South Dakota Cost of Living by County
Compare annual cost of living, median household income, affordability, and major expense drivers across South Dakota counties. These estimates are based on a single adult household with no children. Cost rank for each county in South Dakota are rated from highest modeled total costs to lowest.
Counties tracked:
0Across South DakotaMedian Household Income:
$0In South DakotaMedian Annual Cost:
$0Across South DakotaMost Expensive County:
Lincoln County, SD $48,172Most Affordable County:
Davison County, SD$40,854State National Rank
#11Most affordable state across the U.S.Out of 50 states plus D.C.Aurora County, SD
Cost Rank: 27 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$44,333
Median Household Income:
$86,818
Cost / Income ratio :
51.1%
Biggest category: Transport$15,474
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Beadle County, SD
Cost Rank: 62 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$41,416
Median Household Income:
$82,161
Cost / Income ratio :
50.4%
Biggest category: Transport$13,047
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Bennett County, SD
Cost Rank: 5 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$46,614
Median Household Income:
$49,805
Cost / Income ratio :
93.6%
Biggest category: Transport$14,622
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Bon Homme County, SD
Cost Rank: 56 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$42,942
Median Household Income:
$83,184
Cost / Income ratio :
51.6%
Biggest category: Transport$14,357
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Brookings County, SD
Cost Rank: 14 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$45,129
Median Household Income:
$104,828
Cost / Income ratio :
43.1%
Biggest category: Transport$13,582
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Brown County, SD
Cost Rank: 65 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$40,954
Median Household Income:
$97,594
Cost / Income ratio :
42.0%
Biggest category: Transport$12,799
Cheaper Alternatives:
Brule County, SD
Cost Rank: 54 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,089
Median Household Income:
$101,071
Cost / Income ratio :
42.6%
Biggest category: Transport$14,475
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Buffalo County, SD
Cost Rank: 12 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$45,339
Median Household Income:
$53,681
Cost / Income ratio :
84.5%
Biggest category: Transport$14,032
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Butte County, SD
Cost Rank: 6 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$46,126
Median Household Income:
$96,466
Cost / Income ratio :
47.8%
Biggest category: Transport$14,615
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Campbell County, SD
Cost Rank: 10 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$45,421
Median Household Income:
$94,375
Cost / Income ratio :
48.1%
Biggest category: Transport$16,198
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Charles Mix County, SD
Cost Rank: 4 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$46,696
Median Household Income:
$81,875
Cost / Income ratio :
57.0%
Biggest category: Transport$14,950
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Clark County, SD
Cost Rank: 39 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,729
Median Household Income:
$77,500
Cost / Income ratio :
56.4%
Biggest category: Transport$15,156
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Clay County, SD
Cost Rank: 64 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$41,120
Median Household Income:
$96,029
Cost / Income ratio :
42.8%
Biggest category: Transport$12,915
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SD
Codington County, SD
Cost Rank: 57 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$42,820
Median Household Income:
$85,609
Cost / Income ratio :
50.0%
Biggest category: Transport$13,027
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Corson County, SD
Cost Rank: 58 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$42,773
Median Household Income:
$48,750
Cost / Income ratio :
87.7%
Biggest category: Transport$14,071
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Custer County, SD
Cost Rank: 2 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$46,979
Median Household Income:
$93,986
Cost / Income ratio :
50.0%
Biggest category: Transport$15,074
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Davison County, SD
Cost Rank: 66 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$40,854
Median Household Income:
$91,672
Cost / Income ratio :
44.6%
Biggest category: Transport$12,679
Cheaper Alternatives:
Day County, SD
Cost Rank: 52 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,141
Median Household Income:
$81,726
Cost / Income ratio :
52.8%
Biggest category: Transport$14,684
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Deuel County, SD
Cost Rank: 28 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$44,309
Median Household Income:
$92,821
Cost / Income ratio :
47.7%
Biggest category: Transport$15,623
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Dewey County, SD
Cost Rank: 60 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$42,080
Median Household Income:
$62,837
Cost / Income ratio :
67.0%
Biggest category: Transport$14,270
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Douglas County, SD
Cost Rank: 32 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$44,045
