housing costs · South Dakota
Housing costs in Buffalo County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $540 | ± $187 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $535 | ± $196 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $575 | ± $90 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $560 | ± $51 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $117,800 | ± $38,765 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $108,000 | ± $26,146 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $103,800 | ± $30,195 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $88,300 | ± $33,319 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 21.8 % | ± 5.9 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 19.1 % | ± 3.0 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 20.0 % | ± 4.0 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 22.2 % | ± 5.1 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Buffalo County is $540, below the South Dakota median of $762 across 66 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.
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