Places/SD/Walworth County, SD
County profile

Walworth County, SD

United States · GDP 2024
#2670 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 59% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$319.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-6.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,607
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
210
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,217
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.0%
Median HH income
$65.0k±$10.9k
Bachelor's degree+
29.6%±5.5%
Poverty rate
14.9%±5.0%
Business applications
56 · 2025
Retail establishments
40
76.3/10k 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
Retail trade30%
Health care29%
Food & accommodation14%
Wholesale trade10%
Transportation9%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
5,217
residents · 2025 · -1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $67.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration77
International migration1
Natural change+4

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$228.4M
2019
$264.2M
2020
$310.1M
2021
$331.2M
2022
$342.8M
2023
$319.3M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$136.6k±$25.8k
Median gross rent
$926/mo±$158/mo
Vacancy rate
17.6%±4.6%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$1.5M
7 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
39.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$980/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 89Winter weather 82Wildfire 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
178
2016
186
2017
178
2018
192
2019
190
2020
197
2021
237
2022
201
2023
223
2024
216
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
17% since 2021
6
2021
3
2022
4
2023
2
2024
7
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
157.6 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
8.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
442.8 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
118.2 km
PIERRE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$44.6k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Walworth?

Walworth's economy produced $319.3M in 2024, contracting 6.9% year over yearamong the slowest-growing 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.