South Dakota · FIPS 46085
Lyman ZIP codes — Lyman County, South Dakota
Quick answer
Lyman County is home to 3,717 residents with a median household income of $61,169 and a median home value of $156,500. 72.2% of households own their home and 24.6% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Lyman ZIP code? 6 ZIP code areas fall inside Lyman County, South Dakota, listed in full below.
- Population
- 3,717Lyman County residents
- Median household income
- $61,169Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $156,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $603Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 36 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 72.2%Owner-occupied households
Lyman County, SD in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Lyman County is a small town in South Dakota, with 3,717 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 36 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Lyman County earn a median of $61,169 a year, 22.1% below the national figure of $78,538. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 24.6% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Lyman County is valued at $156,500, 48.4% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $603 a month, 57.1% below the national figure, or roughly $7,236 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 11.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 72.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
ZIP codes in Lyman County
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Lyman County.
How to read this page
What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in South Dakota
Largest Census places in South Dakota by population.
- Sioux Falls city 197,642
- Rapid City city 76,836
- Aberdeen city 28,297
- Brookings city 23,710
- Watertown city 22,859
- Mitchell city 15,637
- Yankton city 15,501
- Huron city 14,347
- Pierre city 14,008
- Spearfish city 12,551
- Box Elder city 12,457
- Vermillion city 11,800
Nearby counties
Other counties in South Dakota.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Lyman County?
- Lyman County has 3,717 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in Lyman County?
- Median household income in Lyman County is $61,169 a year, 22.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lyman County?
- Median gross rent is $603 a month and the median home value is $156,500, so rent absorbs about 11.8% of median household income.
- Is Lyman County affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lyman County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Lyman County data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.