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Real estate agents and brokers in Meade County, SD
The real estate agents and brokers in Meade County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,367 of 2,176 scored counties
#5 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 20
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $168.3M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,067 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 154
- 54% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.7
- 45% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,711
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Meade County comes to about $168.3M a year: $14,067 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 54% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate agents and brokers take in.
There are 20 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Meade County as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 16.7 per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Meade County in 2023. That is one for every 630 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Meade County grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate agents and brokers, Meade County has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #1,367 of 2,176 scored counties and #5 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota.
How Meade County compares
The same measures for South Dakota and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Meade County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.7 | 26.5 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 154 | 96 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 630 | 802 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +36.1% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,067 | $13,945 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $74,790 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $872K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 201 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The 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 offices of real estate agents and brokers in Meade 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 Meade County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,711+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 11,968
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 3,471 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $74,790+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,155
- Median home value
- $310,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,923
- Daytime population
- 24,809Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, SD | 51 | 14 | 19.2 | 145 | +3.3% | #995 of 2,176 |
| 2Minnehaha County, SD | 51 | 170 | 20.0 | 130 | +7.6% | #1,002 of 2,176 |
| 3Yankton County, SD | 49 | 16 | 16.5 | 152 | +1.5% | #1,089 of 2,176 |
| 4Roberts County, SD | 44 | 5 | 13.8 | 176 | −0.1% | #1,360 of 2,176 |
| 5Meade County, SD | 44 | 20 | 16.7 | 154 | +2.7% | #1,367 of 2,176 |
| 6Brookings County, SD | 43 | 33 | 23.9 | 104 | +9.6% | #1,432 of 2,176 |
| 7Beadle County, SD | 42 | 13 | 17.3 | 141 | +2.4% | #1,461 of 2,176 |
| 8Butte County, SD | 41 | 10 | 23.2 | 110 | +5.5% | #1,523 of 2,176 |
| 9Davison County, SD | 40 | 18 | 20.2 | 120 | +0.6% | #1,581 of 2,176 |
| 10Hughes County, SD | 40 | 18 | 24.8 | 105 | −0.9% | #1,591 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Meade County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
- Real estate48
- Real estate agents and brokers44
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Meade County, SD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 real estate agents and brokers in Meade County. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in Meade County, SD spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $168.3M a year, or $14,067 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 20 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 54% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate agents and brokers take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,968 households in Meade County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Meade County, SD compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Meade County has 16.7 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 154, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Meade County would have about 31, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 630 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is Meade County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Meade County at 30,711 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,968 households. Median household income in Meade County is $74,790, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Meade County scores 44 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,367 of 2,176 scored counties.
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