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South Dakota in 2018

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

In 2018 the FHFA house price index for South Dakota changed +4.7%, against +5.7% for the United States and +5.0% in 2017.

4,963 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (2,985 single-family), −8.2% on 2017; the national total was 1,328,827.

+4.7%South Dakota index, 2017–2018US +5.7%
4,963housing units permitted in 20182,985 single-family
35 of 40counties with a rising indexmedian county +4.3%
1,328,827units permitted nationally in 2018
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Counties in 2018

Ranked by the county index change from 2017 to 2018 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2018; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2018Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Tripp County+16.9%330.5
Hamlin County+16.8%47376.8
Grant County+12.9%10101.3
Hanson County+11.9%13133.8
Lake County+9.8%38343.5
Roberts County+9.4%30302.9
Butte County+9.3%22222.0
Deuel County+7.7%110.2
Clay County+7.2%2733018.2
McCook County+6.8%22223.7
Turner County+6.3%31293.3
Spink County+6.0%12101.9
Union County+5.9%1621439.3
Fall River County+5.6%10101.3
Hutchinson County+5.1%660.8
Lincoln County+5.1%2021182.6
Minnehaha County+5.1%2,1331,21110.0
Lawrence County+4.9%2081597.1
Pennington County+4.6%6223345.3
Beadle County+4.3%17170.9
Stanley County+4.3%12124.0
Marshall County+4.0%12122.7
Yankton County+3.8%115554.9
Kingsbury County+3.7%18183.4
Meade County+3.7%1481364.8
Brookings County+3.3%2441316.5
Brule County+3.0%1592.8
Miner County+2.8%331.3
Custer County+2.7%64626.8
Hughes County+2.5%22221.3
Codington County+2.2%179656.1
Hand County+2.2%110.3
Davison County+2.0%40302.0
Brown County+1.7%69491.8
Moody County+0.2%660.9
Charles Mix County−0.7%16161.7
Bon Homme County−1.9%10101.4
Day County−3.0%18183.3
Walworth County−4.4%1392.5
Edmunds County−4.9%14143.5
Clark County—10102.5
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.