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Tightest housing markets, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties with the lowest housing vacancy rate (2023 ACS). This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPHOUSING VACANCY RATEVS 2000

01Lincoln County, SDSD77,1452.9%–

02Union County, SDSD17,4023.7%–

03Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6915.1%–

04Meade County, SDSD30,7117.0%–

05Davison County, SDSD20,0697.1%–

06Moody County, SDSD6,6327.2%–

07Codington County, SDSD29,5627.4%–

08Yankton County, SDSD23,6358.7%–

09Turner County, SDSD9,3148.8%–

10Brookings County, SDSD37,6359.1%–

11Hughes County, SDSD17,5709.3%–

12Butte County, SDSD10,85610.0%–

13Brown County, SDSD37,56110.0%–

14Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41310.1%–

15McCook County, SDSD5,96410.2%–

16Pennington County, SDSD116,79210.3%–

17Beadle County, SDSD19,62411.1%–

18Fall River County, SDSD7,46711.3%–

19Clay County, SDSD15,03111.4%–

20Todd County, SDSD8,86311.6%–

21Buffalo County, SDSD1,80212.1%–

22Hanson County, SDSD3,45612.3%–

23Grant County, SDSD7,53412.4%–

24Dewey County, SDSD5,41912.4%–

25Edmunds County, SDSD4,02214.1%–

26Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24414.9%–

27Douglas County, SDSD2,88814.9%–

28Aurora County, SDSD2,80115.6%–

29Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33815.8%–

30Custer County, SDSD9,43115.9%–

31Stanley County, SDSD3,01816.3%–

32Ziebach County, SDSD2,38916.9%–

33Clark County, SDSD4,03117.0%–

34Corson County, SDSD3,78117.0%–

35Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30317.3%–

36Brule County, SDSD5,27817.4%–

37Spink County, SDSD6,15517.4%–

38Walworth County, SDSD5,21717.6%–

39Mellette County, SDSD2,13717.7%–

40Campbell County, SDSD1,37718.0%–

41Tripp County, SDSD5,70818.2%–

42Hand County, SDSD3,12118.3%–

43Hyde County, SDSD1,19118.5%–

44Jerauld County, SDSD1,65418.5%–

45Deuel County, SDSD4,40818.6%–

46Lake County, SDSD10,99318.6%–

47Lawrence County, SDSD29,45918.8%–

48Sanborn County, SDSD2,38819.0%–

49Bennett County, SDSD3,30720.1%–

50Faulk County, SDSD2,17820.6%–

51Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28420.7%–

52Miner County, SDSD2,28121.0%–

53Haakon County, SDSD1,80223.2%–

54Hamlin County, SDSD6,90023.3%–

55Lyman County, SDSD3,69423.5%–

56Jackson County, SDSD2,66623.6%–

57McPherson County, SDSD2,34724.1%–

58Perkins County, SDSD2,85324.9%–

59Roberts County, SDSD10,25525.2%–

60Gregory County, SDSD4,03726.5%–

61Harding County, SDSD1,33127.6%–

62Jones County, SDSD91328.6%–

63Day County, SDSD5,48431.1%–

64Sully County, SDSD1,47931.8%–

65Potter County, SDSD2,37732.0%–

66Marshall County, SDSD4,42632.2%–

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES