housing costs · South Dakota
Housing costs in Mellette 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 | $708 | ± $163 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $737 | ± $111 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $670 | ± $145 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $638 | ± $275 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $84,100 | ± $31,762 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $63,000 | ± $30,081 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $60,700 | ± $22,925 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $51,700 | ± $37,400 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 21.3 % | ± 7.0 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 20.0 % | ± 6.9 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 19.8 % | ± 3.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 21.3 % | ± 4.0 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Mellette County is $708, 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.