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Palouse city, Washington: commercial real estate data.
Palouse city is a Census city of 1,147 people across 1.05 square miles of land, in Whitman County. Median household income is $88,750, 85.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $100,000.
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Palouse
What Palouse is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.05 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,095
- County holding the largest share of its areaWhitman 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.
Palouse
How many people live in Palouse
- Population1,147
- Median age40.7
- Population under 18296 plus or minus 87
- Share under 1825.8 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Population 65 and over176 plus or minus 44
- Share 65 and over15.3 percent
- Households466
- Family households318
- Share of households that are families68.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Palouse
Income and work in Palouse
- Median household income$88,750
- Per capita income$41,438
- Civilian labor force574
- Employed571
- Unemployed3 plus or minus 4
- Unemployment rate0.5 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Adults 25 and over787
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.6 percent plus or minus 20.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher45.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree20.7 percent plus or minus 4.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Palouse
Housing in Palouse
- Housing units504
- Occupied units466
- Vacant units38 plus or minus 27
- Vacancy rate7.5 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Owner occupied398
- Renter occupied68 plus or minus 24
- Ownership rate85.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$286,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$933 plus or minus $219
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.6 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Single family units416
- Share single family82.5 percent plus or minus 18.1
- Units in buildings of two or more38 plus or minus 24
- Share in buildings of two or more7.5 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Mobile homes38 plus or minus 34
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Palouse
How Palouse gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute482
- Commuting under 15 minutes76 plus or minus 31
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.8 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more143 plus or minus 52
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.7 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Drove alone73.3 percent
- Carpooled12.9 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.4 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home12.4 percent plus or minus 6.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Palouse
SBA loans in Palouse (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$100,000
- Average approval$50,000
- Median approval$50,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$50,000
- Largest approval$50,000
- Jobs supported5
- Jobs per approval2.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- 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.
Palouse
SBA loans in Palouse (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$246,000
- Average approval$246,000
- Median approval$246,000
- Largest approval$246,000
- Jobs supported4
- 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.
Whitman County, not Palouse
Whitman County context, not Palouse figures
These are Whitman County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Palouse measurements.
- Establishments in Whitman County873
- Employment at those establishments, Whitman County11,417
- Covered employment, Whitman County19,125
- Average annual pay, Whitman County$64,512
- Average weekly wage, Whitman County$1,241
- Housing units permitted, Whitman County44
- Of those, single family, Whitman County40
- County product, 2024, Whitman County$3,378,484,000
- County product change over the prior year, Whitman County4.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Whitman County$50,105
Every figure in this section is published for Whitman County as a whole and is not a measurement of Palouse. 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
Palouse questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Palouse, Washington?
1,147, in 466 households. Palouse city covers 1.05 square miles of land, which is 1,095 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Palouse in?
Whitman 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 Palouse?
$88,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $286,200. Median gross rent is $933 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Palouse businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $100,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $50,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $246,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Palouse, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Palouse borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Palouse. 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 Palouse figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Whitman 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 Palouse.
Is zoning published for Palouse?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.