Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Highest Price-to-Rent Ratios in South Dakota
The counties where a home costs the most years of rent. A high ratio does not mean a place is overpriced. It can also mean rents are held down, or that buyers are paying for land, schools or a view that a renter cannot get at any price. It does mean the arithmetic of buying rests more on what the house is worth later and less on what it saves you each month. Median home value over twelve months of median gross rent, both Census five-year estimates.
South Dakota ranked
| # | County | Price-to-rent | Median home | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lawrence County | 28.1 yrs | $310,800 | $923 |
| 2 | Harding County | 27.3 yrs | $156,400 | $478 |
| 3 | Clay County | 25.1 yrs | $221,800 | $736 |
| 4 | Brule County | 24.5 yrs | $205,500 | $700 |
| 5 | Custer County | 24.4 yrs | $327,200 | $1,117 |
| 6 | McCook County | 24.1 yrs | $217,300 | $750 |
| 7 | Moody County | 23.8 yrs | $206,300 | $723 |
| 8 | Brookings County | 23.5 yrs | $246,300 | $874 |
| 9 | Minnehaha County | 23.3 yrs | $266,600 | $954 |
| 10 | Hand County | 22.9 yrs | $152,100 | $553 |
| 11 | Hamlin County | 22.5 yrs | $207,700 | $769 |
| 12 | Deuel County | 22.5 yrs | $180,100 | $668 |
| 13 | Grant County | 22.4 yrs | $179,400 | $668 |
| 14 | Brown County | 22.3 yrs | $212,900 | $794 |
| 15 | Yankton County | 22.3 yrs | $208,200 | $777 |
| 16 | Turner County | 22.3 yrs | $199,000 | $745 |
| 17 | Lake County | 22.2 yrs | $231,000 | $868 |
| 18 | Hanson County | 21.9 yrs | $192,400 | $733 |
| 19 | Lincoln County | 21.8 yrs | $323,500 | $1,237 |
| 20 | Lyman County | 21.6 yrs | $156,500 | $603 |
| 21 | Union County | 21.3 yrs | $269,500 | $1,055 |
| 22 | Pennington County | 21.1 yrs | $270,400 | $1,066 |
| 23 | Davison County | 21.1 yrs | $190,000 | $750 |
| 24 | Day County | 20.7 yrs | $155,100 | $623 |
| 25 | Codington County | 20.2 yrs | $218,000 | $901 |
| 26 | Meade County | 19.9 yrs | $274,800 | $1,150 |
| 27 | Hughes County | 19.8 yrs | $221,100 | $930 |
| 28 | Charles Mix County | 19.4 yrs | $169,200 | $727 |
| 29 | Bennett County | 18.8 yrs | $138,600 | $616 |
| 30 | Hutchinson County | 18.7 yrs | $160,500 | $714 |
| 31 | Jerauld County | 18.7 yrs | $127,000 | $565 |
| 32 | Haakon County | 18.6 yrs | $153,200 | $688 |
| 33 | Butte County | 18.4 yrs | $207,700 | $940 |
| 34 | Kingsbury County | 18.3 yrs | $159,600 | $725 |
| 35 | Sully County | 18.1 yrs | $198,700 | $913 |
| 36 | Jones County | 17.9 yrs | $117,100 | $544 |
| 37 | Beadle County | 17.8 yrs | $178,400 | $834 |
| 38 | Roberts County | 17.7 yrs | $139,100 | $656 |
| 39 | Gregory County | 17.5 yrs | $129,000 | $614 |
| 40 | Fall River County | 17.0 yrs | $176,300 | $866 |
| 41 | Miner County | 16.9 yrs | $114,100 | $563 |
| 42 | Buffalo County | 16.8 yrs | $108,000 | $535 |
| 43 | Clark County | 16.7 yrs | $141,900 | $709 |
| 44 | Marshall County | 16.5 yrs | $147,200 | $743 |
| 45 | Bon Homme County | 16.2 yrs | $120,300 | $620 |
| 46 | Sanborn County | 16.1 yrs | $138,500 | $717 |
| 47 | Stanley County | 15.8 yrs | $169,900 | $896 |
| 48 | Edmunds County | 15.5 yrs | $163,600 | $881 |
| 49 | Faulk County | 14.9 yrs | $124,100 | $692 |
| 50 | Aurora County | 14.5 yrs | $129,000 | $739 |
| 51 | Spink County | 14.2 yrs | $117,400 | $691 |
| 52 | Tripp County | 14.1 yrs | $137,100 | $809 |
| 53 | Corson County | 13.0 yrs | $73,800 | $473 |
| 54 | Perkins County | 12.6 yrs | $105,900 | $703 |
| 55 | Hyde County | 12.2 yrs | $134,500 | $921 |
| 56 | Douglas County | 12.1 yrs | $125,000 | $864 |
| 57 | Ziebach County | 11.9 yrs | $101,700 | $715 |
| 58 | Potter County | 11.6 yrs | $121,300 | $869 |
| 59 | Campbell County | 11.5 yrs | $87,900 | $635 |
| 60 | McPherson County | 11.3 yrs | $78,400 | $580 |
| 61 | Walworth County | 11.3 yrs | $130,000 | $962 |
| 62 | Dewey County | 8.8 yrs | $75,400 | $714 |
| 63 | Mellette County | 7.1 yrs | $63,000 | $737 |
| 64 | Todd County | 7.0 yrs | $45,200 | $537 |
| 65 | Oglala Lakota County | 6.7 yrs | $45,600 | $563 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.
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