Counties in South Dakota by fair Market Rent, four bedrooms (HUD, monthly)

Pennington County had the highest fair Market Rent, four bedrooms (HUD, monthly) of 66 counties in 2020, at $1,423. Todd County had the lowest, at $967. The median was $1,091. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,423Pennington County
Lowest967Todd County
Median1,09166 counties

Map of counties, 2020

Aurora County: 1,044 USDBeadle County: 993 USDBennett County: 1,081 USDBon Homme County: 967 USDBrookings County: 1,345 USDBrown County: 1,027 USDBrule County: 1,081 USDBuffalo County: 1,180 USDButte County: 1,237 USDCampbell County: 1,081 USDCharles Mix County: 1,016 USDClark County: 1,064 USDClay County: 1,405 USDCodington County: 1,226 USDCorson County: 1,109 USDCuster County: 1,309 USDDavison County: 1,378 USDDay County: 967 USDDeuel County: 1,081 USDDewey County: 998 USDDouglas County: 1,081 USDEdmunds County: 1,254 USDFall River County: 1,275 USDFaulk County: 1,130 USDGrant County: 1,143 USDGregory County: 1,081 USDHaakon County: 1,280 USDHamlin County: 1,081 USDHand County: 1,081 USDHanson County: 1,209 USDHarding County: 1,081 USDHughes County: 1,364 USDHutchinson County: 1,002 USDHyde County: 1,121 USDJackson County: 1,153 USDJerauld County: 1,081 USDJones County: 1,081 USDKingsbury County: 1,108 USDLake County: 1,232 USDLawrence County: 1,315 USDLincoln County: 1,302 USDLyman County: 1,081 USDMcCook County: 1,302 USDMcPherson County: 1,239 USDMarshall County: 1,081 USDMeade County: 1,317 USDMellette County: 1,081 USDMiner County: 1,081 USDMinnehaha County: 1,302 USDMoody County: 1,254 USDOglala Lakota County: 967 USDPennington County: 1,423 USDPerkins County: 1,128 USDPotter County: 1,128 USDRoberts County: 967 USDSanborn County: 1,236 USDSpink County: 969 USDStanley County: 1,284 USDSully County: 1,081 USDTodd County: 967 USDTripp County: 1,081 USDTurner County: 1,302 USDUnion County: 1,088 USDWalworth County: 1,086 USDYankton County: 1,093 USDZiebach County: 1,073 USD
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  • 1,300 and over
USD, 2020. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: four bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2020

