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ZIP 57073 · Wakonda, SD · 516 residents · September 2026

Wakonda 57073: sellers hold the leverage.

Sellers hold the leverage. Listings move fast and often over asking. Typical home value $258K, +11.5% over 12 months; listings take 33 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Census ACS 2023 · FEMA NRI

Market balanceSeptember 2026

BuyersSellersEven
Seller's market+51

In Mar 2026: +65

Typical value$258K+11.5% over 12 months · Zillow, Aug 2026
Days on market33 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cut0%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com
Fair market rent$940/moHUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms, FY 2026
Active listings10% vs a year ago · Realtor.com
Sale-to-list81.1%0% sold above list · Redfin, Aug 2025
HavenScore47of 100

Higher than 33% of scored ZIPs

Affordability56
Growth60
Risk41
Momentum23
Livability34

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

The reading

Where the balance sits this month and what moved it.

Month by month, since the gauge began

  1. Mar 2026+65
  2. Apr 2026+54
  3. May 2026+55
  4. Jun 2026+49
  5. Jul 2026+43
  6. Aug 2026—no reading on record
  7. Sep 2026+51

Each block is one month’s reading, −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers). The series starts in March 2026. A dashed block has no reading on record. How the balance is measured →

What is pulling the needle

  • 33 days on marketfaster than the U.S. median ZIP's 60 days
  • 0% of listings cut pricefewer than the U.S. median ZIP's 20%
  • Sale-to-list 81.1%homes close below asking · Redfin, Aug 2025
  • 1 active listings0% vs a year ago

Blue pulls toward buyers, orange toward sellers. Realtor.com, September 2026; Redfin, August 2025.

Accelerating: prices +11.5% over the trailing year, with the market leaning toward sellers.

Asking price vs sale price
Typical value (index)$258,493Zillow ZHVI · Aug 2026
Median sale price$60,000Redfin · Aug 2025
Sale-to-list81.1%Redfin · Aug 2025
Sold above list0.0%Redfin · Aug 2025

Zillow's figure is a smoothed index of typical value, not a list price; Redfin's are closed sales for the month shown.

Last 90 days

How the typical value and the listings moved over the last three months.

Typical valueHavenMay → Aug · Zillow
Active listingsHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Days on marketHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cutHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
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Prices

Typical home value since 2016, and how far it moved over each window.

1 year+11.5%
3 years+23.3%
5 years+51.3%
10 years+148.2%
From peak−0.2%

Zillow Home Value Index · ZIP 57073 · monthly, through August 2026

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Zillow ZHVI peaked at $258,493 in August 2026, which is the latest value. Since January 2019 it is +110.4%. The sharpest 12-month move was +1.1%, ending October 2025.

Zillow's typical home value here, $258K in August 2026, is 10% below the median U.S. ZIP's $289K. Over the 12 months to August 2026, Zillow's typical home value moved +11.5% here and +2.8% in the median U.S. ZIP.

Price tiers and bedrooms
Bottom tier$114K
Middle tier$258K
Top tier$667K
Single-family$259K
3 bedrooms$230K

Starter homes here rose 54% in five years while top-tier homes rose 22% (Zillow ZHVI tiers) — the bottom of the market outpaced the top.

Zillow typical values by price tier, home type and bedrooms, August 2026.

How it ranks

Appreciation by window

WindowChangePer yearU.S. rankSouth Dakota rank
1 year+11.5%+11.5%/yrTop 1% nationallyTop 2% in South Dakota
3 years+23.3%+7.2%/yrTop 3% nationallyTop 1% in South Dakota
5 years+51.3%+8.6%/yrTop 1% nationallyTop 1% in South Dakota
10 years+148.2%+9.5%/yrTop 3% nationallyTop 1% in South Dakota
Since 2016+154.8%+9.3%/yr——

Zillow ZHVI · rank among scored ZIPs

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Forecast

Where the typical value is likely to be over the next 3 to 12 months, with the range the model has earned, and up to 36 months with Pro.

