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Counties With the Highest Household Income in South Dakota (2026)

Lincoln has the highest household income of any county in South Dakota, at $99,166, followed by Union and Stanley (data vintage 2020-2024). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Highest counties for household income in South Dakota

Top 25 of 66 counties with data.

Ranked by median household income (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), highest first.

Highest counties for household income in South Dakota
RankCountyValue
1Lincoln$99,166
2Union$89,636
3Stanley$87,712
4Hamlin$87,101
5Douglas$86,442
6Custer$84,112
7McCook$83,852
8Deuel$83,112
9Edmunds$81,630
10Hughes$81,395
11Hanson$81,071
12Harding$80,441
13Sanborn$78,750
14Moody$78,427
15Marshall$78,156
16Minnehaha$76,880
17Lake$76,808
18Miner$76,140
19Turner$75,771
20Butte$75,652
21Grant$75,028
22Meade$74,790
23Hand$74,635
24Pennington$74,517
25Kingsbury$74,000

How this ranking works

This page ranks South Dakota counties by median household income, sorted so the highest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For household income, a higher value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the highest. Want to weigh household income against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of median household income.

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