Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Counties Where Owning Costs Less Than Renting in South Dakota
Counties where the full monthly cost of owning the median home comes in below median rent, even after tax, insurance, utilities and maintenance. These are the places where buying is cheapest relative to the local rental market.
Where does yours land?
Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
South Dakota ranked
| # | County | Monthly saved by owning | Median rent | Monthly to own |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oglala Lakota County | $23 | $563 | $540 |
| 2 | Mellette County | $18 | $737 | $719 |
| 3 | Todd County | $-67 | $537 | $604 |
| 4 | Dewey County | $-91 | $714 | $805 |
| 5 | Ziebach County | $-230 | $715 | $945 |
| 6 | McPherson County | $-262 | $580 | $842 |
| 7 | Campbell County | $-274 | $635 | $909 |
| 8 | Walworth County | $-276 | $962 | $1,238 |
| 9 | Potter County | $-295 | $869 | $1,164 |
| 10 | Douglas County | $-308 | $864 | $1,172 |
| 11 | Corson County | $-319 | $473 | $792 |
| 12 | Hyde County | $-329 | $921 | $1,250 |
| 13 | Perkins County | $-337 | $703 | $1,040 |
| 14 | Tripp County | $-424 | $809 | $1,233 |
| 15 | Faulk County | $-430 | $692 | $1,122 |
| 16 | Spink County | $-436 | $691 | $1,127 |
| 17 | Aurora County | $-453 | $739 | $1,192 |
| 18 | Buffalo County | $-472 | $535 | $1,007 |
| 19 | Miner County | $-520 | $563 | $1,083 |
| 20 | Bon Homme County | $-523 | $620 | $1,143 |
| 21 | Edmunds County | $-543 | $881 | $1,424 |
| 22 | Marshall County | $-565 | $743 | $1,308 |
| 23 | Jones County | $-566 | $544 | $1,110 |
| 24 | Sanborn County | $-568 | $717 | $1,285 |
| 25 | Clark County | $-569 | $709 | $1,278 |
| 26 | Gregory County | $-580 | $614 | $1,194 |
| 27 | Jerauld County | $-599 | $565 | $1,164 |
| 28 | Roberts County | $-609 | $656 | $1,265 |
| 29 | Bennett County | $-642 | $616 | $1,258 |
| 30 | Stanley County | $-653 | $896 | $1,549 |
| 31 | Haakon County | $-657 | $688 | $1,345 |
| 32 | Fall River County | $-680 | $866 | $1,546 |
| 33 | Kingsbury County | $-686 | $725 | $1,411 |
| 34 | Hutchinson County | $-720 | $714 | $1,434 |
| 35 | Beadle County | $-726 | $834 | $1,560 |
| 36 | Day County | $-759 | $623 | $1,382 |
| 37 | Sully County | $-767 | $913 | $1,680 |
| 38 | Charles Mix County | $-767 | $727 | $1,494 |
| 39 | Lyman County | $-787 | $603 | $1,390 |
| 40 | Hand County | $-791 | $553 | $1,344 |
| 41 | Butte County | $-841 | $940 | $1,781 |
| 42 | Grant County | $-869 | $668 | $1,537 |
| 43 | Deuel County | $-870 | $668 | $1,538 |
| 44 | Harding County | $-901 | $478 | $1,379 |
| 45 | Davison County | $-927 | $750 | $1,677 |
| 46 | Hanson County | $-928 | $733 | $1,661 |
| 47 | Codington County | $-958 | $901 | $1,859 |
| 48 | Hughes County | $-967 | $930 | $1,897 |
| 49 | Turner County | $-968 | $745 | $1,713 |
| 50 | Hamlin County | $-1,018 | $769 | $1,787 |
| 51 | Yankton County | $-1,020 | $777 | $1,797 |
| 52 | Brule County | $-1,029 | $700 | $1,729 |
| 53 | Brown County | $-1,051 | $794 | $1,845 |
| 54 | Moody County | $-1,051 | $723 | $1,774 |
| 55 | McCook County | $-1,089 | $750 | $1,839 |
| 56 | Lake County | $-1,090 | $868 | $1,958 |
| 57 | Meade County | $-1,129 | $1,150 | $2,279 |
| 58 | Clay County | $-1,195 | $736 | $1,931 |
| 59 | Pennington County | $-1,202 | $1,066 | $2,268 |
| 60 | Union County | $-1,202 | $1,055 | $2,257 |
| 61 | Brookings County | $-1,213 | $874 | $2,087 |
| 62 | Minnehaha County | $-1,292 | $954 | $2,246 |
| 63 | Lincoln County | $-1,447 | $1,237 | $2,684 |
| 64 | Custer County | $-1,486 | $1,117 | $2,603 |
| 65 | Lawrence County | $-1,581 | $923 | $2,504 |
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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Counties Where Owning Costs Less Than Renting across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in South Dakota