County · South Dakota

Hamlin County, South Dakota

Hamlin County, South Dakota has a quality-of-life score of 81 out of 100 (very high), ranking #609 of 3,143 US counties. Within South Dakota it ranks #31 of 66 counties. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), rent-burdened households (low) and unemployment rate (low). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), pharmacies (low) and access to exercise opportunities (low).

81Very high

Quality-of-life score: #609 of 3,143 counties
South Dakota: #31 of 66 in SD
Population: 6,900 (2025)
Land area: 507 mi²
Density: 13.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 46057

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety98#66/3,096
Economy98#61/3,143
Housing96#129/3,140
Health91#271/3,144
Healthcare22#2,441/3,143
Environment98#54/3,108
Education66#1,078/3,144
Infrastructure53#1,481/3,144
Community18#2,586/3,144
Leisure & amenities54#1,436/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hamlin County, South Dakota ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Child care cost burden · low15.2%
100/100South Dakota 21.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Rent-burdened households · low20.6%
100/100South Dakota 39.8%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Unemployment rate · low1.8%
99/100South Dakota 2.1%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Premature death · low4,788 /100k
97/100South Dakota 8,706 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHigh uncertainty
Violent crime rate · low36 /100k
96/100South Dakota 308 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure
Rent as share of income · low21.5%
96/100South Dakota 25.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.0 /10k
1/100South Dakota 1.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
5/100South Dakota 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Access to exercise opportunities · low22.4%
6/100South Dakota 73.1%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
7/100South Dakota 18.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Distance to an Amtrak station · high155 mi
8/100South Dakota 185 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Primary care physicians · low16 /100k
9/100South Dakota 80 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
6,169 (2020) → 6,900 (2025)
+12%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drinking water violationsImproving
1 (2020) → 0 (2024)
−100%4 years
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
5.1% (2010 & 2021) → 22.4% (2022 & 2024)
+17 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Drought exposureImproving
22% (2021) → 6% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
−16 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Violent crime rateImproving
159 /100k (2020) → 36 /100k (2025)
−77%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.0% (2015-2019) → 90.2% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Hamlin County, South Dakota improved on 10 of 26 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 14 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

Real income+65%$49,353 → $81,355
Violent crime−77%159 /100k → 36 /100k
Weekly wage+31%$861 → $1,126
Broadband+15 points75.0% → 90.2%
Household income+32%$60,864 → $80,325

Declined1

Rent / income+5.1 points16.4% → 21.5%

All 26 measures

Change of every measure of Hamlin County, South Dakota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.2 /10k2020	2.9 /10k2025	−11%	Within the margin of error	20%
Average commute time	20.8 min2015-2019	22.2 min2020-2024	+1.4 min	Within the margin of error	30%
Average weekly wage	$8612020	$1,1262025	+31%	Improved	86%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%2015-2019	24.5%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Broadband subscriptions	75.0%2015-2019	90.2%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	81%
Child poverty rate	9.0%2019	7.4%2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Distance to an airport	77 mi2020	77 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Effective property tax rate	1.09%2015-2019	1.02%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Grocery stores	6.5 /10k2020	5.8 /10k2025	−11%	Within the margin of error	27%
High school diploma or higher	91.8%2015-2019	91.9%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	84%
Income adjusted for local prices	$49,3532019	$81,3552024	+65%	Improved	99%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3572015-2019	0.4182020-2024	+0.061	Within the margin of error	4%
Median household income	$60,8642019	$80,3252024	+32%	Improved	82%
New business applications	9.7 /1k2020	16.2 /1k2025	+67%	Improved	75%
Poverty rate	8.9%2019	8.2%2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Property crime rate	618 /100k2020	287 /100k2025	−53%	Improved	80%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Rent as share of income	16.4%2015-2019	21.5%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Declined	9%
Rent-burdened households	18.1%2015-2019	20.6%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Restaurants and bars	8.1 /10k2020	8.7 /10k2025	+7.3%	Within the margin of error	68%
Students per teacher	15.9×2019	15.0×2024	−0.8×	Improved	56%
Traffic deaths	13.2 /100k2015-2019	12.5 /100k2020-2024	−5.6%	Within the margin of error	63%
Unemployment rate	3.2%2020	1.8%2025	−1.4 points	Improved	21%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.5%2019	10.2%2024	−2.3 points	Improved	74%
Violent crime rate	159 /100k2020	36 /100k2025	−77%	Improved	97%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Hamlin County, South Dakota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hamlin County, South Dakota in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Hamlin County, South Dakota itself moved +3.5 points in standing on average over the same 29 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

