Home Value Trail

Douglas County home price history and building permits

South Dakota2,888 residents (2025 estimate)

  • FHFA annual index 2020 to 2024
  • Developmental index
  • Release of
  • Permits through August 2026

FHFA reports fewer than 10 years of index values for Douglas County. Search engines do not list this page.

The FHFA annual house price index for Douglas County increased by 79.4% from 2020 to 2024. The newest value that FHFA reports for this area is for 2024.

2020

+79.4%

From 2020 to 2024, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Douglas County increased by 79.4%.

From 2020 to 2024, the average change in each year is +15.7%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2020 to 2024
AreaChangeBar
Douglas County+79.4%
South Dakota+45.0%
United States+42.9%
Douglas County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 2020
  • Douglas County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span
Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for Douglas County, 2020 to 2024
YearIndexChange from the year before
2024179.37n/a
2022123.67+11.7%
2021110.76+10.8%
2020100.00n/a

Each figure is the change of the FHFA annual all-transactions index, from the year that you pick to 2024. It is a change for the area. It is not the change in the value of your home, and it does not use the price that you paid.

The average for each year is a compounded annual change. The guide to values explains more.

When using the FHFA House Price Calculator, please note that it does not project the actual value of any particular house.

FHFA, about its own House Price Calculator: Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index Datasets, HPI Calculator, copied on . The calculator of FHFA uses quarterly figures. For the states and the 100 largest metro areas it uses the purchase-only index. Its figures can differ from the figures here.

Since the last FHFA release

No recorded FHFA release changed a figure of Douglas County. The record of releases starts with the next FHFA release. FHFA releases recorded by this site

Same span, every level

Change in the FHFA annual index to 2024: Douglas County and the areas above it
Area1 year2023 to 20245 years2019 to 202410 years2014 to 202420 years2004 to 2024Since 20002000 to 2024Each yearaverage of 10 years
Douglas Countyn/an/an/an/an/an/a
South Dakota+3.6%+49.4%+85.5%+134.1%+173.0%+6.4%
United States+4.9%+47.2%+87.9%+95.7%+151.2%+6.5%

Each row uses FHFA's annual all-transactions index and the same two years. "n/a": the area has no index value for one of the two years.

Drawdowns

A drawdown is a decline of 5% or more of the annual index from a peak.

The annual index of Douglas County has no decline of 5% or more from a peak.

Decade by decade

Change in the index of Douglas County in each decade
DecadeChangeUnited StatesBar
2020s so far2020 to 2024+79.4%+42.9%

The index is 100 in the first year with a value for the area (2020 here). The change in a decade is the index at the end of the decade divided by the index at the start. The base year has no effect on it.

Building permits

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Douglas County authorized 9 housing units. That is 3.1 units for each 1,000 residents.

Housing units authorized by month, latest 60 months
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each month
Housing units authorized by building permits in Douglas County, by month, Sep 2021 to Aug 2026
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 2026110
Jul 2026110
Jun 2026110
May 2026110
Apr 2026110
Mar 2026110
Feb 2026000
Jan 2026000
Dec 2025110
Nov 2025000
Oct 2025110
Sep 2025110
Aug 2025110
Jul 2025110
Jun 2025110
May 2025110
Apr 2025110
Mar 2025000
Feb 2025000
Jan 2025110
Dec 2024000
Nov 2024110
Oct 2024000
Sep 2024000
Aug 2024110
Jul 2024110
Jun 2024110
May 2024110
Apr 2024110
Mar 2024000
Feb 2024000
Jan 2024000
Dec 2023000
Nov 2023110
Oct 2023000
Sep 2023000
Aug 2023000
Jul 2023110
Jun 2023110
May 2023110
Apr 2023000
Mar 2023000
Feb 2023000
Jan 2023000
Dec 2022000
Nov 2022000
Oct 2022000
Sep 2022000
Aug 2022000
Jul 2022000
Jun 2022110
May 2022000
Apr 2022000
Mar 2022110
Feb 2022110
Jan 2022110
Dec 2021000
Nov 2021000
Oct 2021000
Sep 2021000
Housing units authorized by year, 1995 to 2025
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each year
Housing units authorized by building permits in Douglas County, by year, 1995 to 2025
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
2025770
2024660
2023440
2022330
2021330
202010100
2019990
2018990
201710100
2016990
2015770
2014770
20131293
2012660
2011550
2010550
2009000
2008110
2007110
2006110
2005422
2004440
2003000
2002110
2001220
2000514
1999000
1998330
1997440
1996110
1995000
Building permits in the 12 months to August 2026: Douglas County, the state and the nation
FigureDouglas CountySouth DakotaUnited States
Housing units authorized95,9731,418,086
Units for each 1,000 residents3.16.44.1
Share in buildings with 1 unit100%54%63%
Change from the 12 months before+28.6%+5.1%−0.1%
Units authorized from 1995139153,23643,082,761

A permit authorizes construction. It does not show that the work started or that it is complete. Residents: Census Bureau estimate for 2025.

Median home value of the area, ACS 2020-2024

The American Community Survey (ACS) asks owners what their home would sell for. The table gives the middle of these answers for each area, over the 5 years 2020-2024. It is an estimate for the area. It is not the value of one home and it is not an FHFA figure.

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, Douglas County and the areas above it: ACS 5-year estimate 2020-2024, with margin of error
AreaMedian valueMargin of error
Douglas County$166,900±$22,047
South Dakota$257,400±$3,051
United States$332,700±$236

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024, table B25077.

The Census Bureau defines the value: Value is the respondent's estimate of how much the property (house and lot, mobile home and lot (if lot owned), or condominium unit) would sell for if it were for sale.

It says about the margin of error: The MOEs for published ACS estimates are provided at a 90 percent confidence level. A value of "$2,000,000 or more" is the top group, with no margin. See the glossary. The site copied these texts on .

Agency pages

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Cite this page

Home Value Trail. Douglas County, SD home price history. https://homevaluetrail.com/county/sd/douglas/. Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual house price index for counties (developmental); US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. FHFA release of .

Where the figures come from

Index
FHFA annual house price index for counties, all transactions, 2020 to 2024. Release of March 31, 2026.
Other levels
FHFA annual indexes for CBSAs, states and the United States, from the same release.
Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, county and place files through August 2026.
Residents
US Census Bureau, population estimates for 2025.
ZIP Codes and metro area
US Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA to county relationship file, and the OMB delineation of July 2023.
Median value
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024, table B25077.

All files are works of the US government, in the public domain. To report an error, see Corrections.

Questions

Which years had the largest changes in the index for Douglas County?
The largest increase in one year was 11.7%, from 2021 to 2022. The smallest increase in one year was 10.8%, from 2020 to 2021.
What is the highest value of the index for Douglas County?
The index is 100 in 2020, the first year with a value for this area. The highest annual value is 179.37, in 2024.
How many ZIP Codes and cities of Douglas County have a page?
0 ZIP Codes of the county have an FHFA index and a page. 0 places with building permits have a page.