County profile
Lincoln County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#491 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 94% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$8.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
29,283
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,184
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$63.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
77,145
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
1.8%
Median HH income
$99.2k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
44.4%±2.5%
Poverty rate
5.6%±1.5%
Business applications
1,099 · 2025
Retail establishments
186
24.8/10k 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%
Finance & insurance19%
Retail trade16%
Construction13%
Manufacturing12%
Admin & support12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
77,145
residents · 2025 · +17.5% since 2020
Income per capita $91.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+9,205
International migration+343
Natural change+1,857
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.1B2019
$5.6B2020
$6.4B2021
$8.2B2022
$8.6B2023
$8.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$348.3k±$10.0k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$43/mo
Vacancy rate
2.9%±0.9%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
$74.5M
232 units · 3.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
63.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 95Tornado 93Ice storm 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2352016
2472017
2592018
2722019
2782020
3062021
3632022
3862023
3912024
4002025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -61% since 20215992021
7552022
5212023
2682024
2322025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.1 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
4.7 km
BNSF
Nearest port
97.6 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
33.8 km
JOE FOSS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$63.1k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Lincoln?
Lincoln's economy produced $8.8B in 2024, growing 2.0% year over year — slower than 71% 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.