6,373 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,194 households (±109)

Hamlin County, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Under $25k6.2%136
$25k–50k18%405
$50k–75k16%343

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,194 households (±109)

Hamlin County, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Own82%1,799
Rent18%395

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,126 workers (±93)

Hamlin County, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Drive alone73%2,294
Carpool12%374
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Hamlin County has 213 employer establishments, 329 for every 10,000 residents (1.32× the US rate of 248; 1.04× South Dakota's), with 1,725 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,251. The Census Bureau also counts 567 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 213; 567 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 329; US 248 · South Dakota 317
Paid employees: 1,725
Average annual pay: $59,251; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Hamlin County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	46	71	4.59×More than typical	263	$75,620	57
Construction of buildings	19	29.3	3.88×More than typical	133	$61,068	47
Building equipment contractors	15	23.2	3.85×More than typical	129	$76,589	7
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	13	20.1	6.37×More than typical	47	$90,489	16
Other specialty trade contractors	10	15.4	6.15×More than typical	67	$78,910	19
Restaurants and other eating places	10	15.4	0.84×About typical	79	$15,873	—
Truck transportation	10	15.4	3.05×More than typical	41	$57,951	26
Banks and credit unions	9	13.9	4.30×Too few to compare	66	$70,015	—
Building finishing contractors	8	12.3	3.25×Too few to compare	20	$23,400	15
Insurance agencies and brokerages	8	12.3	2.81×Too few to compare	16	$59,563	8
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	8	12.3	3.74×Too few to compare	37	$54,216	5
Gasoline stations	6	9.3	2.86×Too few to compare	44	$28,045	—

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 6,479 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $95.6K on contracts performed in Hamlin County, South Dakota: $13.86 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $95.6K; −99% vs FY2025
Per resident: $13.86; US $2,007
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$95.6K100%

Top recipients

LAKE NORDEN SD SKILLED NURSING FACILITY, LLC$95.6K100%

Spending by fiscal year

612.9KFY2021
26.9MFY2022
25.1MFY2023
10.2MFY2024
6.4MFY2025
95.6KFY2026

What was bought

Health & medical$95.6K100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$95.6K100%

Largest awards

EXPRESS REPORT: NURSING HOME SERVICES$95.6K
LAKE NORDEN SD SKILLED NURSING FACILITY, LLC· Hamlin County, SD· Health & medical· Aug 4, 2026 – Aug 4, 2026· 36C26326K0120

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $40M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Hamlin County, South Dakota: $5,791 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $40M; −17% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,791; US $12,975
Loan face value: $1.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 23%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$22.7M57%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$7.4M19%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$2.6M6.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$1.6M4.0%
10.912 · Environmental Quality Incentives Program$1.6M4.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$1.5M3.7%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$875.7K2.2%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$735.3K1.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA$652.9K1.6%
PIERRE, SD
POPHAM LIVESTOCK LLC$494.4K1.2%
HAYTI, SD
LAKE NORDEN HOUSING AUTHORITY$97.4K0.2%
LAKE NORDEN, SD
STONE BRIDGE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$44.4K0.1%
WATERTOWN, SD
CASTLEWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT 28-1$33.5K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$26.1M65%
Farm Service Agency$8.2M21%
Department of Agriculture
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$3.1M7.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Natural Resources Conservation Service$1.6M4.0%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

41MFY2021
66.1MFY2022
38.5MFY2023
37.1MFY2024
48MFY2025
40MFY2026

County aggregates

73%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Hamlin County, South Dakota compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Hamlin County, South Dakota
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hamlin County, South Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hamlin County, South Dakota	United States
FY2017	$0	$1,436
FY2018	$0	$1,552
FY2019	$0	$1,654
FY2020	$0	$1,880
FY2021	$97.84	$1,810
FY2022	$4,202	$1,917
FY2023	$3,881	$2,079
FY2024	$1,517	$2,047
FY2025	$932	$2,165
FY2026	$13.86 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hamlin County, South Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hamlin County, South Dakota	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$97.84	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hamlin County, South Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hamlin County, South Dakota	United States
FY2021	$2,284	$5,748
FY2022	$5,259	$5,221
FY2023	$4,057	$5,364
FY2024	$2,661	$5,501
FY2025	$1,512	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hamlin County, South Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hamlin County, South Dakota	United States
FY2021	$2,162	$298
FY2022	$1,035	$357
FY2023	$124	$301
FY2024	$1,127	$319
FY2025	$560	$360
FY2026	$94.62

