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Housing in Wellington

A typical Wellington home is worth roughly $627,000

Typical home value
$627K
SD $322K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,010
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$5,938
SD $2,724

What kind of housing town is Wellington?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 4.6 years of income

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

You could afford about
$530,000
Typical Wellington home $627K

That’s $97K short of a typical Wellington home.

The typical home, each month
$3,780
Loan $3,100Tax $490Insurance $180

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010 a month here, $2,770 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Wellington’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

96% of Wellington households own their home

Half of Wellington’s homes were built before 2010.

Owners and renters
Own 96%Rent 4%

South Dakota: 69% own.

2010
typical home built · SD 1980
$5,938
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 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$870
2 bedrooms$1,010
3 bedrooms$1,390
4 bedrooms$1,700
4%
of households rent · SD 31%

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

Wellington vs. its neighbors

Wellington is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Wellington$627K*—$1,010$136,563
Wall Lake$389K*+1.2%†$1,110$129,375
Humboldt$337K+3.3%$950$79,053

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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What Wellington 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. 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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