The story of this market
The typical home in Yankton County, South Dakota sells for about $247,500, or $177 per square foot.
Prices are down 10% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 57 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 172% since 2000. Last year 4 of 5 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is winter weather, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,016 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,016 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively High.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+3.8%
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 (+16.2%). Worst: 2011 (-0.9%). 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
$1,407
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
+3.8%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 5 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
96
Relatively High
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $19,351,006.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
86.2%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 651 | 399 | 86.2% | 3.8% | $185,000 |
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 Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded).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.
Yankton County, South Dakota
Yankton County's housing market is experiencing a cooling phase with median sale prices declining 10% year-over-year. While listing prices remain higher, the actual sales data indicates a shift toward lower transaction values and a slower market pace compared to the previous year.
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.
Select a city to expand its ZIP intel reports beneath · 5 cities · 6 ZIP reports
Median prices moved up 3.2% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 58 days on market with 4.6 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
17% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 97.81% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 1.8% · poverty 0.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Deterministic aggregate of 6 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.
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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| 57031 | Irene | $245,000 | $142 | +3.2% | 68 | 97.5% | 18% | 4.1 | 42 | $602 | researched Sep 27 |
| 57040 | Lesterville | $235,000 | $142 | +3.2% | 48 | 98.2% | 18.5% | 4.6 | 112 | $636 | researched Sep 27 |
| 57046 | Mission Hill | $325,000 | $168 | +3.2% | 42 | 98.5% | 8.3% | 6 | 12 | $761 | researched Sep 27 |
| 57067 | Utica | $245,000 | $142 | +3.2% | 48 | 98.5% | 12% | 3.4 | 18 | $1,150 | researched Sep 27 |
| 57072 | Volin | $250,000 | $145 | +2.5% | 88 | 97% | 12% | 11 | 22 | $655 | researched Sep 27 |
| 57078 | Yankton | $281,000 | $145 | +3.2% | 62 | 97.5% | 18% | 4.8 | 112 | $788 | 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.
The county maintains a low unemployment rate of 1.8% as of 2026.
- DakotaDome4.626.5 mi
- Dakota Brick House4.526.8 mi
- Lewis and Clark Recreation Area4.813.4 mi
- Chief White Crane Recreation Area4.712.4 mi
- Riverside Park4.710.5 mi
- Sertoma Park4.49.1 mi
- Yankton Bowl4.27.8 mi
- National Music Museum4.626.9 mi
- Mead Museum4.67.6 mi
- Lewis and Clark Recreation Area4.813.4 mi
- Lewis and Clark Lake State Recreation Area4.517 mi
- Chief White Crane Recreation Area4.712.4 mi
- Riverside Park4.710.5 mi
- Sertoma Park4.49.1 mi
- Lewis & Clark Resort4.512.3 mi
- Weigand Marina4.416.9 mi
- The Boat House - Yankton4.710.3 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.48.9 mi
- Bomgaars4.58.8 mi
- Yankton Mall2.88.9 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data sourced from US Census Bureau QuickFacts and Data Commons.