County profile
Yankton County, SD
United States · GDP 2024
#1388 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 27% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,776
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
707
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
23,635
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
1.9%
Median HH income
$72.8k±$7.2k
Bachelor's degree+
31.4%±3.2%
Poverty rate
11.9%±2.6%
Business applications
210 · 2025
Retail establishments
104
44.1/10k 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
Manufacturing38%
Health care20%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation13%
Other services5%
Education5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
23,635
residents · 2025 · +1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $74.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+173
International migration+272
Natural change−101
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$225.9k±$15.2k
Median gross rent
$781/mo±$58/mo
Vacancy rate
8.7%±2.4%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$49.5M
90 units · 3.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
63.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$929/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 94Winter weather 92Tornado 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2582016
2682017
2782018
2892019
2942020
3232021
3702022
3962023
4212024
4292025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -40% since 20211502021
952022
1822023
1792024
902025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
48.8 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
8.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
104.4 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
82.8 km
JOE FOSS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.8k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Yankton?
Yankton's economy produced $1.8B in 2024, contracting 0.4% year over year — slower than 81% 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.