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

Pennington County had the highest fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly) of 65 counties in 2016, at $1,128. Tripp County had the lowest, at $799. The median was $884. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,128Pennington County
Lowest799Tripp County
Median88465 counties

Map of counties, 2016

Aurora County: 843 USDBeadle County: 880 USDBennett County: 939 USDBon Homme County: 939 USDBrookings County: 987 USDBrown County: 957 USDBrule County: 880 USDBuffalo County: 951 USDButte County: 880 USDCampbell County: 875 USDCharles Mix County: 799 USDClark County: 880 USDClay County: 1,013 USDCodington County: 922 USDCorson County: 872 USDCuster County: 1,025 USDDavison County: 884 USDDay County: 861 USDDeuel County: 880 USDDewey County: 941 USDDouglas County: 1,013 USDEdmunds County: 909 USDFall River County: 1,005 USDFaulk County: 875 USDGrant County: 914 USDGregory County: 865 USDHaakon County: 897 USDHamlin County: 880 USDHand County: 875 USDHanson County: 875 USDHarding County: 875 USDHughes County: 985 USDHutchinson County: 804 USDHyde County: 875 USDJackson County: 880 USDJerauld County: 880 USDJones County: 875 USDKingsbury County: 939 USDLake County: 939 USDLawrence County: 912 USDLincoln County: 1,015 USDLyman County: 806 USDMcCook County: 1,015 USDMcPherson County: 881 USDMarshall County: 898 USDMeade County: 1,014 USDMellette County: 939 USDMiner County: 932 USDMinnehaha County: 1,015 USDMoody County: 880 USDPennington County: 1,128 USDPerkins County: 854 USDPotter County: 799 USDRoberts County: 876 USDSanborn County: 939 USDSpink County: 880 USDStanley County: 952 USDSully County: 880 USDTodd County: 799 USDTripp County: 799 USDTurner County: 1,015 USDUnion County: 886 USDWalworth County: 875 USDYankton County: 905 USDZiebach County: 906 USD
  • Under 870
  • 870 to 880
  • 880 to 940
  • 940 to 990
  • 990 and over
  • No data
USD, 2016. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2016

Pennington County: 1,128 USDPennington County1,128Custer County: 1,025 USDCuster County1,025Lincoln County: 1,015 USDLincoln County1,015McCook County: 1,015 USDMcCook County1,015Minnehaha County: 1,015 USDMinnehaha County1,015Turner County: 1,015 USDTurner County1,015Meade County: 1,014 USDMeade County1,014Clay County: 1,013 USDClay County1,013Douglas County: 1,013 USDDouglas County1,013Fall River County: 1,005 USDFall River County1,005Brookings County: 987 USDBrookings County987Hughes County: 985 USDHughes County985Brown County: 957 USDBrown County957Stanley County: 952 USDStanley County952Buffalo County: 951 USDBuffalo County951Dewey County: 941 USDDewey County941Bennett County: 939 USDBennett County939Bon Homme County: 939 USDBon Homme County939Kingsbury County: 939 USDKingsbury County939Lake County: 939 USDLake County939Mellette County: 939 USDMellette County939Sanborn County: 939 USDSanborn County939Miner County: 932 USDMiner County932Codington County: 922 USDCodington County922Grant County: 914 USDGrant County914Lawrence County: 912 USDLawrence County912Edmunds County: 909 USDEdmunds County909Ziebach County: 906 USDZiebach County906Yankton County: 905 USDYankton County905Marshall County: 898 USDMarshall County898Haakon County: 897 USDHaakon County897Union County: 886 USDUnion County886Davison County: 884 USDDavison County884McPherson County: 881 USDMcPherson County881Beadle County: 880 USDBeadle County880Brule County: 880 USDBrule County880Butte County: 880 USDButte County880Clark County: 880 USDClark County880Deuel County: 880 USDDeuel County880Hamlin County: 880 USDHamlin County880Pennington County: 1,128 USDPennington County1,128Custer County: 1,025 USDCuster County1,025Lincoln County: 1,015 USDLincoln County1,015McCook County: 1,015 USDMcCook County1,015Minnehaha County: 1,015 USDMinnehaha County1,015Turner County: 1,015 USDTurner County1,015Meade County: 1,014 USDMeade County1,014Clay County: 1,013 USDClay County1,013Douglas County: 1,013 USDDouglas County1,013Fall River County: 1,005 USDFall River County1,005Brookings County: 987 USDBrookings County987Hughes County: 985 USDHughes County985Brown County: 957 USDBrown County957Stanley County: 952 USDStanley County952Buffalo County: 951 USDBuffalo County951Dewey County: 941 USDDewey County941Bennett County: 939 USDBennett County939Bon Homme County: 939 USDBon Homme County939Kingsbury County: 939 USDKingsbury County939Lake County: 939 USDLake County939Mellette County: 939 USDMellette County939Sanborn County: 939 USDSanborn County939Miner County: 932 USDMiner County932Codington County: 922 USDCodington County922Grant County: 914 USDGrant County914Lawrence County: 912 USDLawrence County912Edmunds County: 909 USDEdmunds County909Ziebach County: 906 USDZiebach County906Yankton County: 905 USDYankton County905Marshall County: 898 USDMarshall County898Haakon County: 897 USDHaakon County897Union County: 886 USDUnion County886Davison County: 884 USDDavison County884McPherson County: 881 USDMcPherson County881Beadle County: 880 USDBeadle County880Brule County: 880 USDBrule County880Butte County: 880 USDButte County880Clark County: 880 USDClark County880Deuel County: 880 USDDeuel County880Hamlin County: 880 USDHamlin County880
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016
USD
Change on 2015
1Pennington County1,128+5.2%
2Custer County1,025+11.2%
3Lincoln County1,015+1.5%
3McCook County1,015+1.5%
3Minnehaha County1,015+1.5%
3Turner County1,015+1.5%
7Meade County1,014+5.5%
8Clay County1,013-3.9%
8Douglas County1,013-2.5%
10Fall River County1,005-2.3%
11Brookings County987-5.4%
12Hughes County985-0.1%
13Brown County957+11.9%
14Stanley County952-9.7%
15Buffalo County951-0.9%
16Dewey County941+5.7%
17Bennett County939-0.4%
17Bon Homme County939+4.6%
17Kingsbury County939-0.4%
17Lake County939-0.4%
17Mellette County939-0.4%
17Sanborn County939-0.4%
23Miner County932+5.5%
24Codington County922+3.5%
25Grant County914+3.2%
26Lawrence County912-4.3%
27Edmunds County909-6.4%
28Ziebach County906-3.1%
29Yankton County905+1.3%
30Marshall County898-6.4%
31Haakon County897-12.4%
32Union County886-4.6%
33Davison County884-0.8%
34McPherson County881-0.2%
35Beadle County880+2.4%
35Brule County880-0.3%
35Butte County880-6.7%
35Clark County880+10.4%
35Deuel County880-4.9%
35Hamlin County880-7%
35Jackson County880-6.7%
35Jerauld County880-6.7%
35Moody County880-6.5%
35Spink County880-6.7%
35Sully County880+10.4%
46Roberts County876-1.9%
47Campbell County875-0.9%
47Faulk County875-0.9%
47Hand County875-6.2%
47Hanson County875+7%
47Harding County875-0.9%
47Hyde County875-7.2%
47Jones County875-7.2%
47Walworth County875-7.2%
55Corson County872-4.3%
56Gregory County865-8.3%
57Day County861-8.7%
58Perkins County854+7.2%
59Aurora County843-11.8%
60Lyman County806-14.5%
61Hutchinson County804-6%
62Charles Mix County799-3.7%
62Potter County799+0.3%
62Todd County799+0.3%
62Tripp County799-7.8%

Other periods

About this ranking

Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for a three-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: three bedrooms, 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: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in South Dakota by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (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: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in South Dakota by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (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-three-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: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in South Dakota by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (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-three-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: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in South Dakota by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (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-three-bedroom/south-dakota-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars: Counties in South Dakota by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2016}},
  year = {2016},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Pennington County, with $1,128 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, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Tripp County, with $799 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: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 counties have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.

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