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Grocery stores in Yankton County, SD

How Yankton 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

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
2 chain locations (67%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$57.5M
On groceries · $5,935 a household
Spending per listing
$19.2M
2.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.1
54% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,635
+1.5% 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

At $5,935 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Yankton County spend about $57.5M a year on groceries. That works out to $19.2M per store, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

There are 3 grocery stores on map listings in Yankton County as of September 2026. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for supermarkets and grocery stores in Yankton County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Yankton County grew 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 grocery stores on map listings, Yankton County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Yankton 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 Yankton County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureYankton CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.17.56.8
Spending per listing$19.2M$8M$9.3M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,8372,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.5%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,935$6,012$6,319
Median household income$72,821$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored36

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
32 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Yankton 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 Yankton County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,635+1.5% since 2020
Households
9,695
Median age
42.6
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
521 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$72,821+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,237
Median home value
$225,900
Jobs located here
12,467
Daytime population
24,093Residents 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 Yankton 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
Yankton County, SDNot scored33.1$19.2M+1.5%

Other business types in Yankton County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Yankton County, SD?

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 grocery stores in Yankton County. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Yankton County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $57.5M a year, or $5,935 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $19.2M 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 9,695 households in Yankton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Yankton County has 3.1 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $19.2M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Yankton County would have about 6, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Yankton County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Yankton County at 23,635 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,695 households. The median household income in Yankton County is $72,821 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Yankton County has no market score for grocery stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Yankton County. It maps the grocery stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for grocery stores · All 56 business types in Yankton County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Yankton County?

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