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 66 counties in 2019, at $1,236. Perkins County had the lowest, at $877. The median was $969. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,236Pennington County
Median96966 counties

Map of counties, 2019

Aurora County: 877 USDBeadle County: 943 USDBennett County: 924 USDBon Homme County: 1,012 USDBrookings County: 1,125 USDBrown County: 1,003 USDBrule County: 1,003 USDBuffalo County: 943 USDButte County: 922 USDCampbell County: 916 USDCharles Mix County: 877 USDClark County: 972 USDClay County: 1,019 USDCodington County: 989 USDCorson County: 975 USDCuster County: 1,166 USDDavison County: 958 USDDay County: 922 USDDeuel County: 1,003 USDDewey County: 911 USDDouglas County: 943 USDEdmunds County: 916 USDFall River County: 1,018 USDFaulk County: 915 USDGrant County: 897 USDGregory County: 968 USDHaakon County: 1,059 USDHamlin County: 889 USDHand County: 1,003 USDHanson County: 916 USDHarding County: 916 USDHughes County: 1,084 USDHutchinson County: 885 USDHyde County: 916 USDJackson County: 1,012 USDJerauld County: 1,003 USDJones County: 1,003 USDKingsbury County: 1,012 USDLake County: 1,012 USDLawrence County: 1,028 USDLincoln County: 1,153 USDLyman County: 923 USDMcCook County: 1,153 USDMcPherson County: 1,060 USDMarshall County: 970 USDMeade County: 1,100 USDMellette County: 943 USDMiner County: 959 USDMinnehaha County: 1,153 USDMoody County: 889 USDOglala Lakota County: 943 USDPennington County: 1,236 USDPerkins County: 877 USDPotter County: 916 USDRoberts County: 900 USDSanborn County: 983 USDSpink County: 892 USDStanley County: 1,074 USDSully County: 928 USDTodd County: 903 USDTripp County: 1,003 USDTurner County: 1,153 USDUnion County: 1,027 USDWalworth County: 1,012 USDYankton County: 957 USDZiebach County: 944 USD
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USD, 2019. 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, 2019

