The story of this market
The typical home in Butte County, South Dakota sells for about $216,351, or $200 per square foot.
Prices are down 26.9% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 120 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 211% since 2000. The biggest natural hazard here is winter weather, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,278 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,278 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
-4%
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: 2000 (+29.5%). Worst: 2010 (-5.5%). 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
$1,523
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
-4%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 2 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
84
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $8,119,581.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
80.1%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 390 | 213 | 80.1% | 4.3% | $170,000 |
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 Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded).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.
Butte County, South Dakota
The Butte County housing market is currently experiencing a significant correction, with median sale prices down 26.9% year-over-year as of May 2026. Market activity has slowed considerably, evidenced by a sharp increase in the median days on market to 120 days. These figures suggest a cooling period for the rural county's real estate sector.
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 down 10.5% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 40 days on market with 1.7 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
18% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 97.72% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 4.1% · poverty 7.2% — 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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| 57717 | Belle Fourche | $302,100 | $166 | +3.2% | 45 | 98.5% | 12% | 4.2 | 91 | $973 | researched Sep 27 |
| 57760 | Newell | $225,000 | $135 | +3.5% | 92 | 96.5% | 12% | 6.2 | 18 | $1,125 | researched Sep 27 |
| 57762 | Nisland | $250,000 | $145 | +2.1% | 112 | 96.5% | 12.5% | 8 | 8 | $975 | researched Sep 27 |
| 57767 | Owanka | $325,000 | $185 | +4.2% | 72 | 97.5% | 12% | 4.8 | 14 | $1,150 | researched Sep 27 |
| 57780 | Scenic | $458,580 | $235 | -12.1% | 38 | 97.8% | 18.5% | 1.4 | 130 | $2,200 | researched Sep 27 |
| 57788 | Vale | $465,000 | $206 | — | 53 | 84.7% | 28.5% | — | 3,365 | $1,673 | 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.
Reporting agencies in Butte County recorded a violent crime rate of 151 per 100,000 residents in 2024, which is lower than most counties nationally. Property crime is reported at 2,301 per 100,000 residents.
The county maintains a small, rural economy with a labor force participation rate of 68.2% and an unemployment rate of 4.1%. Economic stability is supported by a relatively low poverty rate of 7.2%.
The median gross rent in the county is $940 per month.
The economy is characterized as a small, rural market with a labor force participation rate of 68.2% and an unemployment rate of 4.1%. Major sectors include real estate and construction services.
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Data sourced from Census Reporter and FDI Connect profiles.
Property is assessed at full and true market value, then equalized to 85% of that value to determine the taxable value. The tax amount is calculated by multiplying the taxable value by the local mill levy rate, which is determined by the budgetary requirements of local government units (schools, counties, municipalities).
Governed by Title 10 of the South Dakota Codified Laws.
applies when — Applies to new structures and additions in specific subdivisions or developments where the board of county commissioners has adopted the formula.
Provides a tax break on the assessed value of new structures or additions for up to five or seven years, at the discretion of the county commissioners.
SDCL 10-6-144.
applies when — Applies to residential real property governed by a homeowners' association.
Sellers must provide the buyer with governing documents, a statement of assessments (amount, frequency, purpose), and a list of special one-time assessments from the previous three years prior to a written offer.
SDCL 43-4-44.1, effective for transfers after July 1, 2024.
Sellers of residential real property must provide a written property condition disclosure statement to potential buyers before a written offer is made, covering material facts about the property's condition.
SDCL 43-4-44.
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.