County profile
Roberts County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#2324 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 56% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$563.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,846
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
231
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,255
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$65.1k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
18.6%±2.1%
Poverty rate
15.7%±2.5%
Business applications
90 · 2025
Retail establishments
38
37.0/10k 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
Retail trade27%
Health care23%
Manufacturing21%
Wholesale trade11%
Food & accommodation10%
Arts & recreation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,255
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $58.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−142
International migration+31
Natural change+102
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$314.8M2019
$391.5M2020
$452.3M2021
$514.2M2022
$537.6M2023
$563.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$154.5k±$21.8k
Median gross rent
$658/mo±$44/mo
Vacancy rate
25.2%±2.0%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$8.7M
29 units · 2.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
37.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$929/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 88Cold wave 80Ice storm 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1612016
1492017
1632018
1742019
1732020
1952021
2432022
2862023
3032024
2922025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -29% since 2021412021
182022
162023
232024
292025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.2 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
4.9 km
SMRR
Nearest port
295.3 km
AMERICAN IRON AND SUPPLY CO. DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
81.2 km
WATERTOWN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.9k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Roberts?
Roberts's economy produced $563.0M in 2024, growing 4.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.