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Housing in Miller

A typical Miller home is worth roughly $155,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$155K
SD $322K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,373
SD $2,724

What kind of housing town is Miller?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.7 years of income

Less than across South Dakota (4.3 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$226,000
Typical Miller home $155K

That covers a typical Miller home, with $71K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$930
Loan $770Tax $110Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $50 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Miller’s typical property tax (0.88% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $980

Renters already here pay a median of $564, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$790
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,290
4 bedrooms$1,520
34%
of households rent · SD 31%
155
renter households
34%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · SD 40%
20%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$564
median rent paid today · Census

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

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Miller in 2025. The last year with any was 2006 (5 new homes).

Single-family2+ homes per building
051015 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
0
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−140
New homes+0

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Miller's population fell by 140 and no new homes were permitted. Across South Dakota: 1.6 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006550$698,000
2005440$810,000
2004000$150,000
200314410$905,000
2002220$135,000
2001330$410,000
2000330$410,000

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

2 of Miller’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Miller’s homes were built before 1967.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 66%Rent 34%

South Dakota: 69% own.

1967
typical home built · SD 1980
$1,373
median property tax bill · SD $2,724
0.88%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · SD 1.06%
2%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Miller

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

On the market in Miller

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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What Miller 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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. 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.

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