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Real estate businesses in Mellette County, SD
How Mellette 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
- $8.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,724 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 2,137
- +11.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $12,724 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Mellette County spend about $8.2M a year on rent and homeowner costs. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no real estate businesses in Mellette County. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Mellette County would have about 2, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Mellette County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Mellette County grew 11.5%, faster 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 Mellette 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 | Mellette County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 32.7 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | n/a | 98 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 487 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +29.3% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,724 | $13,945 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $54,076 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 43 |
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
- 0Businesses 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 Mellette 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 Mellette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,137+11.5% since 2020
- Households
- 641
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,307 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1
- Median household income
- $54,076
- Average household income
- $74,230
- Median home value
- $84,100
- Jobs located here
- 295
- Daytime population
- 1,769Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Mellette County?
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yankton County, SD | 59 | 16 | 16.5 | 191 | +1.5% | #620 of 2,229 |
| 2Union County, SD | 52 | 15 | 20.5 | 171 | +3.3% | #978 of 2,229 |
| 3Hughes County, SD | 49 | 19 | 26.2 | 126 | −0.9% | #1,144 of 2,229 |
| 4Meade County, SD | 48 | 24 | 20.1 | 162 | +2.7% | #1,171 of 2,229 |
| 5Butte County, SD | 48 | 12 | 27.9 | 115 | +5.5% | #1,191 of 2,229 |
| 6Beadle County, SD | 45 | 15 | 19.9 | 153 | +2.4% | #1,338 of 2,229 |
| 7Minnehaha County, SD | 45 | 249 | 29.4 | 112 | +7.6% | #1,354 of 2,229 |
| 8Roberts County, SD | 44 | 6 | 16.6 | 185 | −0.1% | #1,375 of 2,229 |
| 9Brookings County, SD | 41 | 45 | 32.6 | 96 | +9.6% | #1,577 of 2,229 |
| 10Lake County, SD | 38 | 12 | 25.4 | 128 | −0.2% | #1,726 of 2,229 |
| Mellette County, SD | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +11.5% |
Other business types in Mellette County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in Mellette County, SD?
There are no real estate businesses on map listings in Mellette County as of September 2026. 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 Mellette County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Mellette County, SD spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $8.2M a year, or $12,724 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 641 households in Mellette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mellette County, SD compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Mellette County has no real estate businesses on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Mellette County would have about 2, against none on map listings.
How fast is Mellette County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Mellette County at 2,137 people in 2025, up 11.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 641 households. Median household income in Mellette County is $54,076, 33% below 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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