Counties in South Dakota by median gross rent (monthly)

Lincoln County had the highest median gross rent (monthly) of 66 counties in 2021, at $1,130. Harding County had the lowest, at $410. The median was $655 and the figure for South Dakota was $809. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,130Lincoln County
Median65566 counties
South Dakota809History

Top 40 counties, 2021

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Lincoln CountyLincoln County: 1,130 USD1,130Meade CountyMeade County: 1,002 USD1,002Union CountyUnion County: 943 USD943Custer CountyCuster County: 938 USD938Pennington CountyPennington County: 911 USD911Butte CountyButte County: 896 USD896Hanson CountyHanson County: 855 USD855Minnehaha CountyMinnehaha County: 851 USD851Sully CountySully County: 841 USD841Lawrence CountyLawrence County: 837 USD837Codington CountyCodington County: 818 USD818Hughes CountyHughes County: 810 USD810Brookings CountyBrookings County: 806 USD806Stanley CountyStanley County: 799 USD799Fall River CountyFall River County: 756 USD756Lake CountyLake County: 753 USD753Brule CountyBrule County: 749 USD749Walworth CountyWalworth County: 748 USD748Davison CountyDavison County: 735 USD735Beadle CountyBeadle County: 726 USD726Clay CountyClay County: 725 USD725Douglas CountyDouglas County: 722 USD722Brown CountyBrown County: 709 USD709Faulk CountyFaulk County: 708 USD708Potter CountyPotter County: 706 USD706Bon Homme CountyBon Homme County: 700 USD700Tripp CountyTripp County: 691 USD691Yankton CountyYankton County: 689 USD689Aurora CountyAurora County: 688 USD688Edmunds CountyEdmunds County: 688 USD688Jones CountyJones County: 675 USD675Campbell CountyCampbell County: 670 USD670Haakon CountyHaakon County: 665 USD665McCook CountyMcCook County: 644 USD644Moody CountyMoody County: 643 USD643Hamlin CountyHamlin County: 642 USD642Mellette CountyMellette County: 638 USD638Turner CountyTurner County: 636 USD636Marshall CountyMarshall County: 631 USD631Perkins CountyPerkins County: 629 USD629
USD. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Monthly gross rent of renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, at the middle of the distribution, in US dollars of the last year of the period. Gross rent is the contract rent plus the estimated cost of utilities and fuels paid by the renter. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A median, not an average, of what all renters pay, including long-standing leases, so it is lower than asking rents for new listings. Medians outside the published range are coded 99 (under 100) or 3,501 (3,500 or more) and marked as estimated.

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 B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25064.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which county has the highest median gross rent (monthly)?

Lincoln County, with $1,130 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest median gross rent (monthly)?

Harding County, with $410 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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