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Housing in Split Rock

A typical Split Rock home is worth roughly $555,000

Home prices around Split Rock have risen about 43% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$555K
▲ 3.3% in a year · SD $322K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,190
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$4,741
SD $2,724

What kind of housing town is Split Rock?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.8 years of income

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

You could afford about
$572,000
Typical Split Rock home $555K

That covers a typical Split Rock home, with $17K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$3,350
Loan $2,750Tax $440Insurance $160

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,190 a month here, $2,160 less than owning.

How Split Rock ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Split Rock’s typical property tax (0.95% 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

93% of Split Rock households own their home

Half of Split Rock’s homes were built before 1984.

Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 7%

South Dakota: 69% own.

1984
typical home built · SD 1980
$4,741
median property tax bill · SD $2,724
0.95%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · SD 1.06%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Price trend

Home prices up 43% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Split Rock rose 43% over the past 5 years, slower than across South Dakota (50%). Last year prices rose 3.3%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Split Rock home at roughly $555,000 today.

Split Rock areaSouth Dakota
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%200020052010201520202025
+3.3%
past year
+43%
past 5 years
+79%
past 10 years
Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $555K.

How Split Rock ranks on rising home prices →

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Split Rock, 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 $1,190

Renters already here pay a median of $987, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$890
1 bedroom$1,020
2 bedrooms$1,190
3 bedrooms$1,640
4 bedrooms$2,000
7%
of households rent · SD 31%
80
renter households
21%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · SD 40%
10%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$987
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Split Rock vs. its neighbors

Split Rock is the priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Split Rock$555K*+3.3%†$1,190—$147,717
Sioux Falls$332K+1.3%$1,2001,834$75,970
Brandon$337K*+3.3%†$1,180119$110,806
Anderson—+3.3%†$1,210—$145,556
Brandon$395K+2%$1,140—$114,271
Pine Lakes Addition—+3.3%†$1,210—$170,795
Valley Springs$352K+3.6%$1,220—$72,308

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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