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Most rent-burdened, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of renter households paying 30% or more of income on gross rent (2024 ACS). This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 66 is 25.6%.

Most rent-burdened by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPRENT-BURDENED HOUSEHOLDSVS 2010
01Pennington County, SDSD116,79245.5%+3.3 pts
02Lake County, SDSD10,99345.0%+4.6 pts
03Tripp County, SDSD5,70844.2%+1.9 pts
04Clay County, SDSD15,03143.7%−4.6 pts
05Brown County, SDSD37,56143.3%+13.9 pts
06Stanley County, SDSD3,01841.3%−5.6 pts
07Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69140.0%+1.4 pts
08Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28439.8%+25.1 pts
09Moody County, SDSD6,63239.2%+22.6 pts
10Butte County, SDSD10,85638.8%−2.7 pts
11Beadle County, SDSD19,62437.8%+10.8 pts
12Union County, SDSD17,40237.0%+12.1 pts
13Ziebach County, SDSD2,38936.5%+6.9 pts
14Lincoln County, SDSD77,14536.2%−2.5 pts
15Brookings County, SDSD37,63536.2%−7.9 pts
16Davison County, SDSD20,06935.3%−5.0 pts
17Walworth County, SDSD5,21735.2%+2.1 pts
18Codington County, SDSD29,56234.0%−3.4 pts
19Fall River County, SDSD7,46734.0%−3.7 pts
20Jackson County, SDSD2,66633.9%+11.0 pts
21Meade County, SDSD30,71133.8%+2.2 pts
22McCook County, SDSD5,96432.7%+7.2 pts
23Yankton County, SDSD23,63531.8%−6.9 pts
24Brule County, SDSD5,27831.6%−2.9 pts
25Potter County, SDSD2,37731.5%−7.3 pts
26Hughes County, SDSD17,57031.2%−4.4 pts
27Buffalo County, SDSD1,80230.7%+8.7 pts
28Lawrence County, SDSD29,45930.6%−12.7 pts
29Sanborn County, SDSD2,38829.7%+16.9 pts
30Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24429.7%+4.7 pts
31Douglas County, SDSD2,88828.3%+7.2 pts
32Roberts County, SDSD10,25525.7%−0.4 pts
33Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41325.6%+2.0 pts
34Dewey County, SDSD5,41925.3%−3.0 pts
35Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30325.1%+2.0 pts
36Campbell County, SDSD1,37725.1%+6.9 pts
37Turner County, SDSD9,31424.9%+0.5 pts
38Grant County, SDSD7,53424.5%−2.1 pts
39Gregory County, SDSD4,03724.0%−3.9 pts
40Day County, SDSD5,48423.2%+3.1 pts
41Aurora County, SDSD2,80122.1%+2.6 pts
42Todd County, SDSD8,86322.0%−1.0 pts
43Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33821.7%–
44Edmunds County, SDSD4,02221.4%−1.8 pts
45Perkins County, SDSD2,85321.2%+5.9 pts
46Clark County, SDSD4,03120.0%+3.6 pts
47Bennett County, SDSD3,30719.6%−25.1 pts
48Custer County, SDSD9,43119.5%−1.6 pts
49Lyman County, SDSD3,69418.5%+6.1 pts
50Hamlin County, SDSD6,90018.5%−4.0 pts
51Corson County, SDSD3,78118.4%−4.3 pts
52Spink County, SDSD6,15518.4%−9.6 pts
53Marshall County, SDSD4,42617.8%−8.2 pts
54Deuel County, SDSD4,40817.5%+0.1 pts
55Haakon County, SDSD1,80217.5%+9.1 pts
56Sully County, SDSD1,47917.3%−0.1 pts
57Mellette County, SDSD2,13717.3%−7.5 pts
58McPherson County, SDSD2,34715.8%−12.8 pts
59Miner County, SDSD2,28114.8%−2.8 pts
60Faulk County, SDSD2,17814.8%−17.1 pts
61Hyde County, SDSD1,19114.5%−9.3 pts
62Jerauld County, SDSD1,65412.8%−15.0 pts
63Hand County, SDSD3,12110.9%−20.2 pts
64Hanson County, SDSD3,4569.2%+1.3 pts
65Harding County, SDSD1,3313.4%−10.7 pts
66Jones County, SDSD9132.5%−6.2 pts
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES