County profile
Grant County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#2004 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 56% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$831.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+12.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,666
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
284
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,534
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.0%
Median HH income
$75.0k±$9.7k
Bachelor's degree+
25.3%±5.5%
Poverty rate
11.6%±3.8%
Business applications
77 · 2025
Retail establishments
36
47.3/10k 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
Manufacturing31%
Health care27%
Transportation14%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation8%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,534
residents · 2025 · -0.0% since 2020
Income per capita $77.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−55
International migration+170
Natural change−127
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$529.7M2019
$516.2M2020
$604.3M2021
$704.1M2022
$736.6M2023
$831.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$171.0k±$14.5k
Median gross rent
$763/mo±$116/mo
Vacancy rate
12.4%±4.6%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$6.6M
20 units · 2.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
18.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$929/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 78Ice storm 63Winter weather 59
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2362016
2322017
2622018
2642019
2702020
2932021
3322022
3762023
3872024
4112025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 567% since 202132021
172022
292023
222024
202025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
22.6 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
4.0 km
BNSF
Nearest port
271.4 km
CARGILL WEST, SAVAGE ELEVATOR WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
41.8 km
WATERTOWN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.1k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Grant?
Grant's economy produced $831.0M in 2024, growing 12.8% year over year — faster than 95% 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.