Pierre, South Dakota
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 1.5% since 2020.
13,848
people, the 11th-largest of South Dakota's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among South Dakota's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
5 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
53.1%
of 9,976 jobs located in Pierre are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 104% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$983
a month. South Dakota's median is $946.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $494.
A $494 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Hughes County.
- $956 Tract 9778
- $1,450 Tract 9780
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.
$1,117–$1,676
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $983 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 244 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 59% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 84% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.3–1.6% to the 6,399 homes here.
18–100
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 10% less than South Dakota's.
$230,700
median home value in Pierre.
- $230,700 Pierre
- $257,400 South Dakota
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year