County profile
Davison County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#1403 of 3,127 US counties by GDP46th-percentile growthmore diversified than 72% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,057
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
727
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,069
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
1.8%
Median HH income
$66.2k±$7.9k
Bachelor's degree+
22.6%±2.8%
Poverty rate
11.2%±2.4%
Business applications
237 · 2025
Retail establishments
114
57.0/10k 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
Health care24%
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation15%
Professional services10%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,069
residents · 2025 · +0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $72.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−79
International migration+202
Natural change−10
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.7B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$205.8k±$17.0k
Median gross rent
$847/mo±$69/mo
Vacancy rate
7.1%±2.2%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
$11.5M
53 units · 2.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
39.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$936/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 87Ice storm 80Tornado 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2742016
2882017
2942018
2972019
3092020
3412021
4002022
4232023
4402024
4522025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -22% since 2021682021
672022
702023
482024
532025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.3 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
3.4 km
RWRR
Nearest port
198.6 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
113.4 km
JOE FOSS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.7k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Davison?
Davison's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, growing 4.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.