County profile
Hand County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#2737 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 69% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$282.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-5.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,053
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
135
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,121
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.0%
Median HH income
$74.6k±$7.3k
Bachelor's degree+
28.4%±4.1%
Poverty rate
5.2%±1.6%
Business applications
32 · 2025
Retail establishments
22
70.6/10k 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 care28%
Professional services23%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade11%
Finance & insurance9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,121
residents · 2025 · -0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $81.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+8
International migration+20
Natural change−51
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$159.7M2019
$188.9M2020
$236.6M2021
$280.0M2022
$297.4M2023
$282.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$159.3k±$13.6k
Median gross rent
$587/mo±$126/mo
Vacancy rate
18.3%±5.3%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$2.0M
5 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
6.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$929/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 77Cold wave 59Drought 54
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2014–2024
1792014
1772015
1812016
2122017
2172018
2262019
2202020
2312021
2322022
2602024
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -29% since 202172021
32022
102023
52024
52025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
87.3 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
3.5 km
RCPE
Nearest port
315.9 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
103.3 km
PIERRE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.4k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hand?
Hand's economy produced $282.4M in 2024, contracting 5.1% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.