Counties in South Dakota by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)

Buffalo County had the highest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly) of 65 counties in 2016, at $662. Yankton County had the lowest, at $481. The median was $521. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest662Buffalo County
Median52165 counties

Map of counties, 2016

Aurora County: 507 USDBeadle County: 481 USDBennett County: 556 USDBon Homme County: 556 USDBrookings County: 550 USDBrown County: 504 USDBrule County: 483 USDBuffalo County: 662 USDButte County: 507 USDCampbell County: 483 USDCharles Mix County: 556 USDClark County: 483 USDClay County: 554 USDCodington County: 517 USDCorson County: 483 USDCuster County: 569 USDDavison County: 523 USDDay County: 481 USDDeuel County: 556 USDDewey County: 588 USDDouglas County: 610 USDEdmunds County: 500 USDFall River County: 595 USDFaulk County: 481 USDGrant County: 527 USDGregory County: 556 USDHaakon County: 542 USDHamlin County: 495 USDHand County: 521 USDHanson County: 483 USDHarding County: 483 USDHughes County: 520 USDHutchinson County: 484 USDHyde County: 483 USDJackson County: 504 USDJerauld County: 534 USDJones County: 483 USDKingsbury County: 481 USDLake County: 556 USDLawrence County: 528 USDLincoln County: 593 USDLyman County: 541 USDMcCook County: 593 USDMcPherson County: 486 USDMarshall County: 498 USDMeade County: 584 USDMellette County: 483 USDMiner County: 490 USDMinnehaha County: 593 USDMoody County: 541 USDPennington County: 616 USDPerkins County: 514 USDPotter County: 483 USDRoberts County: 540 USDSanborn County: 556 USDSpink County: 531 USDStanley County: 521 USDSully County: 483 USDTodd County: 556 USDTripp County: 481 USDTurner County: 593 USDUnion County: 531 USDWalworth County: 556 USDYankton County: 481 USDZiebach County: 483 USD
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  • 500 to 520
  • 520 to 550
  • 550 to 560
  • 560 and over
  • No data
USD, 2016. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2016

