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Gas stations in Meade County, SD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for gas stations in Meade County, SD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #460 of 2,358 scored counties
#2 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 15
- 12 chain locations (80%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $40M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $3,346 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.5
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,711
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Meade County comes to about $40M a year: $3,346 per household, 29% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each station on map listings, 12% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Meade County has 15 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 80% of them, against 84% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.5, 15% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Meade County classed as gasoline stations. That is one for every 748 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $895K has gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Meade County.
Population estimates show Meade County grew 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For gas stations, Meade County has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #460 of 2,358 scored counties and #2 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Meade County 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 | Meade County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.5 | 19.4 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $1.6M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 748 | 630 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.8% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $3,346 | $3,013 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $74,790 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 243
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1512 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
- 1
- Amount
- $895K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Meade County, 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 Meade County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,711+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 11,968
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 3,471 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $74,790+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,155
- Median home value
- $310,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,923
- Daytime population
- 24,809Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, SD | 88 | 18 | 6.5 | $4.8M | +17.5% | #47 of 2,358 |
| 2Meade County, SD | 68 | 15 | 12.5 | $2.7M | +2.7% | #460 of 2,358 |
| 3Brookings County, SD | 63 | 20 | 14.5 | $2.1M | +9.6% | #629 of 2,358 |
| 4Lawrence County, SD | 61 | 20 | 16.6 | $1.8M | +14.0% | #722 of 2,358 |
| 5Minnehaha County, SD | 55 | 120 | 14.1 | $1.9M | +7.6% | #958 of 2,358 |
| 6Lake County, SD | 53 | 9 | 19.1 | $1.7M | −0.2% | #1,043 of 2,358 |
| 7Codington County, SD | 52 | 18 | 14.4 | $2.1M | +4.3% | #1,074 of 2,358 |
| 8Pennington County, SD | 50 | 78 | 16.8 | $1.7M | +6.6% | #1,171 of 2,358 |
| 9Union County, SD | 44 | 19 | 26.0 | $1.3M | +3.3% | #1,448 of 2,358 |
| 10Butte County, SD | 38 | 15 | 34.8 | $971K | +5.5% | #1,691 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Meade County
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 Meade County, SD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 gas stations in Meade County. 12 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.
How much do households in Meade County, SD spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $40M a year, or $3,346 per household. That is 29% above the U.S. average (an index of 129, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,968 households in Meade County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Meade County, SD compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Meade County has 12.5 gas stations per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2.7M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Meade County would have about 17, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 748 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
How fast is Meade County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Meade County at 30,711 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,968 households. Median household income in Meade County is $74,790, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. 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. Meade County scores 68 for gas stations (upper middle), #460 of 2,358 scored counties.
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