Average Rent in South Dakota (2027) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in South Dakota is $1,187 per month by HUD's FY 2027 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $1,014 to $1,430 across 63 rent areas.
Fair Market Rent is HUD's annual estimate of what a modest rental costs in each local market — the 40th percentile of gross rents (rent plus tenant-paid utilities) for recent movers, published for studio through four-bedroom units and used to set Section 8 / Housing Choice Voucher payment standards. FMRs are a federal benchmark, not an asking-rent average: use them to sanity-check your pricing (statewide, South Dakota's typical two-bedroom FMR moved +9.0% versus FY 2026).
All 63 South Dakota FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 5 metro areas; the rest are non-metro county areas. "vs FY 2026" is the two-bedroom change from last year's FMR for the same area.
| Area | Studio | 1 BR | 2 BR | 3 BR | 4 BR | 2 BR vs FY 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid City, SD HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $996 | $1,093 | $1,430 | $1,833 | $2,390 | +7.0% |
| Buffalo County, SD Non-metro | $981 | $1,077 | $1,409 | $1,679 | $2,222 | +17.0% |
| Bennett County, SD Non-metro | $971 | $1,066 | $1,395 | $1,662 | $2,200 | +18.0% |
| Meade County, SD HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $945 | $1,037 | $1,357 | $1,879 | $2,268 | +6.6% |
| Potter County, SD Non-metro | $909 | $998 | $1,305 | $1,678 | $2,058 | +22.3% |
| Fall River County, SD Non-metro | $898 | $985 | $1,289 | $1,616 | $2,033 | +11.9% |
| Butte County, SD Non-metro | $890 | $977 | $1,278 | $1,523 | $2,015 | +16.3% |
| Custer County, SD HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $865 | $949 | $1,242 | $1,720 | $2,076 | +5.9% |
| Codington County, SD Non-metro | $871 | $943 | $1,233 | $1,504 | $1,715 | +13.9% |
Sioux Falls, SD HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 4 countiesLincoln County · McCook County · Minnehaha County · Turner County | $941 | $1,044 | $1,228 | $1,694 | $2,053 | +6.2% |
| Lawrence County, SD Non-metro | $841 | $923 | $1,207 | $1,671 | $2,017 | +15.4% |
| Stanley County, SD Non-metro | $837 | $919 | $1,202 | $1,545 | $1,896 | +16.2% |
| Hughes County, SD Non-metro | $900 | $986 | $1,194 | $1,461 | $1,837 | +15.5% |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD MSA Metro | $831 | $965 | $1,194 | $1,447 | $1,618 | +3.5% |
| Grant County, SD Non-metro | $821 | $901 | $1,179 | $1,405 | $1,859 | +26.9% |
| Walworth County, SD Non-metro | $813 | $1,072 | $1,167 | $1,390 | $1,750 | +19.1% |
| Lake County, SD Non-metro | $804 | $882 | $1,154 | $1,375 | $1,929 | +19.0% |
| Beadle County, SD Non-metro | $759 | $833 | $1,090 | $1,440 | $1,705 | +14.1% |
| Davison County, SD Non-metro | $757 | $831 | $1,087 | $1,505 | $1,817 | +16.1% |
| Edmunds County, SD Non-metro | $757 | $831 | $1,087 | $1,423 | $1,429 | +17.0% |
| Lyman County, SD Non-metro | $756 | $830 | $1,086 | $1,294 | $1,713 | +15.5% |
| Brookings County, SD Non-metro | $853 | $858 | $1,066 | $1,476 | $1,782 | +11.9% |
| Douglas County, SD Non-metro | $741 | $813 | $1,064 | $1,368 | $1,678 | +12.2% |
| Haakon County, SD Non-metro | $741 | $813 | $1,064 | $1,368 | $1,678 | +12.2% |
| Harding County, SD Non-metro | $741 | $813 | $1,064 | $1,368 | $1,678 | +12.2% |
| Jerauld County, SD Non-metro | $741 | $813 | $1,064 | $1,368 | $1,678 | +12.2% |
| Mellette County, SD Non-metro | $741 | $813 | $1,064 | $1,368 | $1,678 | +12.2% |
| Sully County, SD Non-metro | $741 | $813 | $1,064 | $1,368 | $1,678 | +12.2% |
| Faulk County, SD Non-metro | $736 | $808 | $1,057 | $1,359 | $1,667 | +11.3% |
| Kingsbury County, SD Non-metro | $721 | $792 | $1,036 | $1,234 | $1,634 | +8.9% |
| Brule County, SD Non-metro | $717 | $787 | $1,030 | $1,426 | $1,501 | +10.9% |
| Perkins County, SD Non-metro | $717 | $787 | $1,030 | $1,229 | $1,624 | +10.9% |
| Clay County, SD Non-metro | $712 | $821 | $1,022 | $1,415 | $1,708 | +10.0% |
| Yankton County, SD Non-metro | $707 | $900 | $1,016 | $1,407 | $1,602 | +9.4% |
| Aurora County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $842 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,599 | +9.1% |
| Bon Homme County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $838 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +9.1% |
| Brown County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,283 | $1,584 | +9.1% |
| Campbell County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $815 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,599 | +9.1% |
| Charles Mix County, SD Non-metro | $894 | $895 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,695 | +9.1% |
| Clark County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $931 | $1,014 | $1,211 | $1,599 | +9.1% |
| Corson County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,372 | $1,537 | +9.1% |
| Day County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $858 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,599 | +9.1% |
| Deuel County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $827 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,599 | +9.1% |
| Dewey County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $878 | $1,014 | $1,308 | $1,344 | +9.1% |
| Gregory County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $856 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,599 | +9.1% |
| Hamlin County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,334 | $1,337 | +9.1% |
| Hand County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $820 | $1,014 | $1,304 | $1,599 | +9.1% |
| Hanson County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $911 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,599 | +9.1% |
| Hutchinson County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,328 | $1,333 | +9.1% |
| Hyde County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,599 | +7.0% |
| Jackson County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,304 | $1,599 | +9.1% |
| Jones County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,304 | $1,599 | +9.1% |
| Marshall County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,384 | $1,599 | +9.1% |
| McPherson County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,304 | $1,599 | +9.1% |
| Miner County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,304 | $1,599 | +9.1% |
| Moody County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $817 | $1,014 | $1,347 | $1,694 | +9.1% |
| Oglala Lakota County Non-metro | $706 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,599 | +9.1% |
| Roberts County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $846 | $1,014 | $1,339 | $1,695 | +9.1% |
| Sanborn County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $931 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,599 | +9.1% |
| Spink County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $835 | $1,014 | $1,208 | $1,695 | +9.1% |
| Todd County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $892 | $1,014 | $1,404 | $1,599 | +9.1% |
| Tripp County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,371 | $1,599 | +9.1% |
| Ziebach County, SD Non-metro | $706 | $775 | $1,014 | $1,325 | $1,420 | +9.1% |
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About this data
Source: HUD FY 2027 Fair Market Rents, county-level file, published at huduser.gov — a U.S. government work in the public domain, republished here unmodified. The typical-rent figure is the population-weighted average across the areas above (county populations from HUD's file); year-over-year comparisons match each area with last year's file by HUD area code. Effective October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027; last regenerated from HUD's file on 2026-09-01. FMRs cap what a housing authority can pay under the voucher program; your local Public Housing Authority's payment standard may be set between 90% and 110% of FMR. Full method notes: how the rent figures are computed.
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