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Grocery stores in Hutchinson County, SD

How Hutchinson County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: 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
5
2 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17.6M
On groceries · $6,061 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
62% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.2
2.5 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
7,413
−0.1% 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

At $6,061 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Hutchinson County spend about $17.6M a year on groceries. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 62% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

There are 5 grocery stores on map listings in Hutchinson County as of September 2026. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 17.2 for every 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 6.8.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Hutchinson County in 2023. That is one for every 969 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Hutchinson County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Hutchinson County compares

The same measures for South Dakota and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Grocery stores in Hutchinson County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureHutchinson CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.27.56.8
Spending per listing$3.5M$8M$9.3M
Households per official establishment9691,8372,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.5%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,061$6,012$6,319
Median household income$73,977$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored36

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
65
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
52 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 supermarkets and grocery stores in Hutchinson 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 Hutchinson County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,413−0.1% since 2020
Households
2,908
Median age
41.9
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
813 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$73,977
Average household income
$97,565
Median home value
$163,000
Jobs located here
2,695
Daytime population
6,841Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for grocery stores, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Hutchinson County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, SD85124.3$15.4M+17.5%#110 of 2,070
2Pennington County, SD77265.6$10.7M+6.6%#257 of 2,070
3Brookings County, SD7285.8$10.2M+9.6%#361 of 2,070
4Meade County, SD7154.2$14.6M+2.7%#365 of 2,070
5Lawrence County, SD7054.1$14.1M+14.0%#403 of 2,070
6Minnehaha County, SD64607.1$8.7M+7.6%#580 of 2,070
7Brown County, SD5374.3$13.7M−1.7%#899 of 2,070
8Roberts County, SD22616.6$3.5M−0.1%#1,855 of 2,070
9Beadle County, SD211418.6$3.1M+2.4%#1,877 of 2,070
Hutchinson County, SDNot scored517.2$3.5M−0.1%

Other business types in Hutchinson 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 grocery stores are in Hutchinson County, SD?

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 grocery stores in Hutchinson County. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

How much do households in Hutchinson County, SD spend on groceries?

About $17.6M a year, or $6,061 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,908 households in Hutchinson County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hutchinson County, SD compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Hutchinson County has 17.2 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $3.5M, 62% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Hutchinson County would have about 2, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 969 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is Hutchinson County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Hutchinson County at 7,413 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,908 households. The median household income in Hutchinson County is $73,977 a year, 8% 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 grocery stores · All 56 business types in Hutchinson County

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