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South Cle Elum town, Washington: commercial real estate data.
South Cle Elum town is a Census town of 579 people across 0.40 square miles of land, in Kittitas County. Median household income is $66,750, 71.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $649,000.
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South Cle Elum
What South Cle Elum is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.4 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,440 plus or minus 537
- 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.
South Cle Elum
How many people live in South Cle Elum
- Population579 plus or minus 216
- Median age47.1 plus or minus 17.4
- Population under 1868 plus or minus 45
- Share under 1811.7 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Population 65 and over149 plus or minus 62
- Share 65 and over25.7 percent
- Households282 plus or minus 98
- Family households211 plus or minus 77
- Share of households that are families74.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Cle Elum
Income and work in South Cle Elum
- Median household income$66,750 plus or minus $19,427
- Per capita income$37,569 plus or minus $8,514
- Civilian labor force294 plus or minus 129
- Employed294 plus or minus 129
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over424 plus or minus 150
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.8 percent plus or minus 43.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.1 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.5 percent plus or minus 5.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Cle Elum
Housing in South Cle Elum
- Housing units306 plus or minus 100
- Occupied units282 plus or minus 98
- Vacant units24 plus or minus 23
- Vacancy rate7.8 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Owner occupied202 plus or minus 79
- Renter occupied80 plus or minus 51
- Ownership rate71.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$374,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,661
- Annual rent as a share of median income29.9 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Single family units251 plus or minus 91
- Share single family82.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more29 plus or minus 37
- Share in buildings of two or more9.5 percent plus or minus 11.7
- Mobile homes26 plus or minus 24
- Median year structure built1969
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Cle Elum
How South Cle Elum gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute245 plus or minus 106
- Commuting under 15 minutes107 plus or minus 64
- Share commuting under 15 minutes43.7 percent plus or minus 18.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more62 plus or minus 42
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more25.3 percent plus or minus 13.0
- Drove alone85.3 percent
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.0 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Worked from home7.9 percent plus or minus 6.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Cle Elum
SBA loans in South Cle Elum (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$649,000
- Average approval$324,500
- Median approval$599,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$599,000
- Largest approval$599,000
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term303 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
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.
Kittitas County, not South Cle Elum
Kittitas County context, not South 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 South 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 South 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
South Cle Elum questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in South Cle Elum, Washington?
579, in 282 households. South Cle Elum town covers 0.40 square miles of land, which is 1,440 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is South 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 South Cle Elum?
$66,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $374,300. Median gross rent is $1,661 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to South Cle Elum businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $649,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $599,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in South 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 South Cle Elum borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for South Cle Elum. 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 South 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 South Cle Elum.
Is zoning published for South Cle Elum?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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