County profile
Kingsbury County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#2594 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 57% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$370.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-10.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,254
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
188
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,284
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
1.9%
Median HH income
$74.0k±$6.6k
Bachelor's degree+
23.1%±2.6%
Poverty rate
10.6%±2.5%
Business applications
68 · 2025
Retail establishments
25
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
Manufacturing28%
Health care19%
Retail trade16%
Construction15%
Finance & insurance11%
Wholesale trade11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,284
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $76.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+105
International migration+14
Natural change−34
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$266.9M2019
$296.8M2020
$323.8M2021
$359.7M2022
$412.1M2023
$370.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$169.5k±$14.1k
Median gross rent
$685/mo±$202/mo
Vacancy rate
20.7%±2.8%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$7.6M
18 units · 3.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
7.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$951/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 64Hail 62Wildfire 55
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1622016
1952017
2022018
2132019
2122020
2282021
2722022
3082023
3332024
3882025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -40% since 2021302021
292022
202023
222024
182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
58.4 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
1.2 km
RCPE
Nearest port
232.8 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
66.1 km
WATERTOWN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.8k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Kingsbury?
Kingsbury's economy produced $370.0M in 2024, contracting 10.2% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.