Median Household Income:
$92,750
Cost / Income ratio :
47.5%
Biggest category: Transport$15,054
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Edmunds County, SD
Cost Rank: 17 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$44,860
Median Household Income:
$90,602
Cost / Income ratio :
49.5%
Biggest category: Transport$16,110
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Fall River County, SD
Cost Rank: 8 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$45,735
Median Household Income:
$76,887
Cost / Income ratio :
59.5%
Biggest category: Transport$13,822
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Faulk County, SD
Cost Rank: 19 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$44,517
Median Household Income:
$96,615
Cost / Income ratio :
46.1%
Biggest category: Transport$15,568
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Grant County, SD
Cost Rank: 46 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,475
Median Household Income:
$94,097
Cost / Income ratio :
46.2%
Biggest category: Transport$14,953
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Gregory County, SD
Cost Rank: 34 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,981
Median Household Income:
$76,750
Cost / Income ratio :
57.3%
Biggest category: Transport$15,191
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Haakon County, SD
Cost Rank: 11 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$45,386
Median Household Income:
$84,500
Cost / Income ratio :
53.7%
Biggest category: Transport$15,287
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Hamlin County, SD
Cost Rank: 26 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$44,345
Median Household Income:
$91,875
Cost / Income ratio :
48.3%
Biggest category: Transport$15,652
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Hand County, SD
Cost Rank: 37 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,852
Median Household Income:
$105,000
Cost / Income ratio :
41.8%
Biggest category: Transport$15,102
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Hanson County, SD
Cost Rank: 3 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$46,897
Median Household Income:
$98,819
Cost / Income ratio :
47.5%
Biggest category: Transport$17,306
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Harding County, SD
Cost Rank: 47 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,417
Median Household Income:
$84,853
Cost / Income ratio :
51.2%
Biggest category: Transport$14,311
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Hughes County, SD
Cost Rank: 51 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,185
Median Household Income:
$94,620
Cost / Income ratio :
45.6%
Biggest category: Transport$13,528
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Hutchinson County, SD
Cost Rank: 40 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,728
Median Household Income:
$101,625
Cost / Income ratio :
43.0%
Biggest category: Transport$14,987
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Hyde County, SD
Cost Rank: 30 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$44,159
Median Household Income:
$101,563
Cost / Income ratio :
43.5%
Biggest category: Transport$15,003
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Jackson County, SD
Cost Rank: 35 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,882
Median Household Income:
$37,386
Cost / Income ratio :
117.4%
Biggest category: Transport$14,425
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Jerauld County, SD
Cost Rank: 38 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,774
Median Household Income:
$93,750
Cost / Income ratio :
46.7%
Biggest category: Transport$14,512
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Jones County, SD
Cost Rank: 21 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$44,445
Median Household Income:
$85,833
Cost / Income ratio :
51.8%
Biggest category: Transport$14,877
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Kingsbury County, SD
Cost Rank: 16 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$44,954
Median Household Income:
$94,861
Cost / Income ratio :
47.4%
Biggest category: Transport$15,407
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Lake County, SD
Cost Rank: 44 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,601
Median Household Income:
$95,347
Cost / Income ratio :
45.7%
Biggest category: Transport$15,119
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Lawrence County, SD
Cost Rank: 22 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$44,437
Median Household Income:
$88,985
Cost / Income ratio :
49.9%
Biggest category: Transport$13,729
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Lincoln County, SD
Cost Rank: 1 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$48,172
Median Household Income:
$111,030
Cost / Income ratio :
43.4%
Biggest category: Transport$14,599
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Lyman County, SD
Cost Rank: 33 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$44,013
Median Household Income:
$68,750
Cost / Income ratio :
64.0%
Biggest category: Transport$15,232
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Marshall County, SD
Cost Rank: 24 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$44,423
Median Household Income:
$103,542
Cost / Income ratio :
42.9%
Biggest category: Transport$15,760
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
McCook County, SD
Cost Rank: 45 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,550
