County profile
Beadle County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#1680 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 65% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,840
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
573
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,624
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
1.9%
Median HH income
$67.7k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
27.2%±3.3%
Poverty rate
13.6%±3.3%
Business applications
155 · 2025
Retail establishments
76
38.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing32%
Health care21%
Retail trade18%
Finance & insurance11%
Food & accommodation10%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,624
residents · 2025 · +2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $64.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,220
International migration+1,313
Natural change+371
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$932.8M2019
$928.0M2020
$1.0B2021
$1.1B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$175.1k±$12.3k
Median gross rent
$879/mo±$51/mo
Vacancy rate
11.1%±2.7%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$7.1M
21 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
47.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$955/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 88Winter weather 84Ice storm 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2412016
2452017
2562018
2412019
2582020
2852021
3022022
3312023
3642024
3802025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -84% since 20211322021
272022
222023
302024
212025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
80.0 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
4.0 km
RCPE
Nearest port
268.0 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
104.8 km
WATERTOWN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.5k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Beadle?
Beadle's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, contracting 2.9% year over year — slower than 87% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.