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Gas stations in Moody County, SD

How Moody County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
11
7 chain locations (64%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$8.9M
On gasoline and other fuels · $3,481 a household
Spending per listing
$810K
66% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
43.0
3.9 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
6,632
+4.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Moody County comes to about $8.9M a year: $3,481 per household, 34% above the U.S. average. That works out to $810K per station, 66% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Moody County has 11 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (64%) are chain locations, against 84% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 43.0, 3.9 times the U.S. rate of 10.9.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Moody County classed as gasoline stations. That is one for every 640 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Moody County grew 4.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Moody 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.

Gas stations in Moody County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureMoody CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households43.019.410.9
Spending per listing$810K$1.6M$2.4M
Households per official establishment6406301,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.8%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$3,481$3,013$2,595
Median household income$78,427$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored37

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
46
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
117 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Moody 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 Moody County

Population, 2025 estimate
6,632+4.5% since 2020
Households
2,559
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
519 sq. mi.
People per square mile
12
Median household income
$78,427
Average household income
$92,283
Median home value
$226,500
Jobs located here
2,424
Daytime population
5,734Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for gas stations, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Moody County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, SD88186.5$4.8M+17.5%#47 of 2,358
2Meade County, SD681512.5$2.7M+2.7%#460 of 2,358
3Brookings County, SD632014.5$2.1M+9.6%#629 of 2,358
4Lawrence County, SD612016.6$1.8M+14.0%#722 of 2,358
5Minnehaha County, SD5512014.1$1.9M+7.6%#958 of 2,358
6Lake County, SD53919.1$1.7M−0.2%#1,043 of 2,358
7Codington County, SD521814.4$2.1M+4.3%#1,074 of 2,358
8Pennington County, SD507816.8$1.7M+6.6%#1,171 of 2,358
9Union County, SD441926.0$1.3M+3.3%#1,448 of 2,358
10Butte County, SD381534.8$971K+5.5%#1,691 of 2,358
Moody County, SDNot scored1143.0$810K+4.5%

Other business types in Moody County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many gas stations are in Moody County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 gas stations in Moody County. 7 of them (64%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.

How much do households in Moody County, SD spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $8.9M a year, or $3,481 per household. That is 34% above the U.S. average (an index of 134, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $810K per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,559 households in Moody County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Moody County, SD compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

Moody County has 43.0 gas stations per 10,000 households, 3.9 times the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $810K, 66% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Moody County would have about 4, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 640 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

How fast is Moody County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Moody County at 6,632 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,559 households. Median household income in Moody County is $78,427, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for gas stations · All 56 business types in Moody County

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