Roberts County Income Charts

This section shows the Roberts County South Dakota economy using the most recent economic analysis from the 2022 Census Bureau. Starting with Figure 1 which shows the median earnings per worker, Roberts County indicates it has a Median earnings of $39,241 which is the smallest as measured by median earnings per worker of all the other counties in the local area. The county with the highest median earnings per worker in the area is Grant County which shows a median earnings of $52,982 (35.0% larger). Comparing median earnings per worker to the United States average of $53,269, Roberts County is approximately three-fourths the size. Also, compared with the state of South Dakota, median earnings per worker of $46,456, Roberts County is about 18.4% smaller.

In Figure 2 a more complete view of income is shown which aggregates income from all members in the household and it has a Median household income of $53,618 which is the second smallest when sorted by median household income of all the other counties in the greater region. The county with the highest median household income in the area is Grant County which depicts a median income of $70,483 (31.5% larger). Comparing median household income to the United States average of $69,021, Roberts County is approximately three-fourths the size. Also, in comparison with the state of South Dakota, median household income of $63,920, Roberts County is about 19.2% smaller.

The next section examines a variety of different income statistics for the Roberts County metropolitan area. In Figure 3 we see that it it has the largest proportion of earnings less than $10,000 at 9.7% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of earnings between $15,000 and $19,999 at 35.4% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the smallest proportion of earnings between $20,000 and $49,999 at 19.1% of the total. Also, it has the smallest proportion of earnings between $50,000 and $74,999 at 4.2% of the total. In addition, it has the smallest proportion of earnings between $75,000 and $99,999 at 4.7% of the total. Dividing median annual worker earnings by the average number of hours worked in a year in Figure 4 shows that it has a Avg Hrly Earnings of $18.73 which is the smallest in terms of average hourly earnings of all the other counties in the metro area. The county with the highest average hourly earnings in the area is Grant County which shows an average hourly earnings of $25.41 (35.7% larger). Comparing average hourly earnings to the United States average of $26.40, Roberts County is approximately three-fourths the size. Also, compared with the state of South Dakota, average hourly earnings of $22.56, Roberts County is about 20.5% smaller.

Figure 5 examines the number of self employed people in the Roberts County metro area based on the number of people who reported any self employment income. Roberts County indicates it has a Self Employed of 19.8% which is less than most other counties in the greater region. The county with the highest percentage of people self employed in the area is Marshall County which shows a percentage self employed of 22.7% (14.9% larger).

The next chart (Figure 7) shows the percentage of households that had retirement income over the last 12 months and it has a With Retirement Income of 15.9% which is the second smallest in terms of households with retirement income of all the other counties in the local area. The county with the highest households with retirement income in the area is Day County which depicts a households with retirement income of 28.3% (77.5% larger).

The percentage of full-time workers are compared to the number of part-time workers in Figure 8. Roberts County depicts full time employees very much bigger as the part time employees.

Similar to the last chart is Figure 9 which shows the number of people who are self employed but in more detailed industry categories such as manufacturing, retail sales, residential real estate, commercial real estate, health care, exports/imports, and advanced industries, etc. Roberts County depicts it has the hightest entrepreneurs of 30% for the self employed in construction aggregate.

Figure 10 shows the cost of living and other consumer spending categories for a variety of cost components from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Roberts County indicates it has the hightest cost of 117.2 for the cost of utilities classification.

Roberts County Poverty Charts

In Figure 11 the percentage of people earning less than the poverty level is shown and compared across the group of places. Roberts County depicts it has a Percent of Population In Poverty of 20.2% which is the largest of all counties in the greater Roberts County region. Additionally, Figure 12 looks at the percentage of people who receive some form of public assistance including general assistance, temporary assistance or food stamps (i.e. SNAP.) Roberts County indicates it has a Public Assistance Percent of 13.3% which is the second most households with public assistance of all the counties in the greater Roberts County region. The county with the highest households with public assistance in the area is Traverse County which depicts a households with public assistance of 13.9% (only about 4.6% larger).

Roberts County Labor Force Charts

The table in Figure 13, shows Roberts County employment data in terms of job categories and salary data.

The next two charts look at monthly trended employment related performance using data estimated by economists at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS tracks unemployment statistics for a large number of areas throughout the country on a month to month basis. However, not every location in the U.S. is tracked by the BLS so the chart will only show the closest location available (which may be the same location.) Figure 14 shows the monthly unemployment rate for the area as well as a comparison to the overall national economy measure for the United States. Note that in March to April 2022, the Covid 19 recession occurred and affects this metric. The monthly unemployment rate indicates that from February 2017 to before the COVID-19 Pandemic it went from 6.2% to 5.1% in December 2019. This represents a decrease in the monthly unemployment rate of 17.7%. Since that time, the monthly unemployment rate has gone to 5.1%. This represents an increase in the monthly unemployment rate of very little.

Roberts County Jobs Charts

In the jobs section of economic activity charts in Figure 15 shows the average annual earnings for very high level job industry categories for full time and year round employed.

Figure 16 shows the average median earnings for different categories of jobs.

Roberts County Work Commute Charts

Figure 19 is provided for comparison purposes to the previous chart. It shows how people get to work overall on average in the United States.

The average commute time is shown in Figure 21. Roberts County depicts it has a Avg Commute Time of 17 which is the second smallest as measured by average commute time of all the other counties in the local area.