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Housing in Tyndall

A typical Tyndall home is worth roughly $102,000

Builders were permitted 8 new homes in 2025.

Typical home value
$102K
SD $322K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$950
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,716
SD $2,724

What kind of housing town is Tyndall?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$175,000
Typical Tyndall home $102K

That covers a typical Tyndall home, with $74K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$680
Loan $500Tax $140Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $950 a month here, $270 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Tyndall’s typical property tax (1.69% 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

1 of Tyndall’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Tyndall’s homes were built before 1949.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 14%

South Dakota: 69% own.

1949
typical home built · SD 1980
$1,716
median property tax bill · SD $2,724
1.69%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · SD 1.06%
3%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Tyndall

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $950

Renters already here pay a median of $753, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$650
1 bedroom$780
2 bedrooms$950
3 bedrooms$1,320
4 bedrooms$1,590
14%
of households rent · SD 31%
69
renter households
55%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · SD 40%
23%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$753
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Bon Homme 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

8 new homes permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 8 new homes in Tyndall in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $1 million to build. That's 6.8 per 1,000 residents, about the pace of South Dakota as a whole. Over the past 10 years, Tyndall has permitted 38 homes in all.

Single-family2+ homes per building
02468 200020052010201520202025
8
new homes permitted in 2025
6
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
6.8
per 1,000 residents · SD 6.6
38
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−10
New homes+13

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Tyndall's population fell by 10 even though 13 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across South Dakota: 1.6 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)660$786,000
2025880$1 million
2024880$1 million
2023660$786,000
2022440$524,000
2021440$524,000
2020550$570,000
2019303$380,000
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015220$581,000
2014220$375,000
2013000—
2012440$1 million
2011110$200,000
2010110$320,000
2009110$245,000
2008000—
2007000—
2006110$117,000
2005110$170,000
2004000—
2003000—
2002110$64,000
2001000—
2000220$195,000

Tyndall's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.

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. 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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