County profile
Douglas County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#2762 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 54% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$269.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
771
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
101
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
2,888
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.1%
Median HH income
$86.4k±$7.8k
Bachelor's degree+
24.9%±3.7%
Poverty rate
11.0%±4.7%
Business applications
31 · 2025
Retail establishments
15
52.3/10k 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%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade16%
Construction16%
Wholesale trade12%
Other services10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,888
residents · 2025 · +1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $73.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−35
International migration+55
Natural change+34
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$229.1M2019
$194.8M2020
$230.3M2021
$265.9M2022
$277.4M2023
$269.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$166.9k±$22.0k
Median gross rent
$877/mo±$280/mo
Vacancy rate
14.9%±4.2%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$2.8M
7 units · 2.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
10.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$948/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 64Cold wave 63Ice storm 62
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2020–2024
1002020
1112021
1242022
1792024
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 133% since 202132021
32022
42023
62024
72025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.3 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
27.8 km
SDRR
Nearest port
193.0 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
132.7 km
JOE FOSS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.1k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Douglas?
Douglas's economy produced $269.0M in 2024, contracting 3.0% year over year — slower than 88% of 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.