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Housing in Pollock

A typical Pollock home is worth roughly $65,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$65K
SD $322K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$930
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$955
SD $2,724

What kind of housing town is Pollock?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Pollock

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You could afford about
$286,000
Typical Pollock home $65K

That covers a typical Pollock home, with $221K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$400
Loan $320Tax $60Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $930 a month here, $530 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 Pollock households own their home

Half of Pollock’s homes were built before 1955.

Owners and renters
Own 66%Rent 34%

South Dakota: 69% own.

1955
typical home built · SD 1980
$955
median property tax bill · SD $2,724
17%
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 $771, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$660
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$930
3 bedrooms$1,220
4 bedrooms$1,440
34%
of households rent · SD 31%
17
renter households
$771
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Emmons County, ND): 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 Pollock in 2025. The last year with any was 2020 (3 new homes).

Single-family
0123 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
3
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−17
New homes+0

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Pollock's population fell by 17 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—
2020330$713,000
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006000—
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002000—
2001000—
2000000—

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