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House cleaning businesses in Hughes County, SD

How Hughes County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.1M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,251 a household
Spending per listing
$9.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
17,570
−0.9% 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 $1,251 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Hughes County spend about $9.1M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $9.1M of household spending for each business on map listings. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.

Hughes County has 1 house cleaning business on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Hughes County in 2023. That is one for every 1,036 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hughes County declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 house cleaning business on map listings, Hughes County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Hughes County compares

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

House cleaning in Hughes County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureHughes CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.42.12.2
Spending per listing$9.1M$6M$6.4M
Households per official establishment1,0361,2141,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.0%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,251$1,222$1,414
Median household income$81,395$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored31

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 7
Employees, 2023
25
Annual payroll, 2023
$518K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Hughes 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 Hughes County

Population, 2025 estimate
17,570−0.9% since 2020
Households
7,253
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
742 sq. mi.
People per square mile
24
Median household income
$81,395+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,105
Median home value
$242,000
Jobs located here
10,890
Daytime population
19,525Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Hughes County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Minnehaha County, SD33232.7$4.6M+7.6%#707 of 847
2Pennington County, SD24163.5$3.5M+6.6%#793 of 847
3Codington County, SD1875.6$2.1M+4.3%#832 of 847
Hughes County, SDNot scored11.4$9.1M−0.9%

Other business types in Hughes County

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in Hughes County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 house cleaning business in Hughes County. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

How much do households in Hughes County, SD spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $9.1M a year, or $1,251 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 house cleaning business on map listings, it comes to $9.1M per business. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which house cleaning businesses share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,253 households in Hughes County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hughes County, SD compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

Hughes County has 1 house cleaning business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,036 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is Hughes County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Hughes County at 17,570 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,253 households. The median household income in Hughes County is $81,395 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.6% 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. Hughes County has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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