Median household income in South Dakota
At $68,956, the median household income in South Dakota is 12% below the national figure of $78,067, ranking 35 of 52, with Lincoln County the highest county at $92,317.
Household income is the base every other money decision sits on: what you can borrow, what you can save, what a house costs you in real terms.
| Rank | County | Typical figure | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln County | $92,317 | 65,801 residents |
| 2 | Hanson County | $86,827 | 3,443 residents |
| 3 | Hughes County | $83,750 | 17,812 residents |
| 4 | Stanley County | $82,298 | 2,979 residents |
| 5 | Union County | $82,036 | 16,700 residents |
| 6 | Deuel County | $76,997 | 4,298 residents |
| 7 | Hamlin County | $76,995 | 6,196 residents |
| 8 | Edmunds County | $76,806 | 4,014 residents |
| 9 | Custer County | $75,943 | 8,515 residents |
| 10 | Douglas County | $75,048 | 2,823 residents |
| 11 | Lake County | $74,884 | 11,207 residents |
| 12 | McCook County | $74,873 | 5,714 residents |
| 13 | Marshall County | $74,018 | 4,363 residents |
| 14 | Minnehaha County | $73,110 | 197,742 residents |
| 15 | Hand County | $72,857 | 3,075 residents |
| 16 | Turner County | $72,312 | 8,687 residents |
| 17 | Potter County | $71,786 | 2,587 residents |
| 18 | Aurora County | $71,490 | 2,590 residents |
| 19 | Harding County | $71,484 | 1,176 residents |
| 20 | Moody County | $71,469 | 6,346 residents |
| 21 | Grant County | $70,851 | 7,533 residents |
| 22 | Brown County | $70,379 | 38,278 residents |
| 23 | Meade County | $70,256 | 29,970 residents |
| 24 | Hyde County | $69,712 | 1,319 residents |
| 25 | Hutchinson County | $69,139 | 7,401 residents |
| 26 | Yankton County | $68,847 | 23,311 residents |
| 27 | Pennington County | $67,823 | 110,386 residents |
| 28 | Campbell County | $66,932 | 1,534 residents |
| 29 | Sully County | $66,875 | 1,318 residents |
| 30 | Jerauld County | $66,607 | 1,836 residents |
| 31 | Kingsbury County | $65,964 | 5,172 residents |
| 32 | Sanborn County | $65,806 | 2,373 residents |
| 33 | Spink County | $65,795 | 6,355 residents |
| 34 | Codington County | $65,747 | 28,402 residents |
| 35 | Brule County | $64,821 | 5,247 residents |
| 36 | Brookings County | $64,438 | 34,631 residents |
| 37 | Perkins County | $64,410 | 2,970 residents |
| 38 | Beadle County | $63,813 | 19,089 residents |
| 39 | Lawrence County | $62,977 | 26,047 residents |
| 40 | Miner County | $62,037 | 2,312 residents |
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Methodology
Every figure on this page comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates. We store one row per county and roll counties up to state level, weighting each county by its population so that large metros are not treated the same as very small counties.
The median household income shown for a state is that population-weighted figure, not a simple average of county values. National comparisons use the same method across all states, so the state-versus-U.S. gap you see is a like-for-like comparison.
These are survey estimates, not transaction records, and they describe typical households rather than any individual situation. Nothing here is personalised financial advice.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (5-year). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2022.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (5-year).