The story of this market
The typical home in Lincoln County, South Dakota sells for about $408,303, or $200 per square foot.
Prices are up +10.7% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 18 days to sell, which is fast. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 137% since 2000. Last year 11 of 13 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is tornado, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,228 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,228 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+1.8%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+17.6%). Worst: 2010 (-2.3%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+4.8%
SD · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,694
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
+1.8%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 13 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
74
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $41,673,593.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
88.4%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3546 | 2131 | 88.4% | 3% | $235,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Lincoln County, South Dakota
Lincoln County continues to exhibit solid residential demand with home sale prices up roughly 10% year-over-year, supported by strong demographic growth in the Sioux Falls metro fringe. Although sales volumes have cooled slightly amid broader mortgage rate resistance, tight supply and low median days on market (18 days) keep pricing resilient. Buyers remain focused on newer suburban construction and high-performing school districts in Harrisburg, Tea, and southern Sioux Falls.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 1.9% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 47 days on market with 1.9 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
4% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 53.07% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 2.1% · poverty 4.6% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Deterministic aggregate of 10 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Lincoln County, South Dakota — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 6.7%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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| 57004 | Beresford | $247,700 | $127 | +4.1% | 47 | 98.5% | 3.6% | 3.5 | 1,409 | $901 | researched Sep 27 |
| 57013 | Canton | $445,000 | $226 | — | 63 | — | — | — | 15 | $688 | researched Sep 27 |
| 57015 | Chancellor | $359,000 | $191 | +12.1% | 51 | 100% | — | 3.5 | 845 | $742 | researched Sep 27 |
| 57029 | Fairview | $183,700 | $135 | +2.9% | 93 | 97% | 15% | 6 | 12 | $749 | researched Sep 27 |
| 57032 | Harrisburg | $335,000 | $189 | +2.9% | 31 | 100% | — | 3.5 | 1,409 | $1,362 | researched Sep 27 |
| 57034 | Bruce | $335,000 | $189 | +2.9% | 31 | 98.2% | 3.6% | 3.5 | 1,409 | $1,150 | researched Sep 27 |
| 57039 | Lennox | $325,000 | $165 | +3.2% | 45 | 98.5% | 15% | 3.5 | 12 | $745 | researched Sep 27 |
| 57064 | Tea | $335,000 | $189 | +2.9% | 31 | 100% | — | 3.5 | 1,409 | $1,280 | researched Sep 27 |
| 57077 | Worthing | $335,000 | $189 | +2.9% | 31 | 100% | 3.6% | 3.5 | 1,409 | $1,178 | researched Sep 27 |
| 57108 | Sioux Falls | $335,000 | $189 | +2.9% | 31 | 98.5% | 36.1% | 3.9 | 1,196 | $1,290 | researched Sep 27 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
Lincoln County maintains violent and property crime rates substantially below both state and national benchmarks. Local law enforcement reports isolated property offenses primarily clustered around expanding commercial and retail corridors near south Sioux Falls.
Public education in the county rates among the highest in South Dakota, anchored by high-performing districts including Harrisburg, Lennox, Canton, and southern portions of the Sioux Falls School District.
Flood exposure is generally minor across the county, though isolated lowlands along the Big Sioux River experience periodic overflow. Wildfire risk is moderate in rural grasslands, while severe convective weather including wind and hail drives regional hazard and property insurance considerations.
Lincoln County continues to rank as one of the fastest-growing counties in South Dakota, supported by suburban spillover from Sioux Falls, health system expansions, light industrial parks, and rapid single-family tract development in Tea and Harrisburg.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. Federal (United States (federal)) — Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Superfund Liens: Establishes a statutory federal lien upon the parcel running in favor of the United States for all unrecovered cleanup costs, damages, and statutory interest incurred by the EPA. Rate and formula: Direct Dollar-for-Dollar Reimbursement (Lien Amount = Incurred Response Costs + Administrative Costs + Federal (United States (federal)) — Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) Withholding: Imposes an affirmative withholding tax obligation on the transferee (buyer) to withhold and remit tax on the gross amount realized (gross sales price). The statutory base withholding rate is 15% of the total purchase price (Formula: Tax = Amount Realized × 15%). Exemptions and reductions: (1) 0% wit Federal (United States (federal)) — Federal General Tax Lien Encumbrance: Under IRC § 6321, a statutory lien arises automatically as of the date of assessment and attaches to all real property owned or acquired by the taxpayer.
The local economy is heavily influenced by healthcare, financial services, agribusiness, logistics, and retail trade across the Sioux Falls metro area, complemented by significant light manufacturing and construction activity.
Transportation is primarily vehicle-centric via Interstate 29, US Highway 18, South Dakota Highway 115, and the developing Veterans Parkway beltway connecting commuter towns to employment hubs.
Zoning and development approvals emphasize master-planned single-family and mixed-use commercial corridors along interstate exits and southern Sioux Falls border sectors.
The Lincoln County Director of Equalization annually assesses real property at its true and full market value in compliance with South Dakota Department of Revenue equalization standards.
Parcels are subject to overlapping county, city, township, school district, and rural water or road special maintenance assessment districts.
Property insurance is broadly accessible but has seen upward pricing pressure due to convective severe wind, tornado, and hail hazards common across the upper Great Plains.
- Great Plains Zoo4.423.5 mi
- Washington Pavilion4.724.2 mi
- Wild Water West Waterpark and Flamingo Falls Campground4.221.1 mi
- Air Madness Trampoline Park4.317.8 mi
- Thunder Road of Sioux Falls4.524.2 mi
- Falls Park4.825.1 mi
- Denny Sanford PREMIER Center4.625.1 mi
- Washington Pavilion4.724.2 mi
- Sanford Pentagon4.527.2 mi
- W. H. Lyon Fairgrounds4.224.3 mi
- Newton Hills State Park4.813.4 mi
- Union Social4.317.8 mi
- The Good Earth Farm4.96.1 mi
- Union Grove State Park4.519.6 mi
- Tea City Park4.617.3 mi
- Washington Pavilion4.724.2 mi
- McKennan Park4.823.4 mi
- Old Courthouse Museum4.724.7 mi
- National Music Museum4.629.4 mi
- Tripoint IA, MN, SD4.528.1 mi
- Newton Hills State Park4.813.4 mi
- SDK South4.917.2 mi
- Union Grove State Park4.519.6 mi
- Tea City Park4.617.3 mi
- Lake Lakota413.9 mi
- Country Apple Orchard & Pumpkin Patch4.217.2 mi
- Sioux Falls Regional Airport4.326.7 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
A scenic park south of Canton offering wooded trails, camping, horseback riding, and wildlife viewing along the Big Sioux River.
Popular regional recreation reservoir near Harrisburg offering boating, swimming beaches, and fishing.
An 18-hole championship public golf facility serving the rural suburban areas south of Sioux Falls.
Data retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts and ACS demographic profile tables for Lincoln County, SD.