Places/SD/Codington County, SD
County profile

Codington County, SD

United States · GDP 2024
#1229 of 3,127 US counties by GDP38th-percentile growthmore diversified than 55% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
15,001
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,210
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
29,562
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
1.8%
Median HH income
$72.7k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
21.4%±2.5%
Poverty rate
8.8%±1.3%
Business applications
1,071 · 2025
Retail establishments
189
64.6/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing28%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation18%
Health care17%
Wholesale trade9%
Finance & insurance6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
29,562
residents · 2025 · +4.3% since 2020
Income per capita $71.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+990
International migration+112
Natural change+94

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$1.5B
2019
$1.6B
2020
$1.7B
2021
$1.9B
2022
$2.0B
2023
$2.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$237.7k±$15.3k
Median gross rent
$938/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
7.4%±2.0%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
$37.7M
142 units · 4.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
61.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 95Winter weather 93Cold wave 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
304
2016
315
2017
322
2018
331
2019
339
2020
367
2021
413
2022
459
2023
480
2024
497
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-47% since 2021
267
2021
143
2022
131
2023
159
2024
142
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.5 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
5.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
289.9 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
7.6 km
WATERTOWN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$50.1k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Codington?

Codington's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 3.2% year over yearslower than 62% of 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.