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Home values, rents and more in Alcester, SD

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$302,000
Metro: $224,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+3.8%
Metro: +3.4% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
989
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$57,000
Metro: $75,192 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Alcester, SD, shaded by typical home valueAlcester
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ZIP codes around Alcester, SD, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Alcester is outlined.

How Alcester compares

The typical home in Alcester, SD is worth about $302,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Alcester are 35% above the typical value in the Sioux City metro area ($224,000) and 18% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Alcester rose 3.8%, compared with +3.4% in the Sioux City metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $57,000, against $75,192 in the Sioux City metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 989 people live in Alcester (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Alcester has the 8th-highest typical home value of the 22 cities in the Sioux City metro area and the 64th-highest of 129 in South Dakota with Zillow figures.

Part of: Union County, SD · Sioux City metro area · South Dakota

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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