Pennington County: 1,423 USDPennington County1,423Clay County: 1,405 USDClay County1,405Davison County: 1,378 USDDavison County1,378Hughes County: 1,364 USDHughes County1,364Brookings County: 1,345 USDBrookings County1,345Meade County: 1,317 USDMeade County1,317Lawrence County: 1,315 USDLawrence County1,315Custer County: 1,309 USDCuster County1,309Lincoln County: 1,302 USDLincoln County1,302McCook County: 1,302 USDMcCook County1,302Minnehaha County: 1,302 USDMinnehaha County1,302Turner County: 1,302 USDTurner County1,302Stanley County: 1,284 USDStanley County1,284Haakon County: 1,280 USDHaakon County1,280Fall River County: 1,275 USDFall River County1,275Edmunds County: 1,254 USDEdmunds County1,254Moody County: 1,254 USDMoody County1,254McPherson County: 1,239 USDMcPherson County1,239Butte County: 1,237 USDButte County1,237Sanborn County: 1,236 USDSanborn County1,236Lake County: 1,232 USDLake County1,232Codington County: 1,226 USDCodington County1,226Hanson County: 1,209 USDHanson County1,209Buffalo County: 1,180 USDBuffalo County1,180Jackson County: 1,153 USDJackson County1,153Grant County: 1,143 USDGrant County1,143Faulk County: 1,130 USDFaulk County1,130Perkins County: 1,128 USDPerkins County1,128Potter County: 1,128 USDPotter County1,128Hyde County: 1,121 USDHyde County1,121Corson County: 1,109 USDCorson County1,109Kingsbury County: 1,108 USDKingsbury County1,108Yankton County: 1,093 USDYankton County1,093Union County: 1,088 USDUnion County1,088Walworth County: 1,086 USDWalworth County1,086Bennett County: 1,081 USDBennett County1,081Brule County: 1,081 USDBrule County1,081Campbell County: 1,081 USDCampbell County1,081Deuel County: 1,081 USDDeuel County1,081Douglas County: 1,081 USDDouglas County1,081Pennington County: 1,423 USDPennington County1,423Clay County: 1,405 USDClay County1,405Davison County: 1,378 USDDavison County1,378Hughes County: 1,364 USDHughes County1,364Brookings County: 1,345 USDBrookings County1,345Meade County: 1,317 USDMeade County1,317Lawrence County: 1,315 USDLawrence County1,315Custer County: 1,309 USDCuster County1,309Lincoln County: 1,302 USDLincoln County1,302McCook County: 1,302 USDMcCook County1,302Minnehaha County: 1,302 USDMinnehaha County1,302Turner County: 1,302 USDTurner County1,302Stanley County: 1,284 USDStanley County1,284Haakon County: 1,280 USDHaakon County1,280Fall River County: 1,275 USDFall River County1,275Edmunds County: 1,254 USDEdmunds County1,254Moody County: 1,254 USDMoody County1,254McPherson County: 1,239 USDMcPherson County1,239Butte County: 1,237 USDButte County1,237Sanborn County: 1,236 USDSanborn County1,236Lake County: 1,232 USDLake County1,232Codington County: 1,226 USDCodington County1,226Hanson County: 1,209 USDHanson County1,209Buffalo County: 1,180 USDBuffalo County1,180Jackson County: 1,153 USDJackson County1,153Grant County: 1,143 USDGrant County1,143Faulk County: 1,130 USDFaulk County1,130Perkins County: 1,128 USDPerkins County1,128Potter County: 1,128 USDPotter County1,128Hyde County: 1,121 USDHyde County1,121Corson County: 1,109 USDCorson County1,109Kingsbury County: 1,108 USDKingsbury County1,108Yankton County: 1,093 USDYankton County1,093Union County: 1,088 USDUnion County1,088Walworth County: 1,086 USDWalworth County1,086Bennett County: 1,081 USDBennett County1,081Brule County: 1,081 USDBrule County1,081Campbell County: 1,081 USDCampbell County1,081Deuel County: 1,081 USDDeuel County1,081Douglas County: 1,081 USDDouglas County1,081
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: four bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2020
USD
Change on 2019
1Pennington County1,423-3.5%
2Clay County1,405+0.7%
3Davison County1,378+10.1%
4Hughes County1,364+3.6%
5Brookings County1,345+7.9%
6Meade County1,317+5%
7Lawrence County1,315+5.3%
8Custer County1,309-6.7%
9Lincoln County1,302-1.8%
9McCook County1,302-1.8%
9Minnehaha County1,302-1.8%
9Turner County1,302-1.8%
13Stanley County1,284+8.8%
14Haakon County1,280+10.1%
15Fall River County1,275+9.5%
16Edmunds County1,254+2.8%
16Moody County1,254+16.1%
18McPherson County1,239+6.4%
19Butte County1,237+16.9%
20Sanborn County1,236+2.3%
21Lake County1,232+0.2%
22Codington County1,226+7.5%
23Hanson County1,209+11.4%
24Buffalo County1,180+13.9%
25Jackson County1,153+0.6%
26Grant County1,143-8.3%
27Faulk County1,130+7.7%
28Perkins County1,128+12.1%
28Potter County1,128+12.1%
30Hyde County1,121+11.4%
31Corson County1,109+8.5%
32Kingsbury County1,108+1.4%
33Yankton County1,093+7.6%
34Union County1,088-1.8%
35Walworth County1,086-1.6%
36Bennett County1,081+14.3%
36Brule County1,081+7.5%
36Campbell County1,081-7.8%
36Deuel County1,081+7.5%
36Douglas County1,081-0.1%
36Gregory County1,081+8.4%
36Hamlin County1,081+6.5%
36Hand County1,081+7.5%
36Harding County1,081+7.5%
36Jerauld County1,081+7.5%
36Jones County1,081+7.5%
36Lyman County1,081+7.5%
36Marshall County1,081+7.5%
36Mellette County1,081+4.3%
36Miner County1,081+7.5%
36Sully County1,081+7.5%
36Tripp County1,081+7.5%
53Ziebach County1,073-1%
54Clark County1,064+1.4%
55Aurora County1,044+0.8%
56Brown County1,027+2%
57Charles Mix County1,016+1.9%
58Hutchinson County1,002+5%
59Dewey County998+1.5%
60Beadle County993+5%
61Spink County969+2.4%
62Bon Homme County967-5.4%
62Day County967+0.6%
62Oglala Lakota County967+2.2%
62Roberts County967+0.1%
62Todd County967+2.2%

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About this ranking

Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for a four-bedroom unit in the HUD area that contains the county.

More on how it is measured
  • 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.

A policy benchmark, not a measured rent: it is lower than the median rent by design and differs from the Census Bureau median gross rent. HUD sets one value per HUD area, a metropolitan area (sometimes split into HUD Metro FMR Areas) or a non-metropolitan county, so every county of a metropolitan area shows the same figure. Counties in the six New England states have no value, because HUD defines their areas by town and a county can span several areas. Where HUD splits off part of a county, the county value is the rest of the county: Howard County, Maryland, without Columbia until FY2015, and Crawford County, Missouri, without its part of Sullivan. The year is HUD's federal fiscal year: FY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: four bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2020). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: four bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in South Dakota by fair Market Rent, four bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx

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HUD Fair Market Rents by county: four bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in South Dakota by fair Market Rent, four bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2020. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 2 Mar. 2020, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-four-bedroom/south-dakota-counties?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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  title = {{HUD Fair Market Rents by county: four bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars: Counties in South Dakota by fair Market Rent, four bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2020}},
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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, four bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Pennington County, with $1,423 in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Todd County, with $967 in 2020.

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