Last three years, then the forecast band

HavenScore Forecast Model (v1) · run October 1, 2026
$175K$200K$225K$250K$275K$300K$267K202420252026$175K$200K$225K$250K$300K$267K202420252026
3 months$267K+3.3% · $260K–$279KHigh confidence
6 monthsHaven
12 monthsHaven
24 monthsPro
36 monthsPro
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A forecast is a range, not a promise; the confidence word says how wide it is. How the forecast works →

Of the 3-month ranges we published since December 2025, 54% contained the actual price.

Zillow's own published forecast has this ZIP's typical value rise 1.4% over the twelve months from August 2026 (Zillow Home Value Forecast).

Payment

What a typical home here costs each month, against the typical income.

Monthly payment

$2,03134% of the median household income here ($70,893)
Principal and interest$1,526
Property tax$252
Insurance$108
Mortgage insurance$145

Between the 28% and 36% lines lenders use. Rate is the Freddie Mac average for September 2026; tax is the state's statutory rate.

Insurance is assumed at 0.5% of the home's value a year; Treasury's Federal Insurance Office did not publish a premium for this ZIP.

Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms$940
vs
Payment on a typical purchase$2,031

Buying costs $1,091 a month more than the HUD fair market rent for a 2-bedroom here (FY 2026), before tax effects and maintenance.

Like for like: the HUD fair market rent for a 3-bedroom here is $1,310 a month (FY 2026), against a typical 3-bedroom value of $230K (Zillow, August 2026) — a 6.8% gross rent yield.

Price-to-income ladder

Median home value ÷ median household income · Zillow ZHVI, Census ACS · under 4× has historically been comfortable

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The place

What it costs to own here beyond the price, and what the neighborhood is like.

Median household income$70,893Census ACS
Price to income3.6×long-run average 2.3×
Property tax1.17%statutory, state
Insurance—typical premium
Commute19 minmedian, one way
Walkability4 / 20EPA index
Hazard ratingVery HighFEMA NRI · wildfire 88 · flood 96
Population change−6.2% a year2018–2023, Census ACS
Median year built1938Census ACS
Owner-occupied83%Census ACS

Typical homes cost 3.6× the median household income here, against 4.3× in the median SD ZIP and 4.3× in the median U.S. ZIP (Zillow, August 2026; Census ACS 2023). Median household income is $70,893 here, against $71,388 in the median U.S. ZIP (Census ACS 2023).

Hazard ledger
Overall riskVery Highscore 94 of 100 · county median 91
Flood96 of 100county median 93
Wildfire88 of 100county median 87
Hurricane—no FEMA score for this ZIP

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release, refreshed annually · tract-level rolled up to ZIP · not a property-level rating · no future-year projection · the tick is the median of 3 scored ZIPs in Clay County.

Housing cost burden
Owners spending over 50% of income11%U.S. median ZIP 5%
Renters spending over 30% of income22%U.S. median ZIP 39%

Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates · the tick is the U.S. median ZIP.

Behind the score

The inputs behind each of the five parts, against the U.S. median ZIP.

Affordability

56

Growth

60

Risk

41

Momentum

23
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Livability

34
Walkability4 / 20EPA Smart Location DatabaseLeast walkable
Transit access—EPA Smart Location DatabaseNo transit data
Job density1 jobs per sq miCensus LODESFew jobs nearby

Nearby

4 scored South Dakota ZIPs within 12 miles; the ones below score within ten points and cost less.

Dots are South Dakota ZIP centers colored by market balance; the ring is 12 miles.

No cheaper ZIP within ten points nearby.

Sources and freshness

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ZillowHome values, rents, price tiersAugust 2026
Realtor.comListings, days on market, price cutsSeptember 2026
RedfinSale-to-list, sold above listAugust 2025
Census ACSIncome, commute, population, housing stock2023 five-year
FEMA National Risk IndexHazard ratingsDecember 2025 release
EPAWalkability2021
HUDFair market rent, 2 bedroomsFY 2026
Freddie MacMortgage rateSeptember 2026, monthly average
HavenScoreScore, balance, forecastScored October 1, 2026

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