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Section 8 rent amounts in South Dakota

The population-weighted FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent in South Dakota is $1,088.

HUD voucher rents by county and bedroom count, from the current Fair Market Rent and Small Area FMR release.

Source: HUD FY2026 Fair Market Rents and Small Area FMRs, effective 2025-10-01, retrieved 2026-10-09, with ZIP placement from the HUD-USPS ZIP Crosswalk 2021-Q4. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr.html

Counties

Pennington County$921$1,018$1,336$1,743$2,17814
Meade County$878$970$1,273$1,770$2,13611
Buffalo County$830$918$1,204$1,444$1,8642
Bennett County$815$901$1,182$1,417$1,8303
Custer County$809$894$1,173$1,631$1,9685
Lincoln County$865$986$1,156$1,586$1,9398
McCook County$865$986$1,156$1,586$1,9395
Minnehaha County$865$986$1,156$1,586$1,93924
Turner County$865$986$1,156$1,586$1,9398
Union County$796$925$1,154$1,386$1,5285
Fall River County$794$878$1,152$1,381$1,7835
Butte County$758$838$1,099$1,318$1,7014
Codington County$747$825$1,083$1,319$1,6056
Potter County$736$813$1,067$1,358$1,6524
Lawrence County$721$797$1,046$1,455$1,7557
Hughes County$713$832$1,034$1,308$1,6013
Stanley County$713$788$1,034$1,316$1,6012
Walworth County$676$747$980$1,175$1,4705
Lake County$669$739$970$1,163$1,6276
Beadle County$658$728$955$1,245$1,4729
Brookings County$776$781$953$1,325$1,5998
Kingsbury County$656$725$951$1,140$1,4727
Faulk County$655$724$950$1,209$1,4714
Douglas County$654$722$948$1,206$1,4685
Haakon County$654$722$948$1,206$1,4683
Harding County$654$722$948$1,206$1,4686
Hyde County$654$722$948$1,206$1,4683
Jerauld County$654$722$948$1,206$1,4682
Mellette County$654$722$948$1,206$1,4683
Sully County$654$722$948$1,206$1,4682
Lyman County$648$716$940$1,127$1,4556
Davison County$645$713$936$1,302$1,5703
Aurora County$641$768$929$1,289$1,4383
Bon Homme County$641$762$929$1,292$1,5585
Brown County$652$708$929$1,168$1,47715
Brule County$641$708$929$1,292$1,4503
Campbell County$641$794$929$1,292$1,4383
Charles Mix County$803$807$929$1,292$1,5587
Clark County$641$847$929$1,144$1,2566
Clay County$641$708$929$1,292$1,5583
Corson County$641$708$929$1,186$1,37010
Day County$641$751$929$1,292$1,4387
Deuel County$641$708$929$1,292$1,4386
Dewey County$641$832$929$1,207$1,2307
Edmunds County$641$708$929$1,246$1,2504
Grant County$641$708$929$1,292$1,4388
Gregory County$641$749$929$1,242$1,4387
Hamlin County$641$708$929$1,225$1,2306
Hand County$641$788$929$1,292$1,4385
Hanson County$641$824$929$1,292$1,4383
Hutchinson County$641$708$929$1,210$1,2307
Jackson County$641$826$929$1,182$1,3655
Jones County$641$708$929$1,182$1,4383
Marshall County$641$708$929$1,281$1,4386
McPherson County$641$710$929$1,182$1,4383
Miner County$641$708$929$1,182$1,4385
Moody County$641$708$929$1,243$1,4384
Oglala Lakota County$641$708$929$1,282$1,5110
Perkins County$641$722$929$1,212$1,4385
Roberts County$641$799$929$1,234$1,5589
Sanborn County$641$766$929$1,292$1,4384
Spink County$641$777$929$1,114$1,53710
Todd County$641$840$929$1,292$1,4385
Tripp County$641$708$929$1,251$1,4385
Yankton County$641$811$929$1,292$1,4387
Ziebach County$641$708$929$1,114$1,2302

Payment standard

HUD uses the Fair Market Rent to set the Housing Choice Voucher payment standard, the maximum monthly subsidy base for a bedroom count. The FY2026 2-bedroom rent on this page is $1,088. 24 CFR 982.503 sets the basic range from 90 percent to 110 percent of the applicable Fair Market Rent. In a metro on HUD's designated Small Area FMR list, that rent is the ZIP Small Area FMR. Elsewhere it is the metro or county Fair Market Rent (HUD Fair Market Rents, Small Area FMRs).

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2-bedroom Section 8 rent in South Dakota?

The population-weighted FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent in South Dakota is $1,088.

Which HUD row has the highest 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent in South Dakota?

The highest FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent row in South Dakota is $1,336 in Pennington County.

How does a voucher payment standard relate to the Fair Market Rent in South Dakota?

HUD uses the Fair Market Rent to set the Housing Choice Voucher payment standard, the maximum monthly subsidy base for a bedroom count. The FY2026 2-bedroom rent on this page is $1,088. 24 CFR 982.503 sets the basic range from 90 percent to 110 percent of the applicable Fair Market Rent. In a metro on HUD's designated Small Area FMR list, that rent is the ZIP Small Area FMR. Elsewhere it is the metro or county Fair Market Rent (HUD Fair Market Rents, Small Area FMRs).