Charles Mix County, South Dakota Eviction Risk: Very Low

Charles Mix County, South Dakota scores 1.5/10 (Low) across its 10 tracked cities, placing it rank 24 of 66 counties statewide. That means 23 South Dakota eviction laws counties carry more eviction risk than Charles Mix County, and 42 are less risky, putting this county in the middle third of the state. For landlords, a 1.5/10 average signals a market where lease enforcement is relatively straightforward and tenant-side pressure is modest compared to most of the country, though localized pockets demand closer attention.

Operating here, landlords face an average rent of $744 per month, an average rent burden of 24.4%, and a renter share of 35.8% across the county. Those figures suggest a workforce rental base that is neither severely cost-pressured nor flush, a stable if thin margin environment. The intra-county score range, 1.1 to 1.7, spans nearly the full width of the Low tier, so the city a landlord picks inside Charles Mix County matters considerably.

The cities inside Charles Mix County

At the top of the risk range, Marty posts a 1.7/10 score with a population of 305. Just below it, Platte (population 1,161) and Lake Andes (population 901) both come in at 1.6/10. Platte and Lake Andes together account for more than 2,000 residents and represent the county's largest concentrations of rental activity outside Wagner eviction risk. Landlords targeting higher-volume markets should price Platte and Lake Andes risk into their underwriting accordingly.

Wagner (population 1,529) is the county's largest city and sits at exactly the county average, 1.5/10. At the lower end of the scale, Geddes registers the county's minimum at 1.1/10, and Ravinia comes in at 1.2/10. Pickstown reaches 1.4/10. That spread from 1.1 to 1.7 within a single county underscores how hyper-local eviction risk can be: the decision is not just whether to invest in Charles Mix County, but which community inside it fits an investor's risk tolerance.

State-level laws that apply here

Every landlord operating in Charles Mix County operates under South Dakota eviction laws state law, specifically SDