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Counties in South Dakota by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)

Fall River County had the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) of 66 counties in 2021, at 58.6%. Harding County had the lowest, at 1%. The median was 36.2% and the figure for South Dakota was 38.9%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest58.6Fall River County
Lowest1Harding County
Median36.266 counties
South Dakota38.9History

Map of counties, 2021

Aurora County: 44.7 %Beadle County: 37 %Bennett County: 35.4 %Bon Homme County: 37.5 %Brookings County: 38.8 %Brown County: 34.5 %Brule County: 23 %Buffalo County: 32.5 %Butte County: 42.9 %Campbell County: 52 %Charles Mix County: 34.9 %Clark County: 30.8 %Clay County: 39.8 %Codington County: 40.5 %Corson County: 34.8 %Custer County: 35.7 %Davison County: 35.4 %Day County: 28.6 %Deuel County: 19.1 %Dewey County: 29 %Douglas County: 37.2 %Edmunds County: 45.5 %Fall River County: 58.6 %Faulk County: 36.4 %Grant County: 33.2 %Gregory County: 28.7 %Haakon County: 38.2 %Hamlin County: 15 %Hand County: 23.6 %Hanson County: 18.9 %Harding County: 1 %Hughes County: 38 %Hutchinson County: 25.5 %Hyde County: 32.4 %Jackson County: 46.4 %Jerauld County: 17.1 %Jones County: 15.6 %Kingsbury County: 39.5 %Lake County: 48.6 %Lawrence County: 40.4 %Lincoln County: 36.7 %Lyman County: 30 %McCook County: 11.7 %McPherson County: 27.2 %Marshall County: 23.4 %Meade County: 39.2 %Mellette County: 24.8 %Miner County: 37.5 %Minnehaha County: 40.8 %Moody County: 36.4 %Oglala Lakota County: 38.5 %Pennington County: 46.1 %Perkins County: 44.4 %Potter County: 30.2 %Roberts County: 36.1 %Sanborn County: 36.3 %Spink County: 31.5 %Stanley County: 48.6 %Sully County: 19.1 %Todd County: 39.7 %Tripp County: 50.9 %Turner County: 39.1 %Union County: 30.2 %Walworth County: 43.1 %Yankton County: 28.5 %Ziebach County: 43.1 %
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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

