County profile
Spink County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#2349 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 59% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$549.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-15.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,311
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
197
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,155
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
1.9%
Median HH income
$70.1k±$9.0k
Bachelor's degree+
28.2%±3.7%
Poverty rate
10.1%±3.4%
Business applications
56 · 2025
Retail establishments
26
42.2/10k 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 care26%
Wholesale trade26%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation11%
Transportation10%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,155
residents · 2025 · -3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $100.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−171
International migration+21
Natural change−39
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$326.4M2019
$426.6M2020
$517.2M2021
$594.4M2022
$646.4M2023
$549.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$123.3k±$17.9k
Median gross rent
$734/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
17.4%±3.3%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$2.9M
5 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
17.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$929/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 70Cold wave 67Wildfire 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
1612015
1842016
1862017
1972018
2032019
1972020
2152021
2392022
2572024
2462025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -44% since 202192021
242022
342023
202024
52025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
101.7 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
12.0 km
BNSF
Nearest port
319.8 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
56.8 km
ABERDEEN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.1k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Spink?
Spink's economy produced $549.1M in 2024, contracting 15.1% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.