Buffalo County: 662 USDBuffalo County662Pennington County: 616 USDPennington County616Douglas County: 610 USDDouglas County610Fall River County: 595 USDFall River County595Lincoln County: 593 USDLincoln County593McCook County: 593 USDMcCook County593Minnehaha County: 593 USDMinnehaha County593Turner County: 593 USDTurner County593Dewey County: 588 USDDewey County588Meade County: 584 USDMeade County584Custer County: 569 USDCuster County569Bennett County: 556 USDBennett County556Bon Homme County: 556 USDBon Homme County556Charles Mix County: 556 USDCharles Mix County556Deuel County: 556 USDDeuel County556Gregory County: 556 USDGregory County556Lake County: 556 USDLake County556Sanborn County: 556 USDSanborn County556Todd County: 556 USDTodd County556Walworth County: 556 USDWalworth County556Clay County: 554 USDClay County554Brookings County: 550 USDBrookings County550Haakon County: 542 USDHaakon County542Lyman County: 541 USDLyman County541Moody County: 541 USDMoody County541Roberts County: 540 USDRoberts County540Jerauld County: 534 USDJerauld County534Spink County: 531 USDSpink County531Union County: 531 USDUnion County531Lawrence County: 528 USDLawrence County528Grant County: 527 USDGrant County527Davison County: 523 USDDavison County523Hand County: 521 USDHand County521Stanley County: 521 USDStanley County521Hughes County: 520 USDHughes County520Codington County: 517 USDCodington County517Perkins County: 514 USDPerkins County514Aurora County: 507 USDAurora County507Butte County: 507 USDButte County507Brown County: 504 USDBrown County504Buffalo County: 662 USDBuffalo County662Pennington County: 616 USDPennington County616Douglas County: 610 USDDouglas County610Fall River County: 595 USDFall River County595Lincoln County: 593 USDLincoln County593McCook County: 593 USDMcCook County593Minnehaha County: 593 USDMinnehaha County593Turner County: 593 USDTurner County593Dewey County: 588 USDDewey County588Meade County: 584 USDMeade County584Custer County: 569 USDCuster County569Bennett County: 556 USDBennett County556Bon Homme County: 556 USDBon Homme County556Charles Mix County: 556 USDCharles Mix County556Deuel County: 556 USDDeuel County556Gregory County: 556 USDGregory County556Lake County: 556 USDLake County556Sanborn County: 556 USDSanborn County556Todd County: 556 USDTodd County556Walworth County: 556 USDWalworth County556Clay County: 554 USDClay County554Brookings County: 550 USDBrookings County550Haakon County: 542 USDHaakon County542Lyman County: 541 USDLyman County541Moody County: 541 USDMoody County541Roberts County: 540 USDRoberts County540Jerauld County: 534 USDJerauld County534Spink County: 531 USDSpink County531Union County: 531 USDUnion County531Lawrence County: 528 USDLawrence County528Grant County: 527 USDGrant County527Davison County: 523 USDDavison County523Hand County: 521 USDHand County521Stanley County: 521 USDStanley County521Hughes County: 520 USDHughes County520Codington County: 517 USDCodington County517Perkins County: 514 USDPerkins County514Aurora County: 507 USDAurora County507Butte County: 507 USDButte County507Brown County: 504 USDBrown County504
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016
USD
Change on 2015
1Buffalo County662+16.1%
2Pennington County616+3.7%
3Douglas County610-1%
4Fall River County595+7.4%
5Lincoln County593+5%
5McCook County593+5%
5Minnehaha County593+5%
5Turner County593+5%
9Dewey County588+24.3%
10Meade County584+6%
11Custer County569+4%
12Bennett County556+3%
12Bon Homme County556+7.8%
12Charles Mix County556+3%
12Deuel County556+3%
12Gregory County556+3%
12Lake County556+3%
12Sanborn County556+3%
12Todd County556+17.3%
12Walworth County556+3%
21Clay County554-0.4%
22Brookings County550+5.2%
23Haakon County542+5.2%
24Lyman County541+4.6%
24Moody County541+14.4%
26Roberts County540+0.7%
27Jerauld County534+6.4%
28Spink County531-1.7%
28Union County531-3.5%
30Lawrence County528-0.6%
31Grant County527+4.8%
32Davison County523+4.6%
33Hand County521+7.2%
33Stanley County521-1.5%
35Hughes County520+5.3%
36Codington County517-2.8%
37Perkins County514+8.7%
38Aurora County507-1.9%
38Butte County507-3.1%
40Brown County504+1.4%
40Jackson County504-6.7%
42Edmunds County500+2.7%
43Marshall County498+3.5%
44Hamlin County495-3.3%
45Miner County490-9.3%
46McPherson County486+2.7%
47Hutchinson County484-9.4%
48Brule County483-10.6%
48Campbell County483-3.4%
48Clark County483+2.1%
48Corson County483+1.9%
48Hanson County483-0.6%
48Harding County483+1.9%
48Hyde County483+1.9%
48Jones County483+1.9%
48Mellette County483+1.9%
48Potter County483-10.6%
48Sully County483+1.9%
48Ziebach County483-3%
60Beadle County481+1.7%
60Day County481+1.7%
60Faulk County481-10.9%
60Kingsbury County481-2.4%
60Tripp County481+1.7%
60Yankton County481+1.7%

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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 one-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. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2016). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in South Dakota by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx

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HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in South Dakota by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2016. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 25 July 2016, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/south-dakota-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2016. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in South Dakota by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/south-dakota-counties?period=2016.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2016) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in South Dakota by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/south-dakota-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)?

Buffalo County, with $662 in 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

Which county has the lowest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)?

Yankton County, with $481 in 2016.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 counties have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.

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