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Real estate businesses in Perkins County, SD

The real estate businesses in Perkins County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$17.8M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,595 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
411
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
7.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
2,853
+0.9% since 2020

See the real estate businesses around any address in Perkins County

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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 $13,595 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Perkins County spend about $17.8M 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.

Perkins County has 1 real estate business on map listings as of September 2026. That is 7.6 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Perkins County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Perkins County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, 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 Perkins 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 Perkins County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasurePerkins CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.632.738.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)41198100
Households per official establishmentn/a487414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+29.3%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.9%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,595$13,945$16,661
Median household income$66,908$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
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Perkins 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 Perkins County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,853+0.9% since 2020
Households
1,309
Median age
44.7
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
2,871 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1
Median household income
$66,908
Average household income
$105,323
Median home value
$114,600
Jobs located here
1,203
Daytime population
2,985Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the real estate businesses on map listings by name and distance.

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Real estate across South Dakota

Every South Dakota market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Perkins 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
Perkins County, SDNot scored17.6411+0.9%

Other business types in Perkins 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 Perkins County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 real estate business in Perkins 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 Perkins County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $17.8M a year, or $13,595 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, 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 1,309 households in Perkins County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Perkins County has 1 real estate business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Perkins County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Perkins County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Perkins County at 2,853 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,309 households. Median household income in Perkins County is $66,908, 17% 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?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Perkins County. It maps the real estate businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for real estate businesses · All 56 business types in Perkins County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Perkins County?

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This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.