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Housing in Bonesteel

A typical Bonesteel home is worth roughly $74,000

Typical home value
$74K
SD $322K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$930
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$913
SD $2,724

What kind of housing town is Bonesteel?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Bonesteel

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You could afford about
$286,000
Typical Bonesteel home $74K

That covers a typical Bonesteel home, with $212K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$450
Loan $370Tax $70Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $930 a month here, $480 more 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.

The homes

66% of Bonesteel households own their home

Half of Bonesteel’s homes were built before 1948.

Owners and renters
Own 66%Rent 34%

South Dakota: 69% own.

1948
typical home built · SD 1980
$913
median property tax bill · SD $2,724
8%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $930

Renters already here pay a median of $593, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$640
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$930
3 bedrooms$1,240
4 bedrooms$1,440
34%
of households rent · SD 31%
27
renter households
$593
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Gregory County, SD): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

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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.

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