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hamlin County, South Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hamlin County, South Dakota	United States
FY2021	$44.30	$239
FY2022	$40.64	$185
FY2023	$36.39	$229
FY2024	$29.41	$229
FY2025	$40.22	$249
FY2026	$20.55

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hamlin County, South Dakota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hamlin County, South Dakota	United States
FY2021	$1,783	$1,186
FY2022	$154	$465
FY2023	-$0.26	$76.52
FY2024	$687	$120
FY2025	$88.12	$148
FY2026	$159

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Hamlin County, South Dakota
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Hamlin County, South Dakota and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Hamlin County, South Dakota	United States
2014	0.8%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties under 10,000 residents are not assessed: their money per resident swings too much from year to year.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/46057

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Hamlin County, South Dakota is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Dusty JohnsonR-SD · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 4.7%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Hamlin County

Places whose residents live mostly in Hamlin County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-09
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/46057

Calendar years	Hamlin County, South Dakota	United States
2014	0.0%	−4.2%
2015	−1.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.8%	+3.3%
2018	+14.4%	+6.8%
2019	+16.4%	+10.5%
2020	+28.1%	+19.4%
2021	+35.0%	+26.1%
2022	+45.5%	+30.6%
2023	+51.0%	+35.0%
2024	+58.9%	+41.0%
2025	+67.6%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Hamlin County, South Dakota	United States
2014	−4.1%	−5.5%
2015	−1.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.9%	+4.1%
2018	+6.5%	+8.9%
2019	+7.0%	+13.5%
2020	+29.4%	+20.8%
2021	+51.7%	+32.1%
2022	+60.9%	+35.4%
2023	+72.4%	+42.9%
2024	+71.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Hamlin County, South Dakota	United States
2014	4.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.7/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.1/1k	3.7/1k
2017	8.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	7.7/1k	4.1/1k
2019	6.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	7.3/1k	4.4/1k
2021	8.9/1k	5.2/1k
2022	9.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	9.7/1k	4.5/1k
2024	9.2/1k	4.3/1k
2025	10.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Hamlin County, South Dakota	United States
2014	−6.3%	−6.9%
2015	−0.5%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+7.6%	+4.7%
2018	+14.2%	+7.5%
2019	+5.7%	+14.0%
2020	+8.8%	+16.9%
2021	+31.1%	+21.0%
2022	+28.5%	+29.7%
2023	+52.1%	+34.9%
2024	+39.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Hamlin County, South Dakota	United States
2014	−10.5% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−4.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+8.0% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+13.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+16.9% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+28.9% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+49.0% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+55.1% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+54.5% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+59.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+81.5% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Hamlin County, South Dakota	United States
2014	3.4%	6.2%
2015	3.3%	5.3%
2016	3.6%	4.9%
2017	3.6%	4.4%
2018	3.1%	3.9%
2019	2.9%	3.7%
2020	3.2%	8.1%
2021	2.3%	5.4%
2022	1.9%	3.7%
2023	1.7%	3.6%
2024	1.5%	4.0%
2025	1.8%	4.3%

Calendar years	Hamlin County, South Dakota	United States
2014	10.4%	15.5%
2015	9.0%	14.7%
2016	9.5%	14.0%
2017	9.0%	13.4%
2018	9.3%	13.1%
2019	8.9%	12.3%
2020	8.9%	11.9%
2021	7.8%	12.8%
2022	8.2%	12.6%
2023	7.2%	12.5%
2024	8.2%	12.1%

Calendar years	Hamlin County, South Dakota	United States
2014	11.7%	13.5%
2015	11.5%	10.9%
2016	9.3%	10.0%
2017	10.8%	10.2%
2018	9.7%	10.4%
2019	12.5%	10.8%
2020	12.3%	10.4%
2021	13.5%	10.2%
2022	11.8%	9.5%
2023	10.3%	9.5%
2024	10.2%	9.8%

Calendar years	Hamlin County, South Dakota	United States
2014	6.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.3/1k	9.8/1k
2018	8.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	9.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	9.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.0/1k	16.2/1k
2022	11.1/1k	15.1/1k
2023	14.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.8/1k	15.4/1k
2025	16.2/1k	16.6/1k

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