South Dakota Fair Market Rents 2026

HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for each of the 66 counties in South Dakota. It is the rent estimate your housing authority starts from when it decides how much a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher will cover. The statewide median two-bedroom Fair Market Rent is $929 per month, ranging from $929 in Aurora County to $1,336 in Pennington County.

What it takes to afford a two-bedroom in South Dakota

Housing wage
$18.96/hr
Annual income needed
$39,437
Hours at minimum wage
66/wk

To rent a modest two-bedroom in South Dakota without spending more than 30% of income on housing, a household needs to earn $18.96 per hour full time. At the state minimum wage of $11.50, that means working 66 hours a week. Source: National Low Income Housing Coalition, Out of Reach 2025.

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FY2026 Fair Market Rents by County

County Studio 1 BR 2 BR 3 BR 4 BR
Aurora County $641 $768 $929 $1,289 $1,438
Beadle County $658 $728 $955 $1,245 $1,472
Bennett County $815 $901 $1,182 $1,417 $1,830
Bon Homme County $641 $762 $929 $1,292 $1,558
Brookings County $776 $781 $953 $1,325 $1,599
Brown County $652 $708 $929 $1,168 $1,477
Brule County $641 $708 $929 $1,292 $1,450
Buffalo County $830 $918 $1,204 $1,444 $1,864
Butte County $758 $838 $1,099 $1,318 $1,701
Campbell County $641 $794 $929 $1,292 $1,438
Charles Mix County $803 $807 $929 $1,292 $1,558
Clark County $641 $847 $929 $1,144 $1,256
Clay County $641 $708 $929 $1,292 $1,558
Codington County $747 $825 $1,083 $1,319 $1,605
Corson County $641 $708 $929 $1,186 $1,370
Custer County $809 $894 $1,173 $1,631 $1,968
Davison County $645 $713 $936 $1,302 $1,570
Day County $641 $751 $929 $1,292 $1,438
Deuel County $641 $708 $929 $1,292 $1,438
Dewey County $641 $832 $929 $1,207 $1,230
Douglas County $654 $722 $948 $1,206 $1,468
Edmunds County $641 $708 $929 $1,246 $1,250
Fall River County $794 $878 $1,152 $1,381 $1,783
Faulk County $655 $724 $950 $1,209 $1,471
Grant County $641 $708 $929 $1,292 $1,438
Gregory County $641 $749 $929 $1,242 $1,438
Haakon County $654 $722 $948 $1,206 $1,468
Hamlin County $641 $708 $929 $1,225 $1,230
Hand County $641 $788 $929 $1,292 $1,438
Hanson County $641 $824 $929 $1,292 $1,438
Harding County $654 $722 $948 $1,206 $1,468
Hughes County $713 $832 $1,034 $1,308 $1,601
Hutchinson County $641 $708 $929 $1,210 $1,230
Hyde County $654 $722 $948 $1,206 $1,468
Jackson County $641 $826 $929 $1,182 $1,365
Jerauld County $654 $722 $948 $1,206 $1,468
Jones County $641 $708 $929 $1,182 $1,438
Kingsbury County $656 $725 $951 $1,140 $1,472
Lake County $669 $739 $970 $1,163 $1,627
Lawrence County $721 $797 $1,046 $1,455 $1,755
Lincoln County $865 $986 $1,156 $1,586 $1,939
Lyman County $648 $716 $940 $1,127 $1,455
Marshall County $641 $708 $929 $1,281 $1,438
McCook County $865 $986 $1,156 $1,586 $1,939
McPherson County $641 $710 $929 $1,182 $1,438
Meade County $878 $970 $1,273 $1,770 $2,136
Mellette County $654 $722 $948 $1,206 $1,468
Miner County $641 $708 $929 $1,182 $1,438
Minnehaha County $865 $986 $1,156 $1,586 $1,939
Moody County $641 $708 $929 $1,243 $1,438
Oglala Lakota County $641 $708 $929 $1,282 $1,511
Pennington County $921 $1,018 $1,336 $1,743 $2,178
Perkins County $641 $722 $929 $1,212 $1,438
Potter County $736 $813 $1,067 $1,358 $1,652
Roberts County $641 $799 $929 $1,234 $1,558
Sanborn County $641 $766 $929 $1,292 $1,438
Spink County $641 $777 $929 $1,114 $1,537
Stanley County $713 $788 $1,034 $1,316 $1,601
Sully County $654 $722 $948 $1,206 $1,468
Todd County $641 $840 $929 $1,292 $1,438
Tripp County $641 $708 $929 $1,251 $1,438
Turner County $865 $986 $1,156 $1,586 $1,939
Union County $796 $925 $1,154 $1,386 $1,528
Walworth County $676 $747 $980 $1,175 $1,470
Yankton County $641 $811 $929 $1,292 $1,438
Ziebach County $641 $708 $929 $1,114 $1,230

Find a housing authority in South Dakota

Fair Market Rent sets the ceiling, but the housing authority issuing your voucher sets the payment standard and runs the waiting list. Start there.

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For FY2026, Pennington County has the highest two-bedroom Fair Market Rent in South Dakota at $1,336 per month, while Aurora County has the lowest at $929. The statewide median two-bedroom FMR is $929.

No. Each housing authority in South Dakota sets its own payment standard, anywhere from 90% to 110% of the HUD Fair Market Rent for its area, and some receive HUD approval to go higher. Two authorities serving the same county can pay different amounts, so confirm the figure with the authority that will issue your voucher.

Find your county in the table below to see the FY2026 rent HUD estimates for each bedroom size. That figure is the starting point your housing authority uses to set its payment standard, which caps the subsidy on your unit. You generally pay about 30% of your adjusted monthly income, with the voucher covering the rest up to that cap.

Source: HUD Fair Market Rents FY2026 · huduser.gov

The federal Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing because of race, color, national origin, religion, familial status, gender, and disability. The Fair Housing Act ensures that all persons receive equal housing opportunity. For more information about the Fair Housing Act and your rights, visit the Department of Housing and Urban Development .