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Mellette

United States · GDP 2024
#3079 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growth
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$71.1M
GDP growth
+8.6%
Jobs tracked
156
Employers
21
Avg. wage
$34.3k
Population
2,137
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.4%
Median HH income
$54.1k±$8.2k
Business applications
9 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Retail trade66%
Food & accommodation26%
Finance & insurance9%
share of top-3 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,137
residents · 2025 · +11.5% since 2020
Income per capita $51.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−105
International migration+0
Natural change+329

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$28.2M
2019
$34.1M
2020
$50.0M
2021
$54.4M
2022
$65.5M
2023
$71.1M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$84.1k±$31.8k
Median gross rent
$708/mo±$163/mo
Vacancy rate
17.7%±5.4%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
2 (0.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
5.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$948/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 83Winter weather 60Cold wave 43

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
33.7 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
33.3 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
377.8 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
96.8 km
PIERRE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$34.3k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Comanche$70.7MOwsley$68.9MWorth$73.9MSheridan$68.1MClay$74.3MEdwards$76.3M
The read

Mellette's economy produced $71.1M in 2024, growing 8.6% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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.
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