittitas 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 Cle Elum.
Is zoning published for Cle Elum?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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