Auto · Small-town market · South Dakota
Gas stations in the Brookings, SD area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for gas stations in the Brookings, SD area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #63 of 536 scored small-town markets
#1 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota
- Listings
- 20
- 13 chain locations (65%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- −15.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $41.4M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $3,004 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.5
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,635
- +9.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in the Brookings area comes to about $41.4M a year: $3,004 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. Spread across 20 gas stations, that is $2.1M per station, 13% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The Brookings area has 20 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 65% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That comes to 14.5 for every 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in the Brookings area was 17 in 2023, down 15.0% from 2019. That is one for every 812 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Brookings area grew 9.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gas stations, the Brookings area has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #63 of 536 scored small-town markets and #1 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Brookings area compares
The same measures for South Dakota and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Brookings area | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.5 | 19.4 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $1.6M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 812 | 630 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −15.0% | −4.8% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $3,004 | $3,013 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $70,064 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17−15.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 199
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2013 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Brookings area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Brookings area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,635+9.6% since 2020
- Households
- 13,798
- Median age
- 31.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 792 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $70,064+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,400
- Median home value
- $264,600
- Jobs located here
- 19,000
- Daytime population
- 37,385Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brookings, SD | 73 | 20 | 14.5 | $2.1M | +9.6% | #63 of 536 |
| 2Spearfish, SD | 70 | 20 | 16.6 | $1.8M | +14.0% | #78 of 536 |
| 3Watertown, SD | 61 | 18 | 14.4 | $2.1M | +4.3% | #154 of 536 |
| 4Mitchell, SD | 49 | 22 | 20.0 | $1.5M | +0.6% | #287 of 536 |
| 5Huron, SD | 40 | 18 | 23.9 | $1.3M | +2.4% | #382 of 536 |
| 6Vermillion, SD | 35 | 9 | 16.2 | $1.7M | +0.2% | #416 of 536 |
| 7Yankton, SD | 35 | 24 | 24.8 | $1.2M | +1.5% | #428 of 536 |
| 8Aberdeen, SD | 34 | 38 | 21.2 | $1.4M | −1.5% | #431 of 536 |
| 9Pierre, SD | 20 | 22 | 25.8 | $1.1M | −0.5% | #501 of 536 |
Other business types in the Brookings area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in the Brookings, SD area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 gas stations in the Brookings area. 13 of them (65%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, down 15.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Brookings, SD area spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $41.4M a year, or $3,004 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,798 households in the Brookings area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brookings, SD area compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
The Brookings area has 14.5 gas stations per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2.1M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Brookings area would have about 17, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 812 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count fell 15.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Brookings, SD area growing?
Population estimates put the Brookings area at 37,635 people in 2025, up 9.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,798 households. Median household income in the Brookings area is $70,064, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.5%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Brookings area scores 73 for gas stations (upper middle), #63 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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