Sully County, SD
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 44.72, -100.13.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 64th pct · 1,103rd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 57th pct · 22nd of 50 South Dakota counties · median $262,610
- 15th pct · 2,592nd of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 8th pct · 46th of 50 South Dakota counties · median +3.6%
- US counties: not published this period
- South Dakota counties: not published this period
- 3rd pct · 3,120th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 16th pct · 55th of 66 South Dakota counties · median 1,825
- 56th pct · 1,409th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 77th pct · 15th of 66 South Dakota counties · median $978
- 64th pct · 1,079th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 48th pct · 26th of 50 South Dakota counties · median 5.1
Typical home value divided by the average annual wage of one covered job.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
Typical home $278,432 (Aug 2026), -0.9% over one year, n/a over five
- 64th pct · 1,103rd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 57th pct · 22nd of 50 South Dakota counties · median $262,610
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sully County, SD | $278,432 · -0.9% 1-yr |
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rents #
Zillow publishes no rent index for this area (ZORI covers about 1,400 counties)
- US counties: not published this period
- South Dakota counties: not published this period
Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), smoothed, all homes and multifamily; price-to-rent = typical home / (typical rent × 12).
What the typical home costs to carry #
Principal and interest of $1,524 a month on $278,432 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,628 a month: 32.9% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $278,432 × 80% = $222,746, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,524/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,068 × 52 / 12 = $4,628) = 33% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $278,432 / ($1,068 × 52) = 5.0
The wage is one covered job’s average, not a household’s income, so this is the share of a single paycheque and not a mortgage underwriting ratio.
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Jobs & wages #
622 jobs at 98 employers (2026 Q1); -1.0% jobs and +5.3% average weekly wage over the year
- 3rd pct · 3,120th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 16th pct · 55th of 66 South Dakota counties · median 1,825
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sully County, SD | 622 jobs · $1,068/wk · -1.0% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 189 | $1,178 | 42.07 | +6.8% |
| Retail trade | 116 | $588 | 1.91 | +1.8% |
| Wholesale trade | 46 | $1,315 | 1.93 | -6.1% |
| Accommodation and food services | 36 | $918 | 0.64 | -21.7% |
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Manufacturing | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | withheld | |||
| Information | withheld | |||
| Finance and insurance | withheld | |||
| Real estate and rental | withheld | |||
| Professional and technical services | withheld |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Drought #
D1 moderate drought
Sites found: 5, searched within 0 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 0 km away are not.
US Drought Monitor current week; the highest class of any polygon containing the point.
Reservoirs #
No reservoir gauges within 150 km (or the camera is above the gauge altitude)
Sites found: 0, searched within 150 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 150 km away are not.
Σ(capacity × percent full) / Σ capacity over TWDB reservoirs within 150 km. Texas only; elsewhere USGS reservoir elevation/storage is listed without a capacity to normalise by.
Stream gauges #
9 gauges · 0 flooding · 0 with quality panels · 1 stale
Sites found: 9, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri River at Oahe Dam | no flooding | 36 km |
| Medicine Knoll Creek near Canning | no flooding | 37 km |
| MISSOURI RIVER AT PIERRE, SD | stage 6.24 ft · no flooding | 43 km |
| MISSOURI R BL LA FRAMBOISE ISLAND, AT PIERRE, SD | stage 20.4 ft | 44 km |
| MISSOURI RIVER AT FARM ISLAND NEAR PIERRE, SD | stage 20.6 ft · no flooding | 44 km |
| MISSOURI RIVER AT LAFRAMBOISE ISLAND AT PIERRE, SD | stage 20.6 ft · no flooding | 45 km |
| BAD RIVER NEAR FORT PIERRE, SD | flow 4.26 ft³/s · no flooding | 48 km |
| CEDAR CREEK NEAR PRESHO, SD | flow 0.05 ft³/s · no flooding | 65 km |
| PLUM CREEK BELOW HAYES, SD | flow 0.00 ft³/s · STALE | 74 km |
USGS latest readings screened against EPA freshwater criteria (DO ≥ 5 mg/L, pH 6.5–9, conductance, turbidity, temperature); NWS flood categories where a NWPS gauge is co-located.
Groundwater #
No USGS monitoring wells within 75 km (or above 1,500 km)
Sites found: 0, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
USGS latest daily water levels. A single latest reading says where the table is, not which way it is moving; select a well for its 365-day trace.
Water stress #
moderate (0.25)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$151.4 m in deposits at 2 offices of 2 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,590, highly concentrated. $29.9 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $25.8 m, grants $4.1 m), $48,083 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| BankWest, Inc. | $101.7 m · 67.2% share · 1 office | |
| Sunrise Bank Dakota | $49.7 m · 32.8% share · 1 office | |
| Sully, SD | $29.9 m FY2026 · $48,083/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $9.5 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| BankWest, Inc. | $101,715,000 | 67.2% | 1 |
| Sunrise Bank Dakota | $49,688,000 | 32.8% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 5,590 across 2 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 2 banks with deposits in the county = 67.2² + 32.8² = 5,590
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
Federal obligations #
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
| Awarding agency | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Social Security Administration | $8,771,477 |
| Department of Agriculture | $8,693,890 |
| Department of the Interior | $7,590,137 |
| Department of Transportation | $4,117,715 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $649,792 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $75,430 |
| Department of Education | $9,237 |
That is $48,083 per covered job, against 622 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $29.9 m / 622 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $48,083
USAspending obligations are recorded where the work is performed, so a prime award performed here is counted here even when the recipient is headquartered elsewhere. Recipients are legal entities, never people.
National context, not this county #
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
| Series | Latest | As of | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage · ft | 12.69 | 2026-10-05 | +3.3% |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) · ft³/s | 5,170.00 | 2026-02-05 | -25.3% |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full · % | 72.60 | 2026-10-06 | +0.0% |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks | 258,700.00 | 2026-08-01 | -0.4% |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual · TEU | 10,513,167.00 | 2023-01-01 | -13.5% |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports · ships | 6.00 | 2026-09-22 | -14.3% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 6,830.00 | 2026-08-01 | +7.4% |
| US diesel retail price · $ per gallon | unavailable | not published | |
| WTI crude oil, spot · $ per barrel | 96.16 | 2026-09-29 | -3.2% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.28 | 2026-10-01 | +3.6% |
| Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,275.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.6% |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,403.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.1% |
| Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100 | 337.31 | 2026-07-01 | +0.1% |
| Unemployment rate · % | 4.20 | 2026-09-01 | +2.4% |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions | -105,572.00 | 2026-08-01 | -13.7% |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions | 646,347.00 | 2026-08-01 | +1.1% |
The indicator registry has no county-keyed series and no geographic selection: every entry is national, a named gauge, a single state or a port. They are here as the backdrop the county's own numbers move against, and they are never this county's readings.
What changed #
Sully County, SD: 8 findings, 2 at a watch level and 6 noted
watchSully County, SD's covered employment is -1.0% against a year earlier, a watch level here: covered employment below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -1 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchSully County, SD's typical home value is -0.9% against a year earlier, a watch level here: typical home value below a year ago (arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- test: home.yoyPct = -0.8694905837222546 < 0
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level
noteSully County, SD's average weekly wage was 5.3% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +5.3 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteSully County, SD's covered employment was 1.0% lower than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- -1 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteSully County, SD's typical home value fell 0.4% from $279,586 in July 2026 to $278,432 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- -0.4% = (278432.04547424323 - 279585.89925852866) / 279585.89925852866 × 100
- 278432.04547424323 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 279585.89925852866 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
Read all 8 findings in the full brief
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.