Vermillion, South Dakota
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 0.0% since 2020.
11,720
people, the 12th-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
6 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
57.8%
of 4,991 jobs located in Vermillion are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 43% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$764
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 $172.
A $172 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Clay County.
- $749 Tract 9657
- $921 Tract 9658
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.
$982–$1,473
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $764 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
69% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 539 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 75% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 69% 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 1% to the 4,702 homes here.
28–50
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 15% less than South Dakota's.
$219,000
median home value in Vermillion.
- $219,000 Vermillion
- $257,400 South Dakota
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year