County profile
Meade County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#1628 of 3,127 US counties by GDP55th-percentile growthmore diversified than 55% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,662
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
805
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
30,711
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.0%
Median HH income
$74.8k±$7.0k
Bachelor's degree+
27.8%±2.8%
Poverty rate
7.1%±1.7%
Business applications
355 · 2025
Retail establishments
101
32.7/10k 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 care34%
Retail trade16%
Construction16%
Transportation15%
Food & accommodation12%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
30,711
residents · 2025 · +2.7% since 2020
Income per capita $59.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+650
International migration+26
Natural change+122
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$872.9M2019
$951.0M2020
$989.5M2021
$1.1B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$310.9k±$18.1k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$122/mo
Vacancy rate
7.0%±2.0%
Affordability
5.7× wages
Residential permits
$45.3M
135 units · 4.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
49.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 96Winter weather 93Hail 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2852016
2962017
3072018
3292019
3382020
3932021
4952022
5192023
5232024
5732025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -23% since 20211752021
1922022
1462023
1382024
1352025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
51.6 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
53.4 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
563.0 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
64.0 km
RAPID CITY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.2k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Meade?
Meade's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 4.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.