County profile
Butte County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#2436 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 60% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$474.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,393
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
380
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,856
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
1.9%
Median HH income
$75.7k±$11.2k
Bachelor's degree+
19.9%±3.5%
Poverty rate
8.6%±2.9%
Business applications
165 · 2025
Retail establishments
68
62.5/10k 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
Retail trade28%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing16%
Health care15%
Construction12%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,856
residents · 2025 · +5.5% since 2020
Income per capita $55.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+482
International migration−2
Natural change+86
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$311.1M2019
$330.4M2020
$372.7M2021
$410.7M2022
$460.3M2023
$474.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$244.6k±$28.9k
Median gross rent
$972/mo±$87/mo
Vacancy rate
10.0%±4.2%
Affordability
5.6× wages
Residential permits
$28.2M
88 units · 8.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
23.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 87Hail 74Winter weather 69
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1922016
1962017
2142018
2222019
2302020
2652021
3202022
3232023
3782024
3622025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 6% since 2021832021
372022
472023
702024
882025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
49.0 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
35.5 km
RCPE
Nearest port
635.2 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
102.2 km
RAPID CITY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.4k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Butte?
Butte's economy produced $474.8M in 2024, growing 3.2% year over year — slower than 63% of 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.