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Yelm city, Washington: commercial real estate data.
Yelm city is a Census city of 11,102 people across 5.81 square miles of land, in Thurston County. Median household income is $90,750, 66.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 25 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $24.9 m.
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Yelm
What Yelm is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.81 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,910
- County holding the largest share of its areaThurston 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.
Yelm
How many people live in Yelm
- Population11,102
- Median age31.0
- Population under 183,265
- Share under 1829.4 percent
- Population 65 and over775 plus or minus 233
- Share 65 and over7.0 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Households3,703
- Family households2,807
- Share of households that are families75.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Yelm
Income and work in Yelm
- Median household income$90,750
- Per capita income$34,142
- Civilian labor force4,495
- Employed4,324
- Unemployed171 plus or minus 92
- Unemployment rate3.8 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Adults 25 and over6,693
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.4 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.6 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Yelm
Housing in Yelm
- Housing units3,748
- Occupied units3,703
- Vacant units45 plus or minus 54
- Vacancy rate1.2 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Owner occupied2,465
- Renter occupied1,238 plus or minus 255
- Ownership rate66.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$455,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,626 plus or minus $348
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.5 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Single family units2,982
- Share single family79.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more648 plus or minus 238
- Share in buildings of two or more17.3 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Mobile homes100 plus or minus 79
- Median year structure built2004
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Yelm
How Yelm gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,984
- Commuting under 15 minutes684 plus or minus 233
- Share commuting under 15 minutes13.7 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,190
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more64.0 percent
- Drove alone71.7 percent
- Carpooled12.7 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Public transport1.0 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Walked2.7 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Worked from home8.7 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Yelm
SBA 7(a) lending to Yelm borrowers
- Approvals25
- Gross approval$24,903,400
- Average approval$996,136
- Median approval$556,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,692,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported213
- Jobs per approval8.5
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full7
- Charged off0
- Median term126 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more40.0 percent
- Share to franchises20.0 percent
- Distinct lenders19
- Distinct industries by NAICS19
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.
Yelm
SBA 504 lending to Yelm borrowers
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$6,744,000
- Average approval$963,429
- Median approval$593,000
- Largest approval$3,575,000
- Jobs supported51
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Thurston County, not Yelm
Thurston County context, not Yelm figures
These are Thurston County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Yelm measurements.
- Establishments in Thurston County6,656
- Employment at those establishments, Thurston County86,664
- Covered employment, Thurston County128,824
- Average annual pay, Thurston County$72,043
- Average weekly wage, Thurston County$1,385
- Housing units permitted, Thurston County1,222
- Of those, single family, Thurston County672
- County product, 2024, Thurston County$21,563,339,000
- County product change over the prior year, Thurston County8.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Thurston County$70,294
Every figure in this section is published for Thurston County as a whole and is not a measurement of Yelm. 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
Yelm questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Yelm, Washington?
11,102, in 3,703 households. Yelm city covers 5.81 square miles of land, which is 1,910 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Yelm in?
Thurston 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 Yelm?
$90,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $455,300. Median gross rent is $1,626 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Yelm businesses?
25 7(a) approvals totalling $24.9 m, across 19 lenders, median approval $556,000, plus 7 504 approvals worth $6.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Yelm, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Yelm borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Yelm. 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.
Are the county figures on this page Yelm figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Thurston 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 Yelm.
Is zoning published for Yelm?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.