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South Dakota in 2021

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

In 2021 the FHFA house price index for South Dakota changed +11.3%, against +11.6% for the United States and +3.0% in 2020.

7,917 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (4,324 single-family), +18.9% on 2020; the national total was 1,736,982.

+11.3%South Dakota index, 2020–2021US +11.6%
7,917housing units permitted in 20214,324 single-family
40 of 42counties with a rising indexmedian county +9.7%
1,736,982units permitted nationally in 2021
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Counties in 2021

Ranked by the county index change from 2020 to 2021 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2021; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2021Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Edmunds County+24.3%110.2
Fall River County+21.8%13131.7
Deuel County+18.0%11112.5
Custer County+17.3%24024025.4
Meade County+16.2%1751755.7
Pennington County+15.6%1,38750911.9
Lawrence County+15.4%36528912.4
Butte County+15.2%83787.6
Hutchinson County+14.3%22203.0
Roberts County+12.4%41414.0
Minnehaha County+11.7%3,3401,50515.7
Lake County+11.6%67556.1
Bon Homme County+11.5%19192.6
Clay County+11.1%33332.2
Douglas County+10.8%331.0
McCook County+10.8%22223.7
Beadle County+10.7%132636.7
Davison County+10.3%68443.4
Lincoln County+10.3%5993457.8
Hamlin County+10.2%56568.1
Hughes County+9.7%40342.3
Yankton County+9.7%150666.3
Spink County+9.4%971.5
Turner County+9.1%25212.7
Brookings County+9.0%1761204.7
Grant County+8.7%330.4
Stanley County+8.7%16165.3
Codington County+8.5%267699.0
Union County+7.9%19716411.3
Moody County+7.7%32224.8
Clark County+7.5%882.0
Kingsbury County+7.5%30225.7
Tripp County+7.0%440.7
Brown County+6.9%95772.5
Hand County+4.8%772.2
Marshall County+4.2%26205.9
Miner County+3.9%552.2
Walworth County+3.9%621.2
Charles Mix County+3.7%29293.1
Hanson County+0.8%772.0
Brule County−0.2%18133.4
Day County−2.2%24244.4

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.