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South Dakota in 2016

Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.

In 2016 the FHFA house price index for South Dakota changed +4.4%, against +5.3% for the United States and +3.6% in 2015.

5,686 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (3,195 single-family), +26.9% on 2015; the national total was 1,206,642.

+4.4%South Dakota index, 2015–2016US +5.3%
5,686housing units permitted in 20163,195 single-family
37 of 40counties with a rising indexmedian county +4.7%
1,206,642units permitted nationally in 2016
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Counties in 2016

Ranked by the county index change from 2015 to 2016 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2016; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2016Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Spink County+14.1%15132.4
Edmunds County+13.1%11112.7
Marshall County+11.6%17173.8
Day County+10.8%32325.8
Walworth County+10.6%1282.3
Moody County+10.3%12121.8
Hanson County+9.7%10102.9
Turner County+8.9%17171.8
Charles Mix County+8.1%22222.4
Grant County+7.6%11111.5
Butte County+7.4%44414.1
Hamlin County+7.3%24223.5
Fall River County+6.9%200.3
McCook County+6.1%18183.0
Deuel County+5.9%220.5
Lawrence County+5.9%1941606.6
Clay County+5.5%46383.1
Union County+5.3%1561439.0
Lake County+5.0%58395.3
Brown County+4.8%98982.6
Codington County+4.7%68402.3
Lincoln County+4.7%2771773.6
Miner County+4.7%10104.4
Minnehaha County+4.7%2,7721,21913.0
Meade County+4.3%1491334.9
Pennington County+3.9%7183036.1
Davison County+3.3%194459.7
Yankton County+2.9%107914.5
Hand County+2.5%441.3
Beadle County+2.3%23191.2
Brookings County+2.2%2531446.7
Roberts County+2.0%27272.6
Stanley County+1.8%12124.0
Hughes County+1.6%34341.9
Custer County+1.4%10410411.0
Brule County+1.1%811.5
Kingsbury County+0.9%23234.4
Bon Homme County0.0%10101.4
Tripp County−0.5%000.0
Hutchinson County−2.2%440.5
Clark County—11112.7
Douglas County—993.1

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in South Dakota by year05,00010,0001995: 3,832 units (2,203 single-family, 1,629 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 3,648 units (2,418 single-family, 1,230 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 3,174 units (2,464 single-family, 710 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 3,456 units (2,636 single-family, 820 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 3,672 units (2,876 single-family, 796 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 4,196 units (3,142 single-family, 1,054 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 4,455 units (3,424 single-family, 1,031 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 4,816 units (3,840 single-family, 976 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 4,986 units (4,060 single-family, 926 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 5,839 units (4,659 single-family, 1,180 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 5,685 units (4,693 single-family, 992 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 5,304 units (4,013 single-family, 1,291 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 5,112 units (3,617 single-family, 1,495 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 3,884 units (2,664 single-family, 1,220 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 3,691 units (2,510 single-family, 1,181 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 2,946 units (2,186 single-family, 760 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 2,813 units (1,961 single-family, 852 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 4,178 units (2,788 single-family, 1,390 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 5,482 units (3,193 single-family, 2,289 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 4,722 units (2,798 single-family, 1,924 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 4,482 units (2,868 single-family, 1,614 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 5,686 units (3,195 single-family, 2,491 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 5,407 units (3,386 single-family, 2,021 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 4,963 units (2,985 single-family, 1,978 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 4,415 units (3,127 single-family, 1,288 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 6,660 units (3,726 single-family, 2,934 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 7,917 units (4,324 single-family, 3,593 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 9,421 units (3,917 single-family, 5,504 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 7,072 units (3,252 single-family, 3,820 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 6,017 units (3,257 single-family, 2,760 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 5,305 units (3,296 single-family, 2,009 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in South Dakota by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings

Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.