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Counties in South Dakota by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US)

Potter County had the highest housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US) of 66 counties in 2021, at 33.8%. Lincoln County had the lowest, at 2.5%. The median was 19% and the figure for South Dakota was 11.8%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest33.8Potter County
Lowest2.5Lincoln County
Median1966 counties
South Dakota11.8History

Map of counties, 2021

Aurora County: 14.6 %Beadle County: 9.4 %Bennett County: 19.1 %Bon Homme County: 13.5 %Brookings County: 10 %Brown County: 9.4 %Brule County: 16 %Buffalo County: 15.9 %Butte County: 15 %Campbell County: 29.5 %Charles Mix County: 19.2 %Clark County: 15.1 %Clay County: 12.6 %Codington County: 9 %Corson County: 22.5 %Custer County: 25.7 %Davison County: 10.4 %Day County: 33.2 %Deuel County: 16.3 %Dewey County: 15 %Douglas County: 19.2 %Edmunds County: 23.4 %Fall River County: 23.2 %Faulk County: 27.4 %Grant County: 11.8 %Gregory County: 29.4 %Haakon County: 22.4 %Hamlin County: 24.7 %Hand County: 19.4 %Hanson County: 13.2 %Harding County: 28.7 %Hughes County: 5.4 %Hutchinson County: 9.9 %Hyde County: 18.9 %Jackson County: 31.2 %Jerauld County: 16.3 %Jones County: 25.7 %Kingsbury County: 24.1 %Lake County: 18.5 %Lawrence County: 21.1 %Lincoln County: 2.5 %Lyman County: 22.7 %McCook County: 11.4 %McPherson County: 30.9 %Marshall County: 29.6 %Meade County: 9 %Mellette County: 21.3 %Miner County: 26.4 %Minnehaha County: 6 %Moody County: 9.6 %Oglala Lakota County: 25.5 %Pennington County: 10.2 %Perkins County: 25.8 %Potter County: 33.8 %Roberts County: 24.2 %Sanborn County: 19.6 %Spink County: 18.3 %Stanley County: 15.3 %Sully County: 31 %Todd County: 17 %Tripp County: 25.1 %Turner County: 10.8 %Union County: 4.3 %Walworth County: 21.5 %Yankton County: 6.3 %Ziebach County: 23.6 %
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%, 2021. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Potter County: 33.8 %Potter County33.8Day County: 33.2 %Day County33.2Jackson County: 31.2 %Jackson County31.2Sully County: 31 %Sully County31McPherson County: 30.9 %McPherson County30.9Marshall County: 29.6 %Marshall County29.6Campbell County: 29.5 %Campbell County29.5Gregory County: 29.4 %Gregory County29.4Harding County: 28.7 %Harding County28.7Faulk County: 27.4 %Faulk County27.4Miner County: 26.4 %Miner County26.4Perkins County: 25.8 %Perkins County25.8Jones County: 25.7 %Jones County25.7Custer County: 25.7 %Custer County25.7Oglala Lakota County: 25.5 %Oglala Lakota County25.5Tripp County: 25.1 %Tripp County25.1Hamlin County: 24.7 %Hamlin County24.7Roberts County: 24.2 %Roberts County24.2Kingsbury County: 24.1 %Kingsbury County24.1Ziebach County: 23.6 %Ziebach County23.6Edmunds County: 23.4 %Edmunds County23.4Fall River County: 23.2 %Fall River County23.2Lyman County: 22.7 %Lyman County22.7Corson County: 22.5 %Corson County22.5Haakon County: 22.4 %Haakon County22.4Walworth County: 21.5 %Walworth County21.5Mellette County: 21.3 %Mellette County21.3Lawrence County: 21.1 %Lawrence County21.1Sanborn County: 19.6 %Sanborn County19.6Hand County: 19.4 %Hand County19.4Douglas County: 19.2 %Douglas County19.2Charles Mix County: 19.2 %Charles Mix County19.2Bennett County: 19.1 %Bennett County19.1Hyde County: 18.9 %Hyde County18.9Lake County: 18.5 %Lake County18.5Spink County: 18.3 %Spink County18.3Todd County: 17 %Todd County17Jerauld County: 16.3 %Jerauld County16.3Deuel County: 16.3 %Deuel County16.3Brule County: 16 %Brule County16Potter County: 33.8 %Potter County33.8Day County: 33.2 %Day County33.2Jackson County: 31.2 %Jackson County31.2Sully County: 31 %Sully County31McPherson County: 30.9 %McPherson County30.9Marshall County: 29.6 %Marshall County29.6Campbell County: 29.5 %Campbell County29.5Gregory County: 29.4 %Gregory County29.4Harding County: 28.7 %Harding County28.7Faulk County: 27.4 %Faulk County27.4Miner County: 26.4 %Miner County26.4Perkins County: 25.8 %Perkins County25.8Jones County: 25.7 %Jones County25.7Custer County: 25.7 %Custer County25.7Oglala Lakota County: 25.5 %Oglala Lakota County25.5Tripp County: 25.1 %Tripp County25.1Hamlin County: 24.7 %Hamlin County24.7Roberts County: 24.2 %Roberts County24.2Kingsbury County: 24.1 %Kingsbury County24.1Ziebach County: 23.6 %Ziebach County23.6Edmunds County: 23.4 %Edmunds County23.4Fall River County: 23.2 %Fall River County23.2Lyman County: 22.7 %Lyman County22.7Corson County: 22.5 %Corson County22.5Haakon County: 22.4 %Haakon County22.4Walworth County: 21.5 %Walworth County21.5Mellette County: 21.3 %Mellette County21.3Lawrence County: 21.1 %Lawrence County21.1Sanborn County: 19.6 %Sanborn County19.6Hand County: 19.4 %Hand County19.4Douglas County: 19.2 %Douglas County19.2Charles Mix County: 19.2 %Charles Mix County19.2Bennett County: 19.1 %Bennett County19.1Hyde County: 18.9 %Hyde County18.9Lake County: 18.5 %Lake County18.5Spink County: 18.3 %Spink County18.3Todd County: 17 %Todd County17Jerauld County: 16.3 %Jerauld County16.3Deuel County: 16.3 %Deuel County16.3Brule County: 16 %Brule County16
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Potter County33.8
2Day County33.2
3Jackson County31.2
4Sully County31
5McPherson County30.9
6Marshall County29.6
7Campbell County29.5
8Gregory County29.4
9Harding County28.7
10Faulk County27.4
11Miner County26.4
12Perkins County25.8
13Jones County25.7
14Custer County25.7
15Oglala Lakota County25.5
16Tripp County25.1
17Hamlin County24.7
18Roberts County24.2
19Kingsbury County24.1
20Ziebach County23.6
21Edmunds County23.4
22Fall River County23.2
23Lyman County22.7
24Corson County22.5
25Haakon County22.4
26Walworth County21.5
27Mellette County21.3
28Lawrence County21.1
29Sanborn County19.6
30Hand County19.4
31Douglas County19.2
32Charles Mix County19.2
33Bennett County19.1
34Hyde County18.9
35Lake County18.5
36Spink County18.3
37Todd County17
38Jerauld County16.3
39Deuel County16.3
40Brule County16
41Buffalo County15.9
42Stanley County15.3
43Clark County15.1
44Butte County15
44Dewey County15
46Aurora County14.6
47Bon Homme County13.5
48Hanson County13.2
49Clay County12.6
50Grant County11.8
51McCook County11.4
52Turner County10.8
53Davison County10.4
54Pennington County10.2
55Brookings County10
56Hutchinson County9.9
57Moody County9.6
58Brown County9.4
59Beadle County9.4
60Codington County9
61Meade County9
62Yankton County6.3
63Minnehaha County6
64Hughes County5.4
65Union County4.3
66Lincoln County2.5

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About this ranking

Vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units.

More on how it is measured
  • Vacant units include those for rent or for sale, rented or sold but not yet occupied, for seasonal, recreational or occasional use, for migrant workers, and other vacant units.
  • United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

This gross rate counts seasonal and other off-market vacant units, so it is much higher than the rental and homeowner vacancy rates of the Housing Vacancy Survey (rental_vacancy_rate and homeowner_vacancy_rate) and cannot be compared with them. Counties with many holiday homes have high rates.

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.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs (Counties in South Dakota by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25002.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in South Dakota by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25002.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-vacancy-rate-all-vacant-units/south-dakota-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs. Counties in South Dakota by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25002.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-vacancy-rate-all-vacant-units/south-dakota-counties?period=2021.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25002: vacant housing units as a percentage of all housing units, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in South Dakota by housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US), 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25002.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-vacancy-rate-all-vacant-units/south-dakota-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US)?

Potter County, with 33.8% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US)?

Lincoln County, with 2.5% in 2021.

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