Places/SD/Stanley County, SD
County profile

Stanley County, SD

United States · GDP 2024
#2916 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 23% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$186.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
967
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
119
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,018
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
1.6%
Median HH income
$87.7k±$25.8k
Bachelor's degree+
28.2%±6.2%
Poverty rate
5.1%±3.9% · low reliability
Business applications
29 · 2025
Retail establishments
24
80.0/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Construction31%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation23%
Wholesale trade12%
Other services6%
Professional services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
3,018
residents · 2025 · +1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $84.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+71
International migration+0
Natural change14

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$132.6M
2019
$115.9M
2020
$163.3M
2021
$173.1M
2022
$187.4M
2023
$186.1M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$203.5k±$67.9k
Median gross rent
$952/mo±$132/mo
Vacancy rate
16.3%±6.6%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$3.9M
11 units · 3.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
5.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 60Winter weather 48Ice storm 32
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20152025
187
2015
190
2016
183
2017
190
2018
199
2019
195
2020
212
2021
243
2022
292
2024
275
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-31% since 2021
16
2021
11
2022
10
2023
12
2024
11
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
56.7 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
18.2 km
RCPE
Nearest port
414.4 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
35.8 km
PIERRE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$44.7k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Stanley?

Stanley's economy produced $186.1M in 2024, contracting 0.7% year over yearslower than 82% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.

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.