Home values, rents and more in Custer County, SD
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Custer County, SD compares
The typical home in Custer County, SD is worth about $493,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Custer County, SD are 33% above the typical value in the Rapid City metro area ($370,000) and 35% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Custer County, SD fell 1.0%, compared with +2.1% in the Rapid City metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $84,112, against $75,255 in the Rapid City metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 9,431 people live in Custer County, SD (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Custer County, SD has the highest typical home value of the 3 counties in the Rapid City metro area and the highest of 50 in South Dakota with Zillow figures.
Part of: Rapid 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.