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Least affordable housing, South Dakota counties · 1990

South Dakota counties ranked by the CensusEasy Afford Score, median home value divided by median household income (1990 ACS). A higher score means a home costs more years of local income. This list covers the 65 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 65 is 1.4.

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YEAR1990 2010 2020 2024

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01Clay County, SDSD15,0312.5–

02Brookings County, SDSD37,6352.3–

03Codington County, SDSD29,5622.3–

04Yankton County, SDSD23,6352.2–

05Pennington County, SDSD116,7922.2–

06Stanley County, SDSD3,0182.2–

07Hughes County, SDSD17,5702.2–

08Lawrence County, SDSD29,4592.1–

09Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6912.1–

10Custer County, SDSD9,4312.1–

11Meade County, SDSD30,7112.1–

12Brown County, SDSD37,5612.0–

13Brule County, SDSD5,2782.0–

14Butte County, SDSD10,8561.9–

15Davison County, SDSD20,0691.8–

16Union County, SDSD17,4021.7–

17Lincoln County, SDSD77,1451.7–

18Tripp County, SDSD5,7081.7–

19Bennett County, SDSD3,3071.7–

20Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3031.7–

21Hand County, SDSD3,1211.7–

22Fall River County, SDSD7,4671.6–

23Lake County, SDSD10,9931.6–

24Haakon County, SDSD1,8021.6–

25Dewey County, SDSD5,4191.6–

26Grant County, SDSD7,5341.6–

27Beadle County, SDSD19,6241.5–

28Gregory County, SDSD4,0371.5–

29Jackson County, SDSD2,6661.5–

30Roberts County, SDSD10,2551.4–

31Harding County, SDSD1,3311.4–

32Lyman County, SDSD3,6941.4–

33Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2441.4–

34Potter County, SDSD2,3771.4–

35Walworth County, SDSD5,2171.4–

36Moody County, SDSD6,6321.4–

37Perkins County, SDSD2,8531.3–

38Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4131.3–

39Deuel County, SDSD4,4081.3–

40Marshall County, SDSD4,4261.3–

41Corson County, SDSD3,7811.3–

42Douglas County, SDSD2,8881.2–

43Day County, SDSD5,4841.2–

44Sully County, SDSD1,4791.2–

45Turner County, SDSD9,3141.1–

46Todd County, SDSD8,8631.1–

47Hamlin County, SDSD6,9001.1–

48Jones County, SDSD9131.1–

49Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2841.1–

50Hyde County, SDSD1,1911.1–

51Edmunds County, SDSD4,0221.1–

52McCook County, SDSD5,9641.1–

53Ziebach County, SDSD2,3891.1–

54Faulk County, SDSD2,1781.0–

55Mellette County, SDSD2,1371.0–

56Buffalo County, SDSD1,8021.0–

57Miner County, SDSD2,2811.0–

58Campbell County, SDSD1,3771.0–

59Spink County, SDSD6,1551.0–

60Clark County, SDSD4,0311.0–

61McPherson County, SDSD2,3471.0–

62Jerauld County, SDSD1,6541.0–

63Hanson County, SDSD3,4560.9–

64Aurora County, SDSD2,8010.9–

65Sanborn County, SDSD2,3880.8–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS