County profile
Brule County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#2645 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 33% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$335.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-5.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,999
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
222
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,278
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
1.7%
Median HH income
$73.7k±$7.2k
Bachelor's degree+
28.7%±3.5%
Poverty rate
10.7%±3.8%
Business applications
59 · 2025
Retail establishments
40
75.5/10k 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
Health care31%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation23%
Wholesale trade9%
Other services9%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,278
residents · 2025 · +0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $73.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−103
International migration+26
Natural change+100
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$235.1M2019
$247.6M2020
$292.3M2021
$342.5M2022
$356.6M2023
$335.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$216.8k±$15.6k
Median gross rent
$835/mo±$162/mo
Vacancy rate
17.4%±4.1%
Affordability
5.3× wages
Residential permits
$6.2M
20 units · 3.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
58.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$929/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 96Wildfire 74Drought 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1642016
1822017
1882018
1932019
2042020
2042021
2472022
2392023
3042024
2522025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 11% since 2021182021
262022
82023
102024
202025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.8 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
4.0 km
RWRR
Nearest port
261.4 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
121.4 km
PIERRE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.6k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Brule?
Brule's economy produced $335.7M in 2024, contracting 5.9% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.