Living in Yankton is typical of other small Midwestern cities, quite affordable. In 2005 in Yankton, the average residential sale price of a home was $104,403.
Five bedroom homes located along the Hillcrest Golf Course or west of town in the Lewis & Clark area average $270,000. Real estate tax on a house with a salable value of $100,000 is $1,694. Yankton’s city sales tax rate is 6%. There is no state income tax in South Dakota.