Median Household Income:
$96,852
Cost / Income ratio :
45.0%
Biggest category: Transport$15,824
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
McPherson County, SD
Cost Rank: 55 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,063
Median Household Income:
$77,024
Cost / Income ratio :
55.9%
Biggest category: Transport$14,667
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Meade County, SD
Cost Rank: 7 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$46,088
Median Household Income:
$92,367
Cost / Income ratio :
49.9%
Biggest category: Transport$14,487
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Mellette County, SD
Cost Rank: 41 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,720
Median Household Income:
$53,090
Cost / Income ratio :
82.4%
Biggest category: Transport$14,295
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Miner County, SD
Cost Rank: 20 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$44,471
Median Household Income:
$102,083
Cost / Income ratio :
43.6%
Biggest category: Transport$15,418
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Minnehaha County, SD
Cost Rank: 61 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$41,513
Median Household Income:
$99,922
Cost / Income ratio :
41.5%
Biggest category: Transport$12,739
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Moody County, SD
Cost Rank: 53 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,126
Median Household Income:
$97,381
Cost / Income ratio :
44.3%
Biggest category: Transport$14,816
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Oglala Lakota County, SD
Cost Rank: 36 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,864
Median Household Income:
$34,894
Cost / Income ratio :
125.7%
Biggest category: Transport$14,410
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Pennington County, SD
Cost Rank: 15 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$45,055
Median Household Income:
$90,248
Cost / Income ratio :
49.9%
Biggest category: Transport$12,801
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Perkins County, SD
Cost Rank: 25 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$44,358
Median Household Income:
$85,662
Cost / Income ratio :
51.8%
Biggest category: Transport$14,626
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Potter County, SD
Cost Rank: 23 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$44,434
Median Household Income:
$92,829
Cost / Income ratio :
47.9%
Biggest category: Transport$15,045
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Roberts County, SD
Cost Rank: 49 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,269
Median Household Income:
$79,271
Cost / Income ratio :
54.6%
Biggest category: Transport$14,787
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Sanborn County, SD
Cost Rank: 31 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$44,121
Median Household Income:
$91,528
Cost / Income ratio :
48.2%
Biggest category: Transport$15,137
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Spink County, SD
Cost Rank: 42 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,678
Median Household Income:
$94,521
Cost / Income ratio :
46.2%
Biggest category: Transport$15,161
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Stanley County, SD
Cost Rank: 18 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$44,787
Median Household Income:
$108,636
Cost / Income ratio :
41.2%
Biggest category: Transport$14,564
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Sully County, SD
Cost Rank: 9 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$45,446
Median Household Income:
$95,673
Cost / Income ratio :
47.5%
Biggest category: Transport$16,037
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Todd County, SD
Cost Rank: 59 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$42,383
Median Household Income:
$39,972
Cost / Income ratio :
106.0%
Biggest category: Transport$13,221
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Tripp County, SD
Cost Rank: 29 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$44,208
Median Household Income:
$76,224
Cost / Income ratio :
58.0%
Biggest category: Transport$15,373
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Turner County, SD
Cost Rank: 43 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,667
Median Household Income:
$88,764
Cost / Income ratio :
49.2%
Biggest category: Transport$15,795
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Union County, SD
Cost Rank: 13 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$45,172
Median Household Income:
$107,311
Cost / Income ratio :
42.1%
Biggest category: Transport$13,951
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Walworth County, SD
Cost Rank: 50 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,254
Median Household Income:
$81,821
Cost / Income ratio :
52.9%
Biggest category: Transport$14,457
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
Yankton County, SD
Cost Rank: 63 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$41,212
Median Household Income:
$97,233
Cost / Income ratio :
42.4%
Biggest category: Transport$12,966
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SD
Ziebach County, SD
Cost Rank: 48 / 66Modeled annual cost:
$43,405
Median Household Income:
$46,719
Cost / Income ratio :
92.9%
Biggest category: Transport$14,647
Cheaper Alternatives: Davison County, SDBrown County, SD
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