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Most affordable housing, South Dakota counties · 1990

South Dakota counties with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (1990 ACS). 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

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS –

01Sanborn County, SDSD2,3880.8–

02Aurora County, SDSD2,8010.9–

03Hanson County, SDSD3,4560.9–

04Jerauld County, SDSD1,6541.0–

05McPherson County, SDSD2,3471.0–

06Clark County, SDSD4,0311.0–

07Spink County, SDSD6,1551.0–

08Campbell County, SDSD1,3771.0–

09Miner County, SDSD2,2811.0–

10Buffalo County, SDSD1,8021.0–

11Mellette County, SDSD2,1371.0–

12Faulk County, SDSD2,1781.0–

13Ziebach County, SDSD2,3891.1–

14McCook County, SDSD5,9641.1–

15Edmunds County, SDSD4,0221.1–

16Hyde County, SDSD1,1911.1–

17Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2841.1–

18Jones County, SDSD9131.1–

19Hamlin County, SDSD6,9001.1–

20Todd County, SDSD8,8631.1–

21Turner County, SDSD9,3141.1–

22Sully County, SDSD1,4791.2–

23Day County, SDSD5,4841.2–

24Douglas County, SDSD2,8881.2–

25Corson County, SDSD3,7811.3–

26Marshall County, SDSD4,4261.3–

27Deuel County, SDSD4,4081.3–

28Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4131.3–

29Perkins County, SDSD2,8531.3–

30Moody County, SDSD6,6321.4–

31Walworth County, SDSD5,2171.4–

32Potter County, SDSD2,3771.4–

33Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2441.4–

34Lyman County, SDSD3,6941.4–

35Harding County, SDSD1,3311.4–

36Roberts County, SDSD10,2551.4–

37Jackson County, SDSD2,6661.5–

38Gregory County, SDSD4,0371.5–

39Beadle County, SDSD19,6241.5–

40Grant County, SDSD7,5341.6–

41Dewey County, SDSD5,4191.6–

42Haakon County, SDSD1,8021.6–

43Lake County, SDSD10,9931.6–

44Fall River County, SDSD7,4671.6–

45Hand County, SDSD3,1211.7–

46Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3031.7–

47Bennett County, SDSD3,3071.7–

48Tripp County, SDSD5,7081.7–

49Lincoln County, SDSD77,1451.7–

50Union County, SDSD17,4021.7–

51Davison County, SDSD20,0691.8–

52Butte County, SDSD10,8561.9–

53Brule County, SDSD5,2782.0–

54Brown County, SDSD37,5612.0–

55Meade County, SDSD30,7112.1–

56Custer County, SDSD9,4312.1–

57Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6912.1–

58Lawrence County, SDSD29,4592.1–

59Hughes County, SDSD17,5702.2–

60Stanley County, SDSD3,0182.2–

61Pennington County, SDSD116,7922.2–

62Yankton County, SDSD23,6352.2–

63Codington County, SDSD29,5622.3–

64Brookings County, SDSD37,6352.3–

65Clay County, SDSD15,0312.5–

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