County profile
Buffalo County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#3063 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$95.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-10.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
135
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
11
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,802
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$47.0k±$12.0k
Bachelor's degree+
9.9%±4.2%
Poverty rate
33.9%±8.2%
Business applications
9 · 2025
Retail establishments
3
16.6/10k 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
Retail trade60%
Health care40%
share of top-2 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,802
residents · 2025 · -6.8% since 2020
Income per capita $34.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−111
International migration+0
Natural change−20
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$106.4M2019
$91.3M2020
$94.0M2021
$94.9M2022
$106.6M2023
$95.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$117.8k±$38.8k
Median gross rent
$540/mo±$187/mo
Vacancy rate
12.1%±3.7%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
13.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 77Wildfire 76Winter weather 51
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2022
02021
02022
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
32.5 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
29.5 km
RWRR
Nearest port
292.3 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
92.6 km
PIERRE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.8k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Buffalo?
Buffalo's economy produced $95.5M in 2024, contracting 10.5% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.