A typical Custer home is worth roughly $307,000
Home prices around Custer have risen about 47% over the past 5 years.
Home prices up 47% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Custer rose 47% over the past 5 years, about the same as across South Dakota. Last year prices rose 4.1%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Custer, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
What it takes to buy in Custer
Try your own numbers below.
That’s $21K short of a typical Custer home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $960 a month here, $920 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 $960
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Beadle County, SD): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
1 of Custer’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Custer’s homes were built before 1972.
South Dakota: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
Custer vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Custer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custer | $307K* | +4.1%† | $960 | — | $117,969 |
| Huron | $181K | +3.5% | $960 | 9 | $61,452 |
| Morningside | — | +4.1%† | $960 | — | $119,028 |
| Clifton | — | +4.1%† | $980 | — | $94,625 |
| Valley | — | +4.1%† | $960 | — | $86,406 |
| Clyde | — | +4.1%† | $960 | — | $105,703 |
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.
On the market in Custer
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Custer buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.