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Housing in Fairfield

A typical Fairfield home is worth roughly $224,000

Home prices around Fairfield have risen about 47% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$224K
▲ 4.1% in a year · SD $322K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,792
SD $2,724

What kind of housing town is Fairfield?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The homes

100% of Fairfield households own their home

Half of Fairfield’s homes were built before 1994.

Owners and renters
Own 100%

South Dakota: 69% own.

1994
typical home built · SD 1980
$1,792
median property tax bill · SD $2,724

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

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Fairfield

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$286,000
Typical Fairfield home $224K

That covers a typical Fairfield home, with $62K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,370
Loan $1,110Tax $200Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $390 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.

Price trend

Home prices up 47% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Fairfield rose 47% over the past 5 years, about the same as across South Dakota. Last year prices rose 4.1%.

Fairfield areaSouth Dakota
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%200020052010201520202025
+4.1%
past year
+47%
past 5 years
+60%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Fairfield, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $980

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,260
4 bedrooms$1,540
0%
of households rent · SD 31%

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.

Next door

Fairfield vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Fairfield. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Fairfield$224K*+4.1%†$980$88,913
Iowa—+4.1%†$960—
Theresa—+4.1%†$960$92,031

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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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. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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