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Real estate businesses in Harding County, SD

How Harding County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: 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
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7.2M
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,479 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
1,331
+2.2% 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

There are no real estate businesses on map listings in Harding County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Harding County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

Households in Harding County spend about $7.2M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $14,479 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate businesses take in.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Harding County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Harding County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Harding 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.

Real estate in Harding County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureHarding CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.032.738.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)n/a98100
Households per official establishmentn/a487414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+29.3%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,479$13,945$16,661
Median household income$80,441$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored43

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
6Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
0
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 real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Harding 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 Harding County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,331+2.2% since 2020
Households
498
Median age
46.3
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
2,672 sq. mi.
People per square mile
0
Median household income
$80,441
Average household income
$104,230
Median home value
$166,100
Jobs located here
425
Daytime population
1,155Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Harding County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Yankton County, SD591616.5191+1.5%#620 of 2,229
2Union County, SD521520.5171+3.3%#978 of 2,229
3Hughes County, SD491926.2126−0.9%#1,144 of 2,229
4Meade County, SD482420.1162+2.7%#1,171 of 2,229
5Butte County, SD481227.9115+5.5%#1,191 of 2,229
6Beadle County, SD451519.9153+2.4%#1,338 of 2,229
7Minnehaha County, SD4524929.4112+7.6%#1,354 of 2,229
8Roberts County, SD44616.6185−0.1%#1,375 of 2,229
9Brookings County, SD414532.696+9.6%#1,577 of 2,229
10Lake County, SD381225.4128−0.2%#1,726 of 2,229
Harding County, SDNot scored00.0n/a+2.2%

Other business types in Harding 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 real estate businesses are in Harding County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no real estate businesses in Harding County. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. No official count is published for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Harding County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Harding County, SD spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $7.2M a year, or $14,479 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 498 households in Harding County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Harding County, SD compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Harding County has no real estate businesses on map listings. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Harding County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

How fast is Harding County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Harding County at 1,331 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 498 households. The median household income in Harding County is $80,441 a year, in line with 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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