Average Rent in South Dakota (2026) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in South Dakota is $1,088 per month by HUD's FY 2026 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $929 to $1,336 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 +10.8% versus FY 2025).
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 2025" 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 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid City, SD HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $921 | $1,018 | $1,336 | $1,743 | $2,178 | +19.4% |
| Meade County, SD HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $878 | $970 | $1,273 | $1,770 | $2,136 | +16.3% |
| Buffalo County, SD Non-metro | $830 | $918 | $1,204 | $1,444 | $1,864 | +11.3% |
| Bennett County, SD Non-metro | $815 | $901 | $1,182 | $1,417 | $1,830 | +11.7% |
| Custer County, SD HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $809 | $894 | $1,173 | $1,631 | $1,968 | — |
Sioux Falls, SD HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 4 countiesLincoln County · McCook County · Minnehaha County · Turner County | $865 | $986 | $1,156 | $1,586 | $1,939 | +12.2% |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD MSA Metro | $796 | $925 | $1,154 | $1,386 | $1,528 | +10.6% |
| Fall River County, SD Non-metro | $794 | $878 | $1,152 | $1,381 | $1,783 | +7.0% |
| Butte County, SD Non-metro | $758 | $838 | $1,099 | $1,318 | $1,701 | +9.2% |
| Codington County, SD Non-metro | $747 | $825 | $1,083 | $1,319 | $1,605 | +8.1% |
| Potter County, SD Non-metro | $736 | $813 | $1,067 | $1,358 | $1,652 | +13.6% |
| Lawrence County, SD Non-metro | $721 | $797 | $1,046 | $1,455 | $1,755 | +8.6% |
| Hughes County, SD Non-metro | $713 | $832 | $1,034 | $1,308 | $1,601 | +6.8% |
| Stanley County, SD Non-metro | $713 | $788 | $1,034 | $1,316 | $1,601 | +4.2% |
| Walworth County, SD Non-metro | $676 | $747 | $980 | $1,175 | $1,470 | +12.4% |
| Lake County, SD Non-metro | $669 | $739 | $970 | $1,163 | $1,627 | +10.4% |
| Beadle County, SD Non-metro | $658 | $728 | $955 | $1,245 | $1,472 | +6.6% |
| Brookings County, SD Non-metro | $776 | $781 | $953 | $1,325 | $1,599 | +3.3% |
| Kingsbury County, SD Non-metro | $656 | $725 | $951 | $1,140 | $1,472 | +2.5% |
| Faulk County, SD Non-metro | $655 | $724 | $950 | $1,209 | $1,471 | +5.9% |
| Douglas County, SD Non-metro | $654 | $722 | $948 | $1,206 | $1,468 | +5.3% |
| Haakon County, SD Non-metro | $654 | $722 | $948 | $1,206 | $1,468 | +4.2% |
| Harding County, SD Non-metro | $654 | $722 | $948 | $1,206 | $1,468 | +4.9% |
| Hyde County, SD Non-metro | $654 | $722 | $948 | $1,206 | $1,468 | +4.9% |
| Jerauld County, SD Non-metro | $654 | $722 | $948 | $1,206 | $1,468 | +4.9% |
| Mellette County, SD Non-metro | $654 | $722 | $948 | $1,206 | $1,468 | +8.7% |
| Sully County, SD Non-metro | $654 | $722 | $948 | $1,206 | $1,468 | +4.9% |
| Lyman County, SD Non-metro | $648 | $716 | $940 | $1,127 | $1,455 | +7.8% |
| Davison County, SD Non-metro | $645 | $713 | $936 | $1,302 | $1,570 | +7.3% |
| Aurora County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $768 | $929 | $1,289 | $1,438 | +6.5% |
| Bon Homme County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $762 | $929 | $1,292 | $1,558 | +6.5% |
| Brown County, SD Non-metro | $652 | $708 | $929 | $1,168 | $1,477 | +6.5% |
| Brule County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $708 | $929 | $1,292 | $1,450 | +6.5% |
| Campbell County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $794 | $929 | $1,292 | $1,438 | +6.5% |
| Charles Mix County, SD Non-metro | $803 | $807 | $929 | $1,292 | $1,558 | +6.5% |
| Clark County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $847 | $929 | $1,144 | $1,256 | +6.5% |
| Clay County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $708 | $929 | $1,292 | $1,558 | +1.6% |
| Corson County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $708 | $929 | $1,186 | $1,370 | +6.5% |
| Day County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $751 | $929 | $1,292 | $1,438 | +6.5% |
| Deuel County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $708 | $929 | $1,292 | $1,438 | +6.5% |
| Dewey County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $832 | $929 | $1,207 | $1,230 | +6.5% |
| Edmunds County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $708 | $929 | $1,246 | $1,250 | +6.5% |
| Grant County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $708 | $929 | $1,292 | $1,438 | +6.5% |
| Gregory County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $749 | $929 | $1,242 | $1,438 | +6.5% |
| Hamlin County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $708 | $929 | $1,225 | $1,230 | +6.5% |
| Hand County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $788 | $929 | $1,292 | $1,438 | +6.5% |
| Hanson County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $824 | $929 | $1,292 | $1,438 | +6.5% |
| Hutchinson County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $708 | $929 | $1,210 | $1,230 | +5.7% |
| Jackson County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $826 | $929 | $1,182 | $1,365 | +6.5% |
| Jones County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $708 | $929 | $1,182 | $1,438 | +6.5% |
| Marshall County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $708 | $929 | $1,281 | $1,438 | +6.5% |
| McPherson County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $710 | $929 | $1,182 | $1,438 | +6.5% |
| Miner County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $708 | $929 | $1,182 | $1,438 | +6.5% |
| Moody County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $708 | $929 | $1,243 | $1,438 | +6.5% |
| Oglala Lakota County Non-metro | $641 | $708 | $929 | $1,282 | $1,511 | +6.5% |
| Perkins County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $722 | $929 | $1,212 | $1,438 | +6.5% |
| Roberts County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $799 | $929 | $1,234 | $1,558 | +6.5% |
| Sanborn County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $766 | $929 | $1,292 | $1,438 | +6.5% |
| Spink County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $777 | $929 | $1,114 | $1,537 | +6.5% |
| Todd County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $840 | $929 | $1,292 | $1,438 | +6.5% |
| Tripp County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $708 | $929 | $1,251 | $1,438 | +6.5% |
| Yankton County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $811 | $929 | $1,292 | $1,438 | +6.5% |
| Ziebach County, SD Non-metro | $641 | $708 | $929 | $1,114 | $1,230 | +6.5% |
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About this data
Source: HUD FY 2026 Fair Market Rents, county-level file (revised), 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, 2025 through September 30, 2026; last regenerated from HUD's file on 2026-07-20. 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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