County profile
Clay County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#1952 of 3,127 US counties by GDP35th-percentile growthmore diversified than 32% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$877.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,742
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
298
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,031
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.3%
Median HH income
$56.9k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
45.4%±5.0%
Poverty rate
19.7%±2.9%
Business applications
137 · 2025
Retail establishments
44
29.0/10k 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
Food & accommodation26%
Retail trade25%
Health care23%
Transportation14%
Manufacturing7%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,031
residents · 2025 · +0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $51.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−113
International migration+205
Natural change−71
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$622.5M2019
$615.8M2020
$711.0M2021
$808.6M2022
$853.1M2023
$877.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$232.3k±$23.3k
Median gross rent
$770/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
11.4%±3.4%
Affordability
5.0× wages
Residential permits
$4.9M
21 units · 1.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
20.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$929/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 73Winter weather 72Hail 65
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2172016
2212017
2372018
2442019
2532020
2812021
3232022
3352023
3542024
3712025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -36% since 2021332021
282022
332023
282024
212025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
14.8 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
10.8 km
BNSF
Nearest port
71.9 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
74.8 km
SIOUX GATEWAY/BRIG GENERAL BUD DAY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.6k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Clay?
Clay's economy produced $877.1M in 2024, growing 2.8% year over year — slower than 65% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.