A typical Big Stone home is worth roughly $332,000
What kind of housing town is Big Stone?
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94% of Big Stone households own their home
Half of Big Stone’s homes were built before 1974.
South Dakota: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
What it takes to buy in Big Stone
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That’s $46K short of a typical Big Stone home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $940 a month here, $1,090 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the South Dakota typical property tax (1.06% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $940
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Grant County, SD): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Big Stone vs. its neighbors
Big Stone is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Stone | $332K* | — | $940 | — | $110,759 |
| Big Stone City | $251K | +7.5% | $940 | 0 | $63,333 |
| Ortonville | $166K* | +6.1%† | $980 | 0 | $56,133 |
| Melrose | — | +5.4%† | $930 | — | $128,841 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
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What Big Stone buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.