South Dakota places ranked by rent burden
39 places in South Dakota have a reliable estimate of rent burden (2020–2024 American Community Survey).
Highest figures: Elkton (81.1%), Winner (69.6%), Lennox (64.8%).
Lowest figure: Custer (31.2%).
The figure for South Dakota as a whole is 39.7% (±1.5 points).
Figures last updated on .
- Figure for South Dakota as a whole
- 39.7% (±1.5 points)
- Places ranked
- 39
South Dakota places ranked by rent burden
| Rank | Place | County | Renters paying 30% or more of income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elkton | Brookings County | 81.1% (±25.0 points) |
| 2 | Winner | Tripp County | 69.6% (±19.2 points) |
| 3 | Lennox | Lincoln County | 64.8% (±26.5 points) |
| 4 | Summerset | Meade County | 59.3% (±27.6 points) |
| 5 | Mission | Todd County | 52.2% (±19.0 points) |
| 6 | Flandreau | Moody County | 52.0% (±13.5 points) |
| 7 | Madison | Lake County | 51.5% (±14.0 points) |
| 8 | Vermillion | Clay County | 50.8% (±13.7 points) |
| 9 | Rapid City | Pennington County | 50.4% (±5.2 points) |
| 10 | Belle Fourche | Butte County | 46.9% (±15.5 points) |
| 11 | Aberdeen | Brown County | 45.8% (±6.9 points) |
| 12 | Fort Thompson | Buffalo County | 44.5% (±18.8 points) |
| 13 | North Sioux City | Union County | 43.9% (±15.0 points) |
| 14 | Arlington | Kingsbury County | 43.5% (±16.1 points) |
| 15 | Box Elder | Pennington County | 43.4% (±10.4 points) |
| 16 | Eagle Butte | Dewey County | 43.0% (±17.2 points) |
| 17 | Salem | McCook County | 42.9% (±20.0 points) |
| 18 | Huron | Beadle County | 41.2% (±10.6 points) |
| 19 | Sturgis | Meade County | 41.0% (±17.8 points) |
| 20 (tie) | Brookings | Brookings County | 40.7% (±7.7 points) |
| 20 (tie) | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha County | 40.7% (±3.0 points) |
| 22 | Mitchell | Davison County | 40.2% (±8.7 points) |
| 23 | Groton | Brown County | 39.2% (±18.2 points) |
| 24 | Dell Rapids | Minnehaha County | 38.6% (±18.7 points) |
| 25 | Hot Springs | Fall River County | 38.4% (±12.6 points) |
| 26 | Lemmon | Perkins County | 37.6% (±16.4 points) |
| 27 (tie) | Pierre | Hughes County | 37.3% (±9.4 points) |
| 27 (tie) | Spearfish | Lawrence County | 37.3% (±9.7 points) |
| 29 | Sisseton | Roberts County | 36.2% (±13.2 points) |
| 30 | Yankton | Yankton County | 36.0% (±8.7 points) |
| 31 | Watertown | Codington County | 35.9% (±6.5 points) |
| 32 | Viborg | Turner County | 35.0% (±15.5 points) |
| 33 (tie) | Brandon | Minnehaha County | 34.9% (±14.3 points) |
| 33 (tie) | Wagner | Charles Mix County | 34.9% (±13.2 points) |
| 35 | Chamberlain | Brule County | 34.8% (±15.8 points) |
| 36 | Miller | Hand County | 34.2% (±14.2 points) |
| 37 | Webster | Day County | 33.6% (±16.3 points) |
| 38 | Redfield | Spink County | 31.8% (±12.6 points) |
| 39 | Custer | Custer County | 31.2% (±14.8 points) |
How this ranking is built
A place is included when its own page for this figure is published as reliable: a coefficient of variation of 30% or less and enough surveyed homes.
39 places qualify; the rest are on their own pages with their margins, but not ranked here.
The ranking orders the estimates alone: where two places’ margins of error overlap, their ranks may not truly differ, and places at the same published figure share a rank.
A median published as a bound (“$3,500 or more”) is placed at the bound; its true place may be higher.
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Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates).
Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.
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Questions about South Dakota
Which place in South Dakota has the highest rent burden?
Elkton has the highest, 81.1% (±25.0 points) (2020–2024 American Community Survey).
Which place in South Dakota has the lowest rent burden?
Custer has the lowest, 31.2% (±14.8 points).
What is the rent burden in South Dakota?
The figure for South Dakota as a whole is 39.7% (±1.5 points).
Sources
- US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates; each place’s own table is linked from its page
- Selected Housing Characteristics (DP04), 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates — South Dakota
This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
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.
Figures last updated on .