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The median home value in Lawrence County, SD is $454,224 as of 2026-07-31, down 1.03% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$454,224
Year-over-Year
-1.03%
National Rank
#290 of 3071
Lawrence County ranks 2nd out of 50 counties in SD by median home price, and is +93.8% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within SD, the typical county has a median home value of $262,556, making Lawrence County +73.0% above the SD state median.
Households here earn a median of $73,384 a year against a typical home value of $454,224 — a price-to-income ratio of 6.2×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That is less affordable than roughly 94% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Lawrence County recorded a violent crime rate of 299 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 1,556 per 100,000.
Based on 4 reporting cities covering 19,086 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Lawrence County is $454,224. That's down 1.03% from a year earlier. That is about 93.8% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Lawrence County the 2nd most expensive of 50 counties in South Dakota.
Median household income here is $73,384, so a typical home costs about 6.2× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Lawrence County recorded 299 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 19,086 residents across 4 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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