County profile
Clark County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#2642 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 60% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$337.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-7.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
738
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
125
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
4,031
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
1.9%
Median HH income
$70.7k±$6.5k
Bachelor's degree+
19.7%±4.3%
Poverty rate
10.9%±4.4%
Business applications
33 · 2025
Retail establishments
12
30.0/10k 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
Manufacturing31%
Retail trade23%
Health care16%
Wholesale trade11%
Construction10%
Food & accommodation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
4,031
residents · 2025 · +4.7% since 2020
Income per capita $87.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+20
International migration+68
Natural change+92
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$156.7M2019
$268.4M2020
$296.6M2021
$337.8M2022
$363.5M2023
$337.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$158.4k±$18.6k
Median gross rent
$782/mo±$143/mo
Vacancy rate
17.0%±4.3%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$3.8M
12 units · 3.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
4.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$929/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 56Hail 54Wildfire 51
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2020–2024
1002020
1082021
1912024
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 50% since 202182021
72022
82023
132024
122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
53.1 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
24.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
290.2 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
45.7 km
WATERTOWN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.5k
avg. annual pay · +35% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Clark?
Clark's economy produced $337.4M in 2024, contracting 7.2% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.