What is the median home value in Lake Preston, SD?

Name: Home values in Lake Preston, SD, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Lake Preston, SD is $130,000 (±$55,965), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

In Lake Preston, the median home value went from $73,800 in 2015–2019 to $130,000 in 2020–2024 (+76.2%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $130,000 (±$55,965)
Owner-occupied homes: 166 (±41)
Most common range: $50,000 to $99,999

Home values in Lake Preston

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Lake Preston	Kingsbury County	South Dakota	United States
Less than $50,000	19.9% (±10.1 points)	11.0%	8.3%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	24.7% (±12.3 points)	16.2%	7.8%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	10.2% (±5.5 points)	15.6%	8.5%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	16.3% (±7.1 points)	11.4%	11.0%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	15.1% (±8.8 points)	15.9%	24.4%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	12.7% (±7.6 points)	19.6%	26.0%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	1.2% (±2.5 points)	8.3%	12.1%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	0.0% (±13.9 points)	2.1%	1.8%	7.1%

The most common range is $50,000 to $99,999, 24.7% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Lake Preston against Kingsbury County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Lake Preston	Kingsbury County	South Dakota	United States
Median home value	$130,000 (±$55,965)	$169,500 (±$14,132)	$257,400 (±$3,051)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	166 (±41)	1,733 (±82)	250,621 (±2,208)	84,210,142

In Lake Preston, the median home value is not measurably different from Kingsbury County ($169,500).

It is also lower than in South Dakota ($257,400).

It is lower than the national figure ($332,700).

In Kingsbury County, Lake Preston ranks 12 of 14 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 547 of 730.

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

How home values in Lake Preston have changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median home value	$73,800 (±$14,203)	$130,000 (±$55,965)	+76.2%	No measurable change after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage	$955 (±$124)	$1,216 (±$265)	+27.3%	No measurable change after inflation
Median real estate taxes	$1,408 (±$219)	$1,614 (±$224)	+14.6%	No measurable change after inflation

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 home value in places near Lake Preston

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Lake Preston
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Lake Preston	—	$130,000 (±$55,965)	—
Baker Township (Kingsbury County)	1.5 mi	$237,500 (±$39,790)	Higher
Hetland	7.1 mi	$57,500 (±$48,220)	Not measurably different
De Smet Township	7.4 mi	$369,000 (±$87,989)	Higher
Whitewood Township	7.8 mi	$200,000 (±$106,795)	Not measurably different
De Smet	8.7 mi	$165,200 (±$24,085)	Not measurably different
Denver Township	8.9 mi	$412,500 (±$97,917)	Higher
Hartland Township (Kingsbury County)	9.1 mi	$275,000 (±$219,481)	Not measurably different
Spring Lake Township (Kingsbury County)	10 mi	$450,000 (±$245,310)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Baker Township (Kingsbury County), SD ($237,500), De Smet Township, SD ($369,000), Denver Township, SD ($412,500).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median home value across Kingsbury County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
6	Baker Township (Kingsbury County)	$237,500 (±$39,790)
7	Mathews Township	$218,800 (±$175,605)
8	Whitewood Township	$200,000 (±$106,795)
9	De Smet	$165,200 (±$24,085)
10	Iroquois	$156,300 (±$24,644)
11	Arlington	$144,300 (±$15,639)
12	Lake Preston	$130,000 (±$55,965)
13	Badger	$70,000 (±$18,822)
14	Hetland	$57,500 (±$48,220)

Showing 9 of 14 places in Kingsbury County, ranked from highest to lowest.

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 Lake Preston

What is the average home value in Lake Preston, SD?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $130,000 (±$55,965) for owner-occupied homes in Lake Preston (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Have home values in Lake Preston gone up?

In Lake Preston, the median home value went from $73,800 in 2015–2019 to $130,000 in 2020–2024 (+76.2%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Is this what homes in Lake Preston sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

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 Lake Preston city, South Dakota (place:35500, in state:46).

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

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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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.