Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Yankton, SD

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The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Yankton, South Dakota
$17.14/hour
$5.94 (+53%) more than South Dakota minimum wage and $9.89 (+136%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Yankton, South Dakota?

Public Housing Agencies operate federally assisted affordable housing programs at local levels on behalf of HUD. Notably, housing agencies are responsible for managing Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Public Housing, and Project-Based Voucher waiting lists within their jurisdiction.

Operates the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) programs for Yankton, South Dakota.

Go to the South Dakota Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near Yankton.

How many renters live in Yankton, South Dakota?

The City of Yankton has 15,421 people living in 6,668 households.

There are 4,004 renters living in 2,363 renter households in this City. Renters make up 25.96 percent of the population living in Yankton.

What is the rental market like in Yankton, South Dakota?

There are an estimated 7,065 housing units in the Yankton area. Of these, 2,545 units are rental homes, making up 36 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Yankton, South Dakota, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Yankton?

The rental vacancy rate in Yankton is 7 percent. This is a higher than average vacancy rate. When rental vacancy rates are high it means that there are a lot of available units and rents tend to be lower.

How many rental units are in Yankton for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Yankton
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
115 610 1,173 412 53
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Yankton

A large number of apartments in Yankton have two or fewer bedrooms. Seniors and young professionals especially may have more success finding an apartment that meets their needs.

How many renter households in Yankton are overburdened by housing costs?

Among renter households in this market, 26 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 13 percent of households are extremely rent overburdened. When renters pay too much for their housing, it leaves little money for other necessities like food, clothes, or medicine.

The federal government says that renters are cost-burdened if they pay more than a third of their monthly income for rent and utilities.

How Much Is Rent in Yankton

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $613 to $1,536. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $613
One BR $734
Two BR $905
Three BR $1,275
Four BR $1,536
2024 Fair Market Rents in Yankton, South Dakota

How many units are rented at Fair Market Rent (FMR) in Yankton?

Renters with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher must select a home that is at or below the area’s Fair Market Rent. Markets with a large share of units above FMR tend to have longer search times to find a qualified unit, while those with a large share of units below FMR tend to have more choices and shorter search times. The share below FMR can vary by size of unit, as shown in the table below.

These are the approximate number of units renting below the FMR in this market:

Unit Size Count of Units Below FMR Percentage of Total Units Below FMR
Studio 59 51 percent
One BR 412 68 percent
Two BR 685 58 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Yankton, South Dakota

How many affordable rental units are in Yankton?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in Yankton, South Dakota including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 406
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 374
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 320
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Yankton, South Dakota

Rental units may be funded in part by multiple federal programs.

Income Based Apartments in Yankton, South Dakota

Yankton features 686 income based apartments. Tenants of income based apartments typically pay no more than 30% of their income towards rent and utilities.

Low Rent Apartments in Yankton, South Dakota

There are 309 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Yankton.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Yankton, South Dakota

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Yankton landlords $400 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $300 towards rent in Yankton.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Yankton, South Dakota for a two-bedroom apartment is between $815 and $996.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.