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South Dakota Section 8 rent calculator

5,300 South Dakota households rented with a tenant-based voucher at the end of 2025; Sioux Falls Housing and Redevelopment Commission ran 1,696. The average household paid $388 a month toward rent and utilities.

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Who runs vouchers in South Dakota

Sioux Falls Housing and Redevelopment Commission is the largest voucher agency in South Dakota, ahead of Pennington County Housing and Redevelopment (1,456 households) and 12 smaller agencies.

Waits before admission averaged 1 months at Mobridge Housing & Redevelopment Commission and 38 at Sioux Falls Housing and Redevelopment Commission.

Average family payments ran from $354 at Aberdeen Housing & Redevelopment Commission to $469 at City of Mitchell Housing & Redevelopment Comm.

Households
5,300
Avg. family payment
$388
Avg. yearly income
$15,901
Avg. wait
15 months
2-bed / 3+ bed units
33% / 22%
Vouchers by agency, Dec. 31, 2025 (largest 12 of 14)
AgencyHouseholdsAvg. family paymentAvg. wait
Sioux Falls Housing and Redevelopment Commission SD016 1,696 $374 38 mo
Pennington County Housing and Redevelopment SD045 1,456 $392 10 mo
Aberdeen Housing & Redevelopment Commission SD034 394 $354 24 mo
Meade County Housing and Redevelopment SD047 225 $411 —
Lawrence County Housing & Redevelopment Commi SD048 203 $438 —
Huron Housing Authority SD036 177 $376 3 mo
Yankton Housing & Redevelopment Commission SD058 143 $412 2 mo
Madison Housing and Redevelopment Commission SD011 95 $416 4 mo
City of Mitchell Housing & Redevelopment Comm SD014 80 $469 2 mo
Mobridge Housing & Redevelopment Commission SD057 76 $391 1 mo
Canton Housing & Redevopment Commission SD039 46 $452 24 mo
Redfield Housing and Redevelopment Commission SD026 40 $354 3 mo

Source: HUD Picture of Subsidized Households 2025; field notes.

FY2027 rent references for South Dakota

HUD’s county workbook contains 66 location rows across 63 FMR areas in South Dakota. The two-bedroom references range from $1,014 in Aurora County (Aurora County, SD) to $1,430 in Pennington County (Rapid City, SD HUD Metro FMR Area). These are area references including utilities, not a statewide voucher amount.

South Dakota metropolitan HUD areas

HUD areaRowsStudio1 bed2 beds3 beds4 beds
Rapid City, SD HUD Metro FMR Area1$996$1,093$1,430$1,833$2,390
Meade County, SD HUD Metro FMR Area1$945$1,037$1,357$1,879$2,268
Custer County, SD HUD Metro FMR Area1$865$949$1,242$1,720$2,076
Sioux Falls, SD HUD Metro FMR Area4$941$1,044$1,228$1,694$2,053
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD MSA1$831$965$1,194$1,447$1,618

The other 58 South Dakota rows use 58 nonmetropolitan references, with two-bedroom amounts from $1,014 to $1,409; $1,014 applies to 29 of them.