Fall River County: 58.6 %Fall River County58.6Campbell County: 52 %Campbell County52Tripp County: 50.9 %Tripp County50.9Lake County: 48.6 %Lake County48.6Stanley County: 48.6 %Stanley County48.6Jackson County: 46.4 %Jackson County46.4Pennington County: 46.1 %Pennington County46.1Edmunds County: 45.5 %Edmunds County45.5Aurora County: 44.7 %Aurora County44.7Perkins County: 44.4 %Perkins County44.4Walworth County: 43.1 %Walworth County43.1Ziebach County: 43.1 %Ziebach County43.1Butte County: 42.9 %Butte County42.9Minnehaha County: 40.8 %Minnehaha County40.8Codington County: 40.5 %Codington County40.5Lawrence County: 40.4 %Lawrence County40.4Clay County: 39.8 %Clay County39.8Todd County: 39.7 %Todd County39.7Kingsbury County: 39.5 %Kingsbury County39.5Meade County: 39.2 %Meade County39.2Turner County: 39.1 %Turner County39.1Brookings County: 38.8 %Brookings County38.8Oglala Lakota County: 38.5 %Oglala Lakota County38.5Haakon County: 38.2 %Haakon County38.2Hughes County: 38 %Hughes County38Bon Homme County: 37.5 %Bon Homme County37.5Miner County: 37.5 %Miner County37.5Douglas County: 37.2 %Douglas County37.2Beadle County: 37 %Beadle County37Lincoln County: 36.7 %Lincoln County36.7Moody County: 36.4 %Moody County36.4Faulk County: 36.4 %Faulk County36.4Sanborn County: 36.3 %Sanborn County36.3Roberts County: 36.1 %Roberts County36.1Custer County: 35.7 %Custer County35.7Bennett County: 35.4 %Bennett County35.4Davison County: 35.4 %Davison County35.4Charles Mix County: 34.9 %Charles Mix County34.9Corson County: 34.8 %Corson County34.8Brown County: 34.5 %Brown County34.5Fall River County: 58.6 %Fall River County58.6Campbell County: 52 %Campbell County52Tripp County: 50.9 %Tripp County50.9Lake County: 48.6 %Lake County48.6Stanley County: 48.6 %Stanley County48.6Jackson County: 46.4 %Jackson County46.4Pennington County: 46.1 %Pennington County46.1Edmunds County: 45.5 %Edmunds County45.5Aurora County: 44.7 %Aurora County44.7Perkins County: 44.4 %Perkins County44.4Walworth County: 43.1 %Walworth County43.1Ziebach County: 43.1 %Ziebach County43.1Butte County: 42.9 %Butte County42.9Minnehaha County: 40.8 %Minnehaha County40.8Codington County: 40.5 %Codington County40.5Lawrence County: 40.4 %Lawrence County40.4Clay County: 39.8 %Clay County39.8Todd County: 39.7 %Todd County39.7Kingsbury County: 39.5 %Kingsbury County39.5Meade County: 39.2 %Meade County39.2Turner County: 39.1 %Turner County39.1Brookings County: 38.8 %Brookings County38.8Oglala Lakota County: 38.5 %Oglala Lakota County38.5Haakon County: 38.2 %Haakon County38.2Hughes County: 38 %Hughes County38Bon Homme County: 37.5 %Bon Homme County37.5Miner County: 37.5 %Miner County37.5Douglas County: 37.2 %Douglas County37.2Beadle County: 37 %Beadle County37Lincoln County: 36.7 %Lincoln County36.7Moody County: 36.4 %Moody County36.4Faulk County: 36.4 %Faulk County36.4Sanborn County: 36.3 %Sanborn County36.3Roberts County: 36.1 %Roberts County36.1Custer County: 35.7 %Custer County35.7Bennett County: 35.4 %Bennett County35.4Davison County: 35.4 %Davison County35.4Charles Mix County: 34.9 %Charles Mix County34.9Corson County: 34.8 %Corson County34.8Brown County: 34.5 %Brown County34.5
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Fall River County58.6
2Campbell County52
3Tripp County50.9
4Lake County48.6
4Stanley County48.6
6Jackson County46.4
7Pennington County46.1
8Edmunds County45.5
9Aurora County44.7
10Perkins County44.4
11Walworth County43.1
12Ziebach County43.1
13Butte County42.9
14Minnehaha County40.8
15Codington County40.5
16Lawrence County40.4
17Clay County39.8
18Todd County39.7
19Kingsbury County39.5
20Meade County39.2
21Turner County39.1
22Brookings County38.8
23Oglala Lakota County38.5
24Haakon County38.2
25Hughes County38
26Bon Homme County37.5
26Miner County37.5
28Douglas County37.2
29Beadle County37
30Lincoln County36.7
31Moody County36.4
32Faulk County36.4
33Sanborn County36.3
34Roberts County36.1
35Custer County35.7
36Bennett County35.4
37Davison County35.4
38Charles Mix County34.9
39Corson County34.8
40Brown County34.5
41Grant County33.2
42Buffalo County32.5
43Hyde County32.4
44Spink County31.5
45Clark County30.8
46Union County30.2
47Potter County30.2
48Lyman County30
49Dewey County29
50Gregory County28.7
51Day County28.6
52Yankton County28.5
53McPherson County27.2
54Hutchinson County25.5
55Mellette County24.8
56Hand County23.6
57Marshall County23.4
58Brule County23
59Deuel County19.1
60Sully County19.1
61Hanson County18.9
62Jerauld County17.1
63Jones County15.6
64Hamlin County15
65McCook County11.7
66Harding County1

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About this ranking

Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Renters who pay no cash rent and households with no or negative income are left out of both the count and the base. 30 percent is the usual US threshold for rent burden. The EU housing cost overburden rate (housing_cost_overburden_rate) uses 40 percent of disposable income, all housing costs and people instead of households, so the two cannot be compared.

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 B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs (Counties in South Dakota by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25070.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in South Dakota by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25070.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/south-dakota-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs. Counties in South Dakota by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25070.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/south-dakota-counties?period=2021.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in South Dakota by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25070.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/south-dakota-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which county has the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)?

Fall River County, with 58.6% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)?

Harding County, with 1% in 2021.

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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 B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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