County profile
Moody County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#2417 of 3,127 US counties by GDP35th-percentile growthmore diversified than 26% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$485.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,499
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
158
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,632
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$78.4k±$5.5k
Bachelor's degree+
30.4%±3.9%
Poverty rate
11.6%±2.3%
Business applications
65 · 2025
Retail establishments
20
30.3/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Food & accommodation28%
Health care16%
Construction11%
Retail trade10%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,632
residents · 2025 · +4.5% since 2020
Income per capita $71.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−9
International migration+175
Natural change+119
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$305.4M2019
$352.1M2020
$376.5M2021
$396.9M2022
$472.0M2023
$485.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$226.5k±$19.2k
Median gross rent
$758/mo±$85/mo
Vacancy rate
7.2%±2.6%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
$7.3M
21 units · 3.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
26.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$929/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 93Winter weather 77Hail 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1592016
1652017
1652018
1802019
1832020
1972021
2592022
2802023
2562024
2892025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -34% since 2021322021
372022
262023
182024
212025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.1 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
21.2 km
DAIR
Nearest port
177.9 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
49.3 km
JOE FOSS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.7k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Moody?
Moody's economy produced $485.8M in 2024, growing 2.9% year over year — slower than 65% of 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.