Lowest property taxes in South Dakota: Census estimated rates

Ordered by median annual taxes paid divided by median home value. These are survey estimates, not local statutory tax rates.

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Census survey estimates, 2020–2024 ACS five-year vintage 2024. Effective rate here means median annual real estate taxes paid (B25103) divided by median owner-occupied home value (B25077). Owner-occupied units come from B25003. This is a ratio of two medians, not a statutory rate or the median of individual homeowners’ rates.

Survey estimates have sampling error. Countywide medians do not account for a particular home’s condition, assessment rules, exemptions or taxing districts. Rankings describe point estimates, not statistically significant differences. Missing and bounded estimates are excluded from rates and rankings.

Last verified 2026-10-24. Census data and methodology. Amounts are in 2024 dollars; no inflation adjustment is applied to your inputs. Displayed rates are rounded; calculations use the unrounded ratio.

South Dakota county ranking

65 counties with usable estimates. Ties use FIPS order; rankings use unrounded ratios. Small displayed differences may reflect rounding or survey error.

South Dakota counties, lowest estimated rates first (2020–2024)
Rank	County	Estimated effective rate	Median home value	Median annual taxes paid	Owner-occupied units	Census sources
1	Buffalo County, SD	0.40%	$117,800	$473	267	Value / Tax / Units
2	Ziebach County, SD	0.62%	$99,600	$613	420	Value / Tax / Units
3	Faulk County, SD	0.62%	$147,500	$916	686	Value / Tax / Units
4	Jackson County, SD	0.65%	$117,300	$760	559	Value / Tax / Units
5	Custer County, SD	0.77%	$372,100	$2,879	3,809	Value / Tax / Units
6	Lawrence County, SD	0.79%	$346,500	$2,744	7,846	Value / Tax / Units
7	Edmunds County, SD	0.80%	$163,300	$1,313	1,322	Value / Tax / Units
8	Deuel County, SD	0.82%	$205,900	$1,694	1,452	Value / Tax / Units
9	Sully County, SD	0.83%	$205,400	$1,715	464	Value / Tax / Units
10	Jerauld County, SD	0.84%	$150,800	$1,265	660	Value / Tax / Units
11	Marshall County, SD	0.87%	$156,500	$1,359	1,326	Value / Tax / Units
12	Clark County, SD	0.88%	$158,400	$1,389	1,036	Value / Tax / Units
13	Hand County, SD	0.89%	$159,300	$1,413	920	Value / Tax / Units
14	Haakon County, SD	0.91%	$164,200	$1,489	544	Value / Tax / Units
15	Lyman County, SD	0.91%	$165,800	$1,506	831	Value / Tax / Units
16	Grant County, SD	0.91%	$171,000	$1,557	2,291	Value / Tax / Units
17	Miner County, SD	0.92%	$142,600	$1,306	790	Value / Tax / Units
18	Butte County, SD	0.93%	$244,600	$2,265	3,279	Value / Tax / Units
19	Jones County, SD	0.94%	$139,600	$1,313	261	Value / Tax / Units
20	Tripp County, SD	0.95%	$132,900	$1,262	1,545	Value / Tax / Units
21	Brule County, SD	0.96%	$216,800	$2,071	1,493	Value / Tax / Units
22	Hyde County, SD	0.96%	$181,600	$1,743	420	Value / Tax / Units
23	Roberts County, SD	0.97%	$154,500	$1,492	2,580	Value / Tax / Units
24	Codington County, SD	0.97%	$237,700	$2,308	8,747	Value / Tax / Units
25	Day County, SD	0.98%	$173,600	$1,693	1,768	Value / Tax / Units
