Brookings, SD housing market
The typical Brookings home is worth about $325,000, up 5.5% in a year, close to the South Dakota typical home.
Home values, sales, trends and how Brookings compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
Brookings at a glance
Typical home value, 2016–2026
Show as a table
| January | Brookings | South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $192,000 | $186,000 |
| 2018 | $200,000 | $195,000 |
| 2019 | $206,000 | $203,000 |
| 2020 | $214,000 | $215,000 |
| 2021 | $234,000 | $235,000 |
| 2022 | $260,000 | $272,000 |
| 2023 | $279,000 | $297,000 |
| 2024 | $286,000 | $301,000 |
| 2025 | $301,000 | $312,000 |
| 2026 | $318,000 | $319,000 |
| August 2026 | $325,000 | $322,000 |
Brookings and its neighbors
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookings | $325K | +5.5% | $950 | — | $118,529 |
| Brookings | — | −0.3%† | $950 | 296 | $63,493 |
| Volga | $344K | +6.4% | $1,040 | — | — |
| Sterling | — | −0.3%† | $950 | — | $144,318 |
| Aurora | $307K | +5.7% | $940 | — | $68,646 |
† FHFA price index change, where Zillow has no home value for the town.
Owners, rent & taxes
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $950
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Brookings is $950 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs.
Studio $770 · 4 bedrooms $1,590
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (57006; Brookings County, SD), weighted by land area. A Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. 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.