Real estate · Small-town market · South Dakota
Real estate businesses in the Spearfish, SD area
How the Spearfish, SD area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #499 of 536 scored small-town markets
#9 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota
- Listings
- 62
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 64
- +48.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $163.8M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,592 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 61
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 51.4
- 34% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,459
- +14.0% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate businesses, the Spearfish area has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #499 of 536 scored small-town markets and #9 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 62 real estate businesses in the Spearfish area. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 51.4 for every 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Spearfish area comes to about $163.8M a year: $13,592 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 39% below 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 businesses take in.
Official counts show 64 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Spearfish area in 2023, up 48.8% from 2019. That is one for every 188 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Spearfish area grew 14.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Spearfish area 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 | Spearfish area | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 51.4 | 32.7 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 61 | 98 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 188 | 487 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +48.8% | +29.3% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,592 | $13,945 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $73,384 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 64+48.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 166
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 193Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 621 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The 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 the Spearfish 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 Spearfish area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,459+14.0% since 2020
- Households
- 12,054
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 800 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $73,384+39.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,174
- Median home value
- $346,500
- Jobs located here
- 13,155
- Daytime population
- 27,824Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in South Dakota for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with the Spearfish area marked.
Top small-town markets in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yankton, SD | 64 | 16 | 16.5 | 191 | +1.5% | #93 of 536 |
| 2Pierre, SD | 55 | 20 | 23.4 | 140 | −0.5% | #199 of 536 |
| 3Mitchell, SD | 46 | 24 | 21.9 | 141 | +0.6% | #313 of 536 |
| 4Huron, SD | 45 | 15 | 19.9 | 153 | +2.4% | #322 of 536 |
| 5Brookings, SD | 39 | 45 | 32.6 | 96 | +9.6% | #404 of 536 |
| 6Aberdeen, SD | 36 | 38 | 21.2 | 149 | −1.5% | #436 of 536 |
| 7Watertown, SD | 35 | 33 | 26.3 | 118 | +4.3% | #457 of 536 |
| 8Vermillion, SD | 35 | 15 | 27.0 | 110 | +0.2% | #458 of 536 |
| 9Spearfish, SD | 31 | 62 | 51.4 | 61 | +14.0% | #499 of 536 |
Other business types in the Spearfish area
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
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in the Spearfish, SD area?
There are 62 real estate businesses on map listings in the Spearfish area as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 64 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 48.8% from 2019. Another 193 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Spearfish, SD area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $163.8M a year, or $13,592 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 62 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 39% below the U.S. figure. 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 12,054 households in the Spearfish area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Spearfish, SD area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Spearfish area has 51.4 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 61, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Spearfish area would have about 38, against 62 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 188 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 48.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Spearfish, SD area growing?
Population estimates put the Spearfish area at 29,459 people in 2025, up 14.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,054 households. The median household income in the Spearfish area is $73,384 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Spearfish area scores 31 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #499 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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