Brandon, South Dakota.
Typical home $392,989 (+2.0% in a year), asking rent $1,166 . Sioux Falls, SD metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,079 (+110%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $7,766 +2%
- $385,223$392,989 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $67,077 +21%
- $325,912$392,989 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Brandon$2,063
- South Dakota$1,668
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 19 years.
Typical home values in Brandon, SD rose 2.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Brandon, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Brandon is a city of 11,048 people in Minnehaha County. Half its households earn more than $110,806 a year and half less, against $76,880 across Minnehaha County; 1% of its people live below the poverty line. 80% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 20% are rented. Unemployment in Minnehaha County was 2.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Brandon is a young, family-oriented city just outside Sioux Falls, with a younger population than much of the country and very few residents living in poverty. Incomes run well above the county's, and far more households own their homes than rent. A good share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while July brings warm summer days and the rain and snowmelt over the year are moderate.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, professional and business services, and shops close behind. Brandon Valley School District is the largest workplace in town, followed by Marmen Energy Company, which fabricates metal structures, and Spartan, which builds fire trucks. Commutes are short, and unemployment across Minnehaha County is low and has barely moved from a year ago.
Things to do. Falls Park, a protected area a short drive away, is one of the best known spots in the region, and the Great Plains Zoo is also a short drive away. In winter, Great Bear Recreation Park is a ski area a short drive off. Closer to home, Badlands Motor Speedway is a race track in or beside town.
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- 4,072households
- 42%of adults have a degree
- 1%below the poverty line
- 18 mintypical commute
- 19%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Minnehaha County had 139,772 jobs in 2025, 0.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 27° and lows near 8°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 63°. About 45 inches of snow and 28 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Sioux Falls weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Brandon
- Brandon Valley School District 49-2School district555FTE
- Marmen Energy Company (2)Fabricated structural metal manufacturing262
- Spartan - BrandonFire truck manufacturing238
- GatesWrought iron or steel pipe and tubing made from purchased metal pipe155
- CurtHitches, trailer, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing82
- Blachowske Truck LineTrucking, specialized freight, long-distance58
- ELITE Home Trade ProsElectrical contractors40
- PrairiesonsPlumbing and heating contractors40
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 908 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- TornadoesVery high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Brandon’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Minnehaha County and the Sioux Falls, SD metro.
Brandon home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Brandon$392,989
- South Dakota$317,874
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Brandon listings — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Brandon32.48%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Brandon70
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Brandon15
Zip codes with a Brandon address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Brandon — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.