Counties / South Dakota / Jerauld County

Jerauld County, SD

FIPS 46073 · population 1,772 · outside every metro area

$225k
Zillow home value · 2026-06
The numbers

What this county costs and earns

Everything here joins on the county FIPS code, so each figure comes from the agency that publishes it with no name matching in between.

Zillow home value
$225k
▲ 2.9% year over year
Zillow ZHVI · direct
ACS median gross rent
$632
occupied-unit survey; not current asking rent
Census ACS · surveyed
Gross yield
n/a
gross yield cannot be computed without measured market rent
requires both measured price and measured rent
HUD 2-bed standard
$948
the Section 8 payment standard
HUD Fair Market Rent · direct
Independent price check

Do two methods point the same way?

Zillow estimates a current home value. FHFA tracks repeat mortgage transactions. Their growth rates should be read side by side, not averaged.

One annual series is unavailable
FHFA five-year cumulativen/anot annualized · through n/a
0%ZILLOW ZHVI2026-06+2.9%FHFA HPIperiod n/an/a
Annual changes use different methods and may use different periods. The comparison checks direction and magnitude; it does not create a blended estimate. Zillow county ZHVI pulled 2026-07-26; FHFA annual county HPI pulled 2026-07-28.
Owner-reported value$151k
Surveyed gross rent$632
Rent burden 30%+15.8%
Median year built1958
Housing composition

Who occupies the stock—and what it is

ACS 2024 5-year
18.5%vacant
963estimated housing units
Occupied tenure15.9% renter
owner 84.1%renter 15.9%
Structure mix86.3% single-family
Single-family 86.3%20+ units 0.5%Mobile home 5.6%Other 7.6%
ACS estimates describe the standing housing stock and occupied tenure. They do not measure current listings, transaction prices or asking rents.

Survey source: Census ACS 5-year — county housing value, tenure and stock · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30. These values describe different housing universes and are not combined into gross yield.

Annual average covered jobs1,553▼ 0.4% from the prior annual release
Covered establishments106annual average reporting locations
Average weekly wage$923▲ 0.9% from the prior annual release
Largest private supersectorTrade, transportation, and utilities14.2% of disclosed private covered jobs
Local labor base

Jobs, pay and private-sector concentration

2025
0%COVERED JOBS−0.4%WEEKLY WAGE+0.9%Trade, transportation, and utilities14.2%
Annual QCEW counts cover jobs located at reporting establishments. The industry share uses disclosed private covered employment; it is not a resident-employment measure or a forecast.

Workplace source: BLS QCEW — county employment and wages · annual county employment and wages 2025 vs 2024 · pulled 2026-07-31. QCEW counts covered jobs located in the county, not employed residents or the metro score’s CES/LAUS series.

County brief

What the local evidence says

01Decision frame

Jerauld County’s decision tension is a rising Zillow county value—$225,477 in 2026-06, up 2.85% year over year—without published market rent or transaction-market confirmation. Cash-flow underwriters should be cautious: price movement may matter for basis, but it cannot establish property income. The record therefore suits investigators who can obtain property-level rents, rather than buyers relying on a county value trend alone.

02Housing economics

HUD’s two-bedroom FMR of $948 per month is a payment standard, not an estimate of asking rent. Because market rent is not published, gross yield cannot be computed and must not be inferred from FMR. The effective property-tax rate is 0.84%, with median annual tax of $1,265; these are carrying-cost inputs, but assessed value, insurance, maintenance and financing evidence are not published. The Zillow value is not necessarily the tax base.

03Demand & competition

Tax-return migration was net positive, and inbound average AGI exceeded outbound by $17,587. This is an income-positive mover signal, not proof of housing demand. Investors made 2 of 11 purchase mortgages, or 18.18%, showing non-owner participation but too few purchases to characterize competition. QCEW’s 2025 annual-average covered employment at county workplaces fell 0.38%, while its covered-worker average weekly wage increased 0.87%. Trade, transportation, and utilities is the largest disclosed private supersector; QCEW does not measure resident employment or unemployment.

04Risk & next checks

Inland flood is the dominant hazard, and modeled annual climate-loss ratio is 0.16% of building value; it is not a site-specific flood finding or insurance quote. No FHFA annual repeat-transaction HPI observation is supplied, so Zillow’s direction cannot be checked against that index; an HPI is not a dollar home value and cannot be blended with Zillow. Realtor.com MLS listing price, active listings, days on market and price-reduction data are also not published, preventing assessment of asking-price levels, visible supply, marketing time and seller concessions. Obtain site flood, insurance, rent roll, expense, tax assessment and recent closed-sale evidence.

Cities & communities

Where people live within Jerauld County

Census-recognized incorporated places and CDPs that intersect this county. The list does not pretend to include every neighborhood or informal community.

Population scale

Largest Census places

ACS 2024 5-year
Wessington Springs city727Alpena town317Lane town28Spring Valley Colony CDP0
Bars use total place population, not a county-share estimate. An asterisk marks a place that crosses a county line.
Official directory

4 Census places

Population
  1. 01
    Wessington Springs cityIncorporated place
    727
  2. 02
    Alpena townIncorporated place
    317
  3. 03
    Lane townIncorporated place
    28
  4. 04
    Spring Valley Colony CDPCensus-designated place
    0

Population is the total place-wide ACS estimate, not an allocated county share. A place crossing a county line is labelled explicitly. Source: Census ACS 5-year — cities and communities · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30.

Risk, demand and competition

The three things a price does not tell you

01
Risk & carrying costFEMA NRI + Census ACS
Dominant hazardinland flooding

0.163% of building value expected lost per year

Effective property tax0.84%

$1,265 median annual bill

02
DemandIRS SOI household flows
Net migration+6

32 in · 26 out

Arriving vs leaving income+$17,587

$57,125 arriving · $39,538 leaving

03
CompetitionHMDA financed purchases
Purchases by investors18.2%

2 of 11 mortgages

investorother financed
No rent index is published for this county.Zillow’s county rent series does not cover every county, and estimating one from a neighbouring county would be a guess wearing a number’s clothes. Everything above is measured here; no wider market is mapped for it either.
Bear case

What can break the county thesis

  1. Absent market-rent and operating-cost evidence could overturn the cash-flow premise.
  2. Small purchase and migration counts may not characterize the target property’s submarket.
  3. Modeled flood loss may differ from site exposure, insurability and policy costs.
Underwriting questions

Before pricing a property

Can gross yield be calculated from this record?

No. Market rent is not published, and HUD FMR cannot replace it.

What buyer-competition evidence is available?

Investor participation in purchase mortgages is reported, but Realtor.com listing, pending, marketing-time and price-reduction figures are not supplied.

Can county price direction be confirmed by FHFA or Realtor.com evidence?

No. The record supplies no FHFA annual HPI observation or Realtor.com listing-market figures.