66 location rows

Monthly HUD FY2027 FMRs, dollars; studio through four bedrooms
Location / HUD areaStudio1 bed2 beds3 beds4 beds
Aurora County Aurora County, SD$706$842$1,014$1,404$1,599
Beadle County Beadle County, SD$759$833$1,090$1,440$1,705
Bennett County Bennett County, SD$971$1,066$1,395$1,662$2,200
Bon Homme County Bon Homme County, SD$706$838$1,014$1,404$1,695
Brookings County Brookings County, SD$853$858$1,066$1,476$1,782
Brown County Brown County, SD$706$775$1,014$1,283$1,584
Brule County Brule County, SD$717$787$1,030$1,426$1,501
Buffalo County Buffalo County, SD$981$1,077$1,409$1,679$2,222
Butte County Butte County, SD$890$977$1,278$1,523$2,015
Campbell County Campbell County, SD$706$815$1,014$1,404$1,599
Charles Mix County Charles Mix County, SD$894$895$1,014$1,404$1,695
Clark County Clark County, SD$706$931$1,014$1,211$1,599
Clay County Clay County, SD$712$821$1,022$1,415$1,708
Codington County Codington County, SD$871$943$1,233$1,504$1,715
Corson County Corson County, SD$706$775$1,014$1,372$1,537
Custer County Custer County, SD HUD Metro FMR Area$865$949$1,242$1,720$2,076
Davison County Davison County, SD$757$831$1,087$1,505$1,817
Day County Day County, SD$706$858$1,014$1,404$1,599
Deuel County Deuel County, SD$706$827$1,014$1,404$1,599
Dewey County Dewey County, SD$706$878$1,014$1,308$1,344
Douglas County Douglas County, SD$741$813$1,064$1,368$1,678
Edmunds County Edmunds County, SD$757$831$1,087$1,423$1,429
Fall River County Fall River County, SD$898$985$1,289$1,616$2,033
Faulk County Faulk County, SD$736$808$1,057$1,359$1,667
Grant County Grant County, SD$821$901$1,179$1,405$1,859
Gregory County Gregory County, SD$706$856$1,014$1,404$1,599
Haakon County Haakon County, SD$741$813$1,064$1,368$1,678
Hamlin County Hamlin County, SD$706$775$1,014$1,334$1,337
Hand County Hand County, SD$706$820$1,014$1,304$1,599
Hanson County Hanson County, SD$706$911$1,014$1,404$1,599
Harding County Harding County, SD$741$813$1,064$1,368$1,678
Hughes County Hughes County, SD$900$986$1,194$1,461$1,837
Hutchinson County Hutchinson County, SD$706$775$1,014$1,328$1,333
Hyde County Hyde County, SD$706$775$1,014$1,404$1,599
Jackson County Jackson County, SD$706$775$1,014$1,304$1,599
Jerauld County Jerauld County, SD$741$813$1,064$1,368$1,678
Jones County Jones County, SD$706$775$1,014$1,304$1,599
Kingsbury County Kingsbury County, SD$721$792$1,036$1,234$1,634
Lake County Lake County, SD$804$882$1,154$1,375$1,929
Lawrence County Lawrence County, SD$841$923$1,207$1,671$2,017
Lincoln County Sioux Falls, SD HUD Metro FMR Area$941$1,044$1,228$1,694$2,053
Lyman County Lyman County, SD$756$830$1,086$1,294$1,713
Marshall County Marshall County, SD$706$775$1,014$1,384$1,599
McCook County Sioux Falls, SD HUD Metro FMR Area$941$1,044$1,228$1,694$2,053
McPherson County McPherson County, SD$706$775$1,014$1,304$1,599
Meade County Meade County, SD HUD Metro FMR Area$945$1,037$1,357$1,879$2,268
Mellette County Mellette County, SD$741$813$1,064$1,368$1,678
Miner County Miner County, SD$706$775$1,014$1,304$1,599
Minnehaha County Sioux Falls, SD HUD Metro FMR Area$941$1,044$1,228$1,694$2,053
Moody County Moody County, SD$706$817$1,014$1,347$1,694
Oglala Lakota County Oglala Lakota County$706$775$1,014$1,404$1,599
Pennington County Rapid City, SD HUD Metro FMR Area$996$1,093$1,430$1,833$2,390
Perkins County Perkins County, SD$717$787$1,030$1,229$1,624
Potter County Potter County, SD$909$998$1,305$1,678$2,058
Roberts County Roberts County, SD$706$846$1,014$1,339$1,695
Sanborn County Sanborn County, SD$706$931$1,014$1,404$1,599
Spink County Spink County, SD$706$835$1,014$1,208$1,695
Stanley County Stanley County, SD$837$919$1,202$1,545$1,896
Sully County Sully County, SD$741$813$1,064$1,368$1,678
Todd County Todd County, SD$706$892$1,014$1,404$1,599
Tripp County Tripp County, SD$706$775$1,014$1,371$1,599
Turner County Sioux Falls, SD HUD Metro FMR Area$941$1,044$1,228$1,694$2,053
Union County Sioux City, IA-NE-SD MSA$831$965$1,194$1,447$1,618
Walworth County Walworth County, SD$813$1,072$1,167$1,390$1,750
Yankton County Yankton County, SD$707$900$1,016$1,407$1,602
Ziebach County Ziebach County, SD$706$775$1,014$1,325$1,420

Source: HUD FY2027 county and town workbook, effective October 1, 2026 (notice); scope and dates. Section 8 fair market rents by ZIP code.

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The HUD South Dakota contact report lists 35 agencies; these 19 run Section 8 or combined programs.

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