#1Winner
Tripp County · 2,969 peopleMedian yearly bill·1.16% of the median home value
Winner, #1 on this list · Tripp County Veteran's Memorial · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0South Dakota rankings · Property tax
Towns with the lowest property taxes in South Dakota
Winner has the lowest property-tax bills of South Dakota’s 35 towns of 2,500+: homeowners’ median bill is $1,236 a year (Census ACS 2020–2024). The typical town’s median bill here is $2,757.
Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024: the median yearly real-estate tax bill homeowners pay. The survey reports bills of $10,000 or more only as “$10,000+”, so those towns are listed below the list, not ranked. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#1$1,236
#2Milbank
Grant County · 3,512 peopleMedian yearly bill·1.05% of the median home value
#3Lead
Lawrence County · 3,064 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.98% of the median home value
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Which South Dakota town has the lowest property taxes?
Winner (Tripp County): homeowners’ median bill is $1,236 a year. Milbank ($1,630) and Lead ($1,864) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the median yearly property-tax bill homeowners report to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), lowest first. Towns with the same bill share a rank (T). The share of home value is the bill divided by the median home value, both from the survey. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers the towns of 2,500+ that TownRatings grades with a reported bill under $10,000 (35 in South Dakota); bills of $10,000+ can’t be told apart, so those towns are listed separately. Smaller towns show their bill on their Cost of living page. Every town is on the South Dakota page.
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