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HVAC and plumbing companies in the Yankton, SD area

How the Yankton, SD area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #318 of 476 scored small-town markets
#3 of 7 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$25.4M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,623 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.3
32% above 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

Households in the Yankton area spend about $25.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,623 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $3.2M per company, 33% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

The Yankton area has 8 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.3, 32% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Yankton area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,077 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Yankton area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Yankton area scores 42 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #318 of 476 scored small-town markets and #3 of 7 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota.

How the Yankton area compares

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

HVAC and plumbing in Yankton, SD area compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureYankton areaSouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.36.56.3
Spending per listing$3.2M$4.1M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,0779121,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.6%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,623$2,698$3,018
Median household income$72,821$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market score4234

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9
Employees, 2023
64
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
80 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Yankton area, 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 the Yankton area

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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HVAC and plumbing across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in South Dakota for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with the Yankton area marked.

Top small-town markets in South Dakota

Small-town markets in South Dakota ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Brookings, SD5985.8$4.5M+9.6%#152 of 476
2Spearfish, SD5586.6$3.9M+14.0%#182 of 476
3Yankton, SD4288.3$3.2M+1.5%#318 of 476
4Mitchell, SD4198.2$3.1M+0.6%#329 of 476
5Watertown, SD321411.2$2.3M+4.3%#415 of 476
6Pierre, SD241112.9$2.1M−0.5%#457 of 476
7Aberdeen, SD231910.6$2.5M−1.5%#461 of 476

Other business types in the Yankton area

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

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in the Yankton, SD area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 HVAC and plumbing companies in the Yankton area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.

How much do households in the Yankton, SD area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $25.4M a year, or $2,623 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per company. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which HVAC and plumbing companies share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,695 households in the Yankton area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Yankton, SD area compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

The Yankton area has 8.3 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.2M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, the Yankton area would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,077 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is the Yankton, SD area growing?

Population estimates put the Yankton area at 23,635 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,695 households. Median household income in the Yankton area is $72,821, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Yankton area scores 42 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #318 of 476 scored small-town markets.

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How the score works · Top markets for HVAC and plumbing companies · All 56 business types in the Yankton area

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