Property Tax & Income in Todd County, South Dakota
Todd County has an effective property tax rate of 1.81%. On the median home value of $53,900, that's roughly $975 per year. Median household income is $42,075.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Todd County | South Dakota (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.81% | 1.01% |
| Median home value1 | $53,900 | — |
| State income tax3 | No state income tax | No state income tax |
| State sales tax3 | 6.11% combined | 6.11% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Todd County, SD
In Todd County, South Dakota, the median home value sits at just $53,900, so buyers here face far lower purchase prices than in most of the country. That lower sticker price doesn't translate into lower taxes proportionally, though. The county's effective property tax rate of 1.809% is the highest of any of South Dakota's 66 counties and well above the statewide median of 1.014%, as well as the national median of 0.794%. On a median-valued home, that works out to $975 a year in real-estate taxes. With median household income at $42,075 and per-capita income at $15,388, the tax bill amounts to roughly 2.3% of a typical household's annual earnings. Communities like Mission, Okreek, and Rosebud anchor the county. For a buyer weighing affordability, the trade-off is clear: inexpensive housing paired with one of the state's steepest tax rates.