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Least affordable housing, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the CensusEasy Afford Score, median home value divided by median household income (2024 ACS). A higher score means a home costs more years of local income. This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 2010

01Lawrence County, SDSD29,4594.7+29%

02Custer County, SDSD9,4314.4+29%

03Meade County, SDSD30,7114.2+32%

04Clay County, SDSD15,0314.1+30%

05Pennington County, SDSD116,7924.1+27%

06Brookings County, SDSD37,6353.8+23%

07Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6913.7+34%

08Lincoln County, SDSD77,1453.5+39%

09Union County, SDSD17,4023.4+52%

10Jackson County, SDSD2,6663.3+121%

11Codington County, SDSD29,5623.3+8%

12Butte County, SDSD10,8563.2+10%

13Lake County, SDSD10,9933.2+35%

14Brown County, SDSD37,5613.1+23%

15Davison County, SDSD20,0693.1+20%

16Yankton County, SDSD23,6353.1+27%

17Hughes County, SDSD17,5703.0+19%

18Turner County, SDSD9,3142.9+65%

19Brule County, SDSD5,2782.9+63%

20Bennett County, SDSD3,3072.9+59%

21Moody County, SDSD6,6322.9+47%

22Fall River County, SDSD7,4672.8+17%

23Sully County, SDSD1,4792.8+92%

24McCook County, SDSD5,9642.7+25%

25Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3032.7+41%

26Day County, SDSD5,4842.6+49%

27Beadle County, SDSD19,6242.6+26%

28Faulk County, SDSD2,1782.6+90%

29Buffalo County, SDSD1,8022.5+4%

30Haakon County, SDSD1,8022.5+55%

31Deuel County, SDSD4,4082.5+34%

32Hyde County, SDSD1,1912.5+53%

33Lyman County, SDSD3,6942.5+38%

34Hamlin County, SDSD6,9002.4+27%

35Roberts County, SDSD10,2552.4+22%

36Hanson County, SDSD3,4562.4+26%

37Stanley County, SDSD3,0182.3+6%

38Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2842.3+46%

39Grant County, SDSD7,5342.3−3%

40Tripp County, SDSD5,7082.3+31%

41Clark County, SDSD4,0312.2+52%

42Gregory County, SDSD4,0372.2+35%

43Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4132.2+26%

44Jones County, SDSD9132.1+41%

45Hand County, SDSD3,1212.1+31%

46Walworth County, SDSD5,2172.1+33%

47Aurora County, SDSD2,8012.1+49%

48Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2442.1+26%

49Harding County, SDSD1,3312.1+7%

50Jerauld County, SDSD1,6542.0+33%

51Marshall County, SDSD4,4262.0+1%

52Edmunds County, SDSD4,0222.0+34%

53Douglas County, SDSD2,8881.9+42%

54Miner County, SDSD2,2811.9+41%

55Ziebach County, SDSD2,3891.8−18%

56Spink County, SDSD6,1551.8+26%

57Sanborn County, SDSD2,3881.7+23%

58Perkins County, SDSD2,8531.7+12%

59Potter County, SDSD2,3771.7+28%

60Campbell County, SDSD1,3771.7+77%

61Mellette County, SDSD2,1371.6+6%

62Corson County, SDSD3,7811.5+1%

63Dewey County, SDSD5,4191.3−25%

64Todd County, SDSD8,8631.3−40%

65McPherson County, SDSD2,3471.3−9%

66Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3381.3–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES