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Ellensburg city, Washington: commercial real estate data.
Ellensburg city is a Census city of 20,874 people across 8.68 square miles of land, in Kittitas County. Median household income is $55,438, 32.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 37 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $30.0 m.
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Ellensburg
What Ellensburg is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.68 sq mi
- Water area0.11 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,406
- 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.
Ellensburg
How many people live in Ellensburg
- Population20,874
- Median age25.0
- Population under 183,030
- Share under 1814.5 percent
- Population 65 and over2,062
- Share 65 and over9.9 percent
- Households8,972
- Family households4,150
- Share of households that are families46.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ellensburg
Income and work in Ellensburg
- Median household income$55,438 plus or minus $11,347
- Per capita income$31,113
- Civilian labor force12,140
- Employed11,056
- Unemployed1,084 plus or minus 373
- Unemployment rate8.9 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Adults 25 and over10,448
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher41.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ellensburg
Housing in Ellensburg
- Housing units9,508
- Occupied units8,972
- Vacant units536 plus or minus 186
- Vacancy rate5.6 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Owner occupied2,948
- Renter occupied6,024
- Ownership rate32.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$404,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,340
- Annual rent as a share of median income29.0 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Single family units4,608
- Share single family48.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,552
- Share in buildings of two or more47.9 percent
- Mobile homes265 plus or minus 117
- Median year structure built1991
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ellensburg
How Ellensburg gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute9,677
- Commuting under 15 minutes6,777
- Share commuting under 15 minutes70.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,606 plus or minus 368
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more16.6 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Drove alone68.7 percent
- Carpooled7.8 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Public transport0.9 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked8.9 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Worked from home10.2 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ellensburg
SBA 7(a) lending to Ellensburg borrowers
- Approvals37
- Gross approval$29,973,000
- Average approval$810,081
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,218,000
- Largest approval$3,850,000
- Jobs supported363
- Jobs per approval9.8
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more27.0 percent
- Share to franchises18.9 percent
- Distinct lenders22
- Distinct industries by NAICS28
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 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.
Ellensburg
SBA 504 lending to Ellensburg borrowers
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$6,113,000
- Average approval$764,125
- Median approval$820,000
- Largest approval$1,196,000
- Jobs supported36
- Loans with a final outcome4
- 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.
Kittitas County, not Ellensburg
Kittitas County context, not Ellensburg 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 Ellensburg 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 Ellensburg. 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
Ellensburg questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ellensburg, Washington?
20,874, in 8,972 households. Ellensburg city covers 8.68 square miles of land, which is 2,406 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ellensburg 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 Ellensburg?
$55,438. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $404,100. Median gross rent is $1,340 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Ellensburg businesses?
37 7(a) approvals totalling $30.0 m, across 22 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 8 504 approvals worth $6.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Ellensburg, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Ellensburg borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Ellensburg. only 4 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 Ellensburg 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 Ellensburg.
Is zoning published for Ellensburg?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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