# Counties in South Dakota by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2027

All 66 values come from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research for 2027, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `fair_market_rent_0br`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for an efficiency (a unit with no separate bedroom) in the HUD area that contains the county. Gross rent is the rent plus all utilities paid by the tenant except telephone, cable or satellite television and internet. HUD sets Fair Market Rents at the 40th percentile of gross rents paid by recent movers for standard-quality rental units, from American Community Survey data brought forward to the fiscal year; until 2018 a few metropolitan areas were set at the 50th percentile. They set payment standards for Housing Choice Vouchers and rent ceilings in other HUD programs.
- Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars (https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/department-of-housing-and-urban-development
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/south-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Pennington County | 996 |
| 2 | Buffalo County | 981 |
| 3 | Bennett County | 971 |
| 4 | Meade County | 945 |
| 5 | Lincoln County | 941 |
| 5 | McCook County | 941 |
| 5 | Minnehaha County | 941 |
| 5 | Turner County | 941 |
| 9 | Potter County | 909 |
| 10 | Hughes County | 900 |
| 11 | Fall River County | 898 |
| 12 | Charles Mix County | 894 |
| 13 | Butte County | 890 |
| 14 | Codington County | 871 |
| 15 | Custer County | 865 |
| 16 | Brookings County | 853 |
| 17 | Lawrence County | 841 |
| 18 | Stanley County | 837 |
| 19 | Union County | 831 |
| 20 | Grant County | 821 |
| 21 | Walworth County | 813 |
| 22 | Lake County | 804 |
| 23 | Beadle County | 759 |
| 24 | Davison County | 757 |
| 24 | Edmunds County | 757 |
| 26 | Lyman County | 756 |
| 27 | Douglas County | 741 |
| 27 | Haakon County | 741 |
| 27 | Harding County | 741 |
| 27 | Jerauld County | 741 |
| 27 | Mellette County | 741 |
| 27 | Sully County | 741 |
| 33 | Faulk County | 736 |
| 34 | Kingsbury County | 721 |
| 35 | Brule County | 717 |
| 35 | Perkins County | 717 |
| 37 | Clay County | 712 |
| 38 | Yankton County | 707 |
| 39 | Aurora County | 706 |
| 39 | Bon Homme County | 706 |
| 39 | Brown County | 706 |
| 39 | Campbell County | 706 |
| 39 | Clark County | 706 |
| 39 | Corson County | 706 |
| 39 | Day County | 706 |
| 39 | Deuel County | 706 |
| 39 | Dewey County | 706 |
| 39 | Gregory County | 706 |
| 39 | Hamlin County | 706 |
| 39 | Hand County | 706 |
| 39 | Hanson County | 706 |
| 39 | Hutchinson County | 706 |
| 39 | Hyde County | 706 |
| 39 | Jackson County | 706 |
| 39 | Jones County | 706 |
| 39 | Marshall County | 706 |
| 39 | McPherson County | 706 |
| 39 | Miner County | 706 |
| 39 | Moody County | 706 |
| 39 | Oglala Lakota County | 706 |
| 39 | Roberts County | 706 |
| 39 | Sanborn County | 706 |
| 39 | Spink County | 706 |
| 39 | Todd County | 706 |
| 39 | Tripp County | 706 |
| 39 | Ziebach County | 706 |