26	Turner County, SD	0.98%	$222,900	$2,181	2,817	Value / Tax / Units
27	Mellette County, SD	0.98%	$84,100	$825	387	Value / Tax / Units
28	Bennett County, SD	0.98%	$156,400	$1,535	563	Value / Tax / Units
29	Douglas County, SD	0.99%	$166,900	$1,653	873	Value / Tax / Units
30	Fall River County, SD	1.00%	$193,200	$1,940	2,631	Value / Tax / Units
31	Kingsbury County, SD	1.01%	$169,500	$1,704	1,733	Value / Tax / Units
32	Meade County, SD	1.01%	$310,900	$3,129	8,727	Value / Tax / Units
33	Gregory County, SD	1.02%	$139,900	$1,428	1,234	Value / Tax / Units
34	Lake County, SD	1.03%	$247,600	$2,546	3,482	Value / Tax / Units
35	Hanson County, SD	1.04%	$191,200	$1,979	1,012	Value / Tax / Units
36	Aurora County, SD	1.04%	$151,900	$1,574	774	Value / Tax / Units
37	Yankton County, SD	1.06%	$225,900	$2,388	7,046	Value / Tax / Units
38	McCook County, SD	1.06%	$230,100	$2,444	1,765	Value / Tax / Units
39	Pennington County, SD	1.08%	$302,200	$3,265	32,125	Value / Tax / Units
40	Beadle County, SD	1.09%	$175,100	$1,900	5,494	Value / Tax / Units
41	Hughes County, SD	1.10%	$242,000	$2,659	5,221	Value / Tax / Units
42	Charles Mix County, SD	1.10%	$170,600	$1,878	2,193	Value / Tax / Units
43	Union County, SD	1.10%	$301,100	$3,317	5,343	Value / Tax / Units
44	Moody County, SD	1.10%	$226,500	$2,500	1,880	Value / Tax / Units
45	Hamlin County, SD	1.11%	$208,600	$2,313	1,799	Value / Tax / Units
46	Harding County, SD	1.12%	$166,100	$1,863	381	Value / Tax / Units
47	Brookings County, SD	1.13%	$264,600	$2,981	7,896	Value / Tax / Units
48	Minnehaha County, SD	1.14%	$287,600	$3,281	53,507	Value / Tax / Units
49	Hutchinson County, SD	1.15%	$163,000	$1,867	2,247	Value / Tax / Units
50	Lincoln County, SD	1.15%	$348,300	$3,990	19,861	Value / Tax / Units
51	Sanborn County, SD	1.17%	$135,600	$1,586	744	Value / Tax / Units
52	Brown County, SD	1.18%	$221,100	$2,598	11,014	Value / Tax / Units
53	Campbell County, SD	1.18%	$115,900	$1,368	575	Value / Tax / Units
54	Davison County, SD	1.23%	$205,800	$2,526	5,470	Value / Tax / Units
55	Clay County, SD	1.26%	$232,300	$2,937	2,819	Value / Tax / Units
56	Bon Homme County, SD	1.27%	$134,100	$1,707	1,946	Value / Tax / Units
57	Spink County, SD	1.28%	$123,300	$1,584	1,808	Value / Tax / Units
58	Perkins County, SD	1.29%	$114,600	$1,478	1,026	Value / Tax / Units
59	Walworth County, SD	1.31%	$136,600	$1,792	1,841	Value / Tax / Units
60	Stanley County, SD	1.32%	$203,500	$2,679	1,072	Value / Tax / Units
61	Potter County, SD	1.42%	$121,300	$1,717	869	Value / Tax / Units
62	Corson County, SD	1.45%	$69,800	$1,009	667	Value / Tax / Units
63	Dewey County, SD	1.51%	$69,600	$1,050	1,036	Value / Tax / Units
64	McPherson County, SD	1.55%	$85,600	$1,323	744	Value / Tax / Units
65	Todd County, SD	1.81%	$53,900	$975	1,179	Value / Tax / Units

1 counties excluded from the ranking

At least one median is missing or bounded; no precise ratio is shown.

Counties with incomplete Census medians (2020–2024)
County	Estimated effective rate	Median home value	Median annual taxes paid	Owner-occupied units	Census sources
Oglala Lakota County, SD	Unavailable	$52,900	Unavailable	1,504	Value / / Units

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