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Home values, rents and more in the Brookings metro area

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

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Typical home value
$327,000
South Dakota: $318,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+6.1%
South Dakota: +2.3% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$1,275/mo
South Dakota: $1,306 · U.S.: $1,932
Rents, past year
+10.0%
South Dakota: +5.9% · U.S.: +2.9%
Population
37,635
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$70,064
South Dakota: $75,081 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around the Brookings metro, shaded by typical home valueBrookings
  • Under $210k
  • $210k–$260k
  • $260k–$310k
  • $310k–$320k
  • $320k+
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Counties around the Brookings metro, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). The metro area is outlined.

How the Brookings metro compares

The typical home in the Brookings metro area is worth about $327,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Brookings metro are about the same as the typical value in South Dakota ($318,000) and 11% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in the Brookings metro rose 6.1%, compared with +2.3% in South Dakota and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $1,275 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as South Dakota ($1,306) and 34% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 10.0% over the past year.

The median household income is $70,064, against $75,081 in South Dakota and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 37,635 people live in the Brookings metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

The Brookings metro has the 279th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 5th-highest of 11 in South Dakota with Zillow figures.

Part of: 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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