Pennington County: 1,236 USDPennington County1,236Custer County: 1,166 USDCuster County1,166Lincoln County: 1,153 USDLincoln County1,153McCook County: 1,153 USDMcCook County1,153Minnehaha County: 1,153 USDMinnehaha County1,153Turner County: 1,153 USDTurner County1,153Brookings County: 1,125 USDBrookings County1,125Meade County: 1,100 USDMeade County1,100Hughes County: 1,084 USDHughes County1,084Stanley County: 1,074 USDStanley County1,074McPherson County: 1,060 USDMcPherson County1,060Haakon County: 1,059 USDHaakon County1,059Lawrence County: 1,028 USDLawrence County1,028Union County: 1,027 USDUnion County1,027Clay County: 1,019 USDClay County1,019Fall River County: 1,018 USDFall River County1,018Bon Homme County: 1,012 USDBon Homme County1,012Jackson County: 1,012 USDJackson County1,012Kingsbury County: 1,012 USDKingsbury County1,012Lake County: 1,012 USDLake County1,012Walworth County: 1,012 USDWalworth County1,012Brown County: 1,003 USDBrown County1,003Brule County: 1,003 USDBrule County1,003Deuel County: 1,003 USDDeuel County1,003Hand County: 1,003 USDHand County1,003Jerauld County: 1,003 USDJerauld County1,003Jones County: 1,003 USDJones County1,003Tripp County: 1,003 USDTripp County1,003Codington County: 989 USDCodington County989Sanborn County: 983 USDSanborn County983Corson County: 975 USDCorson County975Clark County: 972 USDClark County972Marshall County: 970 USDMarshall County970Gregory County: 968 USDGregory County968Miner County: 959 USDMiner County959Davison County: 958 USDDavison County958Yankton County: 957 USDYankton County957Ziebach County: 944 USDZiebach County944Beadle County: 943 USDBeadle County943Buffalo County: 943 USDBuffalo County943Pennington County: 1,236 USDPennington County1,236Custer County: 1,166 USDCuster County1,166Lincoln County: 1,153 USDLincoln County1,153McCook County: 1,153 USDMcCook County1,153Minnehaha County: 1,153 USDMinnehaha County1,153Turner County: 1,153 USDTurner County1,153Brookings County: 1,125 USDBrookings County1,125Meade County: 1,100 USDMeade County1,100Hughes County: 1,084 USDHughes County1,084Stanley County: 1,074 USDStanley County1,074McPherson County: 1,060 USDMcPherson County1,060Haakon County: 1,059 USDHaakon County1,059Lawrence County: 1,028 USDLawrence County1,028Union County: 1,027 USDUnion County1,027Clay County: 1,019 USDClay County1,019Fall River County: 1,018 USDFall River County1,018Bon Homme County: 1,012 USDBon Homme County1,012Jackson County: 1,012 USDJackson County1,012Kingsbury County: 1,012 USDKingsbury County1,012Lake County: 1,012 USDLake County1,012Walworth County: 1,012 USDWalworth County1,012Brown County: 1,003 USDBrown County1,003Brule County: 1,003 USDBrule County1,003Deuel County: 1,003 USDDeuel County1,003Hand County: 1,003 USDHand County1,003Jerauld County: 1,003 USDJerauld County1,003Jones County: 1,003 USDJones County1,003Tripp County: 1,003 USDTripp County1,003Codington County: 989 USDCodington County989Sanborn County: 983 USDSanborn County983Corson County: 975 USDCorson County975Clark County: 972 USDClark County972Marshall County: 970 USDMarshall County970Gregory County: 968 USDGregory County968Miner County: 959 USDMiner County959Davison County: 958 USDDavison County958Yankton County: 957 USDYankton County957Ziebach County: 944 USDZiebach County944Beadle County: 943 USDBeadle County943Buffalo County: 943 USDBuffalo County943
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2019
USD
Change on 2018
1Pennington County1,236-1.2%
2Custer County1,166-3.3%
3Lincoln County1,153+10.3%
3McCook County1,153+10.3%
3Minnehaha County1,153+10.3%
3Turner County1,153+10.3%
7Brookings County1,125+6.6%
8Meade County1,100+2.3%
9Hughes County1,084+6.2%
10Stanley County1,074+8.9%
11McPherson County1,060+3.6%
12Haakon County1,059+7.4%
13Lawrence County1,028+5.7%
14Union County1,027+1.6%
15Clay County1,019+5.7%
16Fall River County1,018-1.2%
17Bon Homme County1,012+5.4%
17Jackson County1,012+5.4%
17Kingsbury County1,012+5.4%
17Lake County1,012+5.4%
17Walworth County1,012+5.4%
22Brown County1,003+4.3%
22Brule County1,003+11.9%
22Deuel County1,003+11.9%
22Hand County1,003+14.5%
22Jerauld County1,003+11.9%
22Jones County1,003+16.9%
22Tripp County1,003+11.9%
29Codington County989+8.3%
30Sanborn County983+2.4%
31Corson County975+7.3%
32Clark County972+17%
33Marshall County970+10.7%
34Gregory County968+7.1%
35Miner County959+7%
36Davison County958+7.6%
37Yankton County957+6.7%
38Ziebach County944+1.1%
39Beadle County943+5.2%
39Buffalo County943-3.8%
39Douglas County943-2.8%
39Mellette County943+4.7%
39Oglala Lakota County943+6.1%
44Sully County928+6.4%
45Bennett County924+3.1%
46Lyman County923+6.3%
47Butte County922+11.5%
47Day County922+6.1%
49Campbell County916+4.6%
49Edmunds County916+0.7%
49Hanson County916+4.6%
49Harding County916+4.6%
49Hyde County916+4.6%
49Potter County916+4.6%
55Faulk County915+4.5%
56Dewey County911+5.9%
57Todd County903+8.1%
58Roberts County900+3.3%
59Grant County897+7%
60Spink County892+3.2%
61Hamlin County889+4.3%
61Moody County889+4.6%
63Hutchinson County885+6.6%
64Aurora County877+6%
64Charles Mix County877+6%
64Perkins County877+6%

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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 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. 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/fmr2019/FY2019_4050_FMRs_rev2.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2019). 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), 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2019/FY2019_4050_FMRs_rev2.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), 2019. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 15 Mar. 2019, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2019/FY2019_4050_FMRs_rev2.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-three-bedroom/south-dakota-counties?period=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2019. 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), 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2019/FY2019_4050_FMRs_rev2.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-three-bedroom/south-dakota-counties?period=2019.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2019) 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), 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2019/FY2019_4050_FMRs_rev2.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-three-bedroom/south-dakota-counties?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research}},
  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), 2019}},
  year = {2019},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-three-bedroom/south-dakota-counties?period=2019. Publisher attribution: 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/fmr2019/FY2019\_4050\_FMRs\_rev2.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Pennington County, with $1,236 in 2019, 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)?

Perkins County, with $877 in 2019.

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