Home values, rents and more in Brookings, SD
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Brookings compares
The typical home in Brookings, SD is worth about $326,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Brookings are about the same as the typical value in the Brookings metro area ($327,000) and 11% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Brookings rose 5.4%, compared with +6.1% in the Brookings metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,286 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Brookings metro area ($1,275) and 33% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 9.9% over the past year.
The median household income is $63,493, against $70,064 in the Brookings metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 23,948 people live in Brookings (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Brookings has the 3rd-lowest typical home value of the 6 cities in the Brookings metro area and the 51st-highest of 129 in South Dakota with Zillow figures.
Part of: Brookings County, SD · Brookings 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.