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The median home value in Brookings County, SD is $330,174 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.97% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$330,174
Year-over-Year
+5.97%
National Rank
#758 of 3071
Brookings County ranks 11th out of 50 counties in SD by median home price, and is +40.9% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within SD, the typical county has a median home value of $262,556, making Brookings County +25.8% above the SD state median.
Households here earn a median of $70,064 a year against a typical home value of $330,174 — a price-to-income ratio of 4.7×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 79% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Brookings County recorded a violent crime rate of 85 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 1,177 per 100,000.
Based on 1 reporting city covering 24,638 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Brookings County is $330,174. That's up 5.97% from a year earlier. That is about 40.9% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Brookings County the 11th most expensive of 50 counties in South Dakota.
Median household income here is $70,064, so a typical home costs about 4.7× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Brookings County recorded 85 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 24,638 residents across 1 reporting city, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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