What is the median rent in Huron, SD?

Name: Median rent in Huron, SD, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Huron, SD is $888 (±$59) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 1,727 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Huron, the median gross rent went from $612 in 2015–2019 to $888 in 2020–2024 (+45.1%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $888 (±$59)
Rented homes: 1,727 (±277)
$2,000 or more: 7.2%
Since 2015–2019: +45.1%

How much rent costs in Huron

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Huron	Beadle County	South Dakota	United States
Less than $500	14.1% (±6.3 points)	13.5%	12.1%	6.3%
$500 to $999	50.8% (±11.1 points)	52.6%	43.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	22.0% (±7.7 points)	22.0%	31.7%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	5.8% (±4.6 points)	5.5%	8.8%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	1.3% (±1.7 points)	1.2%	2.4%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	3.4% (±2.9 points)	3.0%	0.4%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	2.5% (±3.5 points)	2.3%	1.2%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 50.8% of renting households.

7.2% of rented homes in Huron cost $2,000 or more a month.

Huron against Beadle County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Huron	Beadle County	South Dakota	United States
Median gross rent	$888 (±$59)	$879 (±$51)	$946 (±$11)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	1,727 (±277)	1,937 (±297)	106,634 (±2,031)	42,849,984

In Huron, median gross rent is not measurably different from Beadle County ($879).

It is not measurably different from South Dakota ($946).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Beadle County, Huron ranks 1 of 4 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 68 of 231.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Huron has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$612 (±$62)	$888 (±$59)	+45.1%	Up after inflation
Households that rent	41.7% (±4.3 points)	31.7% (±4.6 points)	−10.0 percentage points	Measurable decrease
Rental vacancy rate	11.8% (±7.5 points)	5.5% (±4.8 points)	−6.3 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent across Beadle County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Huron	$888 (±$59)
2	Hitchcock	$864 (±$44)
3	Wolsey	$739 (±$164)
4	Wessington	$538 (±$19)

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Huron

What is the average rent in Huron, SD?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Huron is $888 (±$59) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Huron?

In Huron, the median gross rent went from $612 in 2015–2019 to $888 in 2020–2024 (+45.1%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

How many rentals in Huron cost more than $2,000 a month?

7.2% of rented homes in Huron have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 14.1% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Huron higher than in Beadle County?

In Huron, median gross rent is not measurably different from Beadle County ($879).

It is not measurably different from South Dakota ($946).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Huron city, South Dakota (place:31060, in state:46).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.