A typical Sisseton home is worth roughly $109,000
Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.
Housing in Sisseton, in brief
Low tax bills, but a high tax rate
The median tax bill is $1,747, under the South Dakota median of $2,724, because homes cost less. As a share of value, though, it’s 1.60% a year, against 1.06% statewide. The homes ↓
New renters pay more than renters already here
HUD puts a standard two-bedroom at about $930 a month with utilities, the going rate for someone moving in. Renters already in Sisseton pay a median of $596. Renting ↓
An older housing stock
Half of Sisseton’s homes were built before 1959, against 1980 for South Dakota as a whole. Older homes can mean character, and also bigger heating and repair bills, so an inspection matters. The homes ↓
Written from the data on this page. There’s no Zillow index for Sisseton, so the typical value is the Census median; permits are Census figures through 2025 (2025 partly estimated); incomes, rents paid, taxes and ownership come from the Census American Community Survey.
A typical home costs 2.2 years of income
Less than across South Dakota (3.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Sisseton home, with $65K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $930 a month here, $210 more than owning.
How Sisseton ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Sisseton’s typical property tax (1.60% 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 $930
Renters already here pay a median of $596, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Marshall County, SD): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
1 new home permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 1 new home in Sisseton in 2025. That's 0.4 per 1,000 residents, slower than across South Dakota (6.6). Over the past 10 years, Sisseton has permitted 8 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Sisseton gained 9 residents while 8 new homes were permitted: about 1.1 new residents per new home. Building outpaced population growth, which usually means smaller households or homes used part of the year. Across South Dakota: 1.6 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 1 | 1 | 0 | $303,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $303,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $303,000 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $910,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $238,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $238,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $238,000 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $165,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $165,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $165,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $165,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $152,000 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $210,000 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $68,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $40,000 |
| 2006 | 4 | 2 | 2 | $473,000 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $380,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $450,000 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $668,000 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $365,000 |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $405,000 |
| 2000 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $663,000 |
Sisseton's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.
How Sisseton ranks on new homes being built →
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
One of Sisseton’s houses is on the National Register
Half of Sisseton’s homes were built before 1959.
South Dakota: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
Neighbors talk housing
What Sisseton 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. 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.