Edmunds County, South Dakota: commercial real estate data.

Edmunds County

How many people live in Edmunds County

• Population, American Community Survey 2020-20244,048
• Households1,630
• Average household size2.48
• Median household income$81,630
• Median age44.0
• Median gross rent$992 per month
• Median owner-occupied home value$163,300
• Home value to household income2.0 times
• Annual rent as a share of median income14.6 percent
• Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.3 percent
• Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.7 percent
• Adults 25 and over2,889
• Population under 18956
• Share under 1823.6 percent
• Population 65 and over928
• Share 65 and over22.9 percent
• Working age population, 18 to 642,164
• Civilian labor force1,917
• Unemployment rate1.1 percent
• Labor force participation, adults 18 and over62.0 percent
• Rank by population among South Dakota counties39th of 66
• Rank by population among US county-equivalents, Puerto Rico included2958th of 3,222

Edmunds County is the 39th largest of 66 South Dakota counties by population. A median home costs 2.0 times median household income, which is affordable by national standards. Residents under 18 outnumber those 65 and over, at 23.6 percent against 22.9 percent, a household formation profile rather than a retirement one.

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.

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Where are people moving to Edmunds County from?

• Tax returns filed by households arriving66
• People arriving, from those returns130
• Tax returns filed by households leaving59
• Net household movement7
• Adjusted gross income arriving$6.0 m
• Net adjusted gross income movement$2.7 m
• Average income of an arriving household$90,985
• Average income of a leaving household$56,136
• Largest single originBrown County (38 households)
• Largest single destinationBrown County (22 households)

Households arriving report $34,849 more average income than households leaving, so the migration is raising local spending power rather than just moving it around. The largest single source of arrivals is Brown County, which is the catchment a retail or multifamily study should look at first.

US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.

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Employment by industry in Edmunds County

• Covered employment, annual average1,214
• Establishments reporting186
• Average annual pay$52,001
• Average weekly wage$1,000
• Wholesale trade, employment184
• Wholesale trade, average annual pay$76,593
• Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, employment173
• Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, average annual pay$56,623
• Retail trade, employment109
• Retail trade, average annual pay$29,302
• Manufacturing, employment84
• Manufacturing, average annual pay$79,488
• Construction, employment59
• Finance and insurance, employment48

Wholesale trade is the largest private sector at 184 jobs, 15.2 percent of covered employment.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.

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Building permits in Edmunds County

• Housing units authorized by permit, 20241
• Declared construction value permitted$500,000
• Single family units authorized1
• Multifamily units authorized0
• Multifamily share of units0.0 percent
• Average declared value per unit$500,000
• Units authorized per 1,000 households0.6

Single-family homes are 100.0 percent of units authorized, so the pipeline is predominantly single-family.

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.

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Flood risk in Edmunds County

• Participation of the county's own NFIP community Edmunds County, unincorporated areasParticipating, community 460264
• Communities in the county in the NFIP Community Status Book4
• Of those, participating in the NFIP4
• NFIP participation rate100.0 percent
• Communities carrying a CRS class0
• Radon levels in Edmunds County, EPA zone predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/LZone 1

The county's own community in the status book, unincorporated Edmunds County (community 460264), participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies there. The EPA places Edmunds County in radon zone 1, a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L. The zone is a screening prediction for the county and does not substitute for a test at an address. 100.0 percent of the county's listed communities participate in the National Flood Insurance Program, per Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.

Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26. US EPA, Map of Radon Zones, county spreadsheet, 2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001.

Feasibility studies

When a Edmunds County site needs a document a lender will accept.

The same data layer behind this page is the one the studies are written from. A study for a Edmunds County site starts with the figures you are reading, carrying the same source and period into the credit file.

• Population, American Community Survey 2020-20244,048
• Households1,630
• Average household size2.48
• Median household income$81,630
• Median age44.0

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Cities and places in Edmunds.

8 Census places lie wholly or partly in Edmunds County. 6 carry enough published place level data for a page of their own and are linked. The rest are named here and not linked, because the American Community Survey and the SBA record between them do not carry enough about them to write an honest page. A place existing is itself worth knowing, so nothing in the county is left out.