The median home value in Tea, SD is $391,105 as of 2026-06-30, up 0.55% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$391,105
Year-over-Year
+0.55%
Population
8,055
Tea ranks #3 of 16 South Dakota cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 21.0% above the state's city median of $323,132. It sits in Lincoln County, where the county-wide median is $386,082.
Tea police recorded a violent crime rate of 137 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,142 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Tea is $391,105. That's up 0.55% from a year earlier. That is about 21.0% above the typical county in South Dakota.
Homes in Tea are more expensive than Lincoln County as a whole, where the median is $386,082 — a difference of about 1.3%.
Tea police reported 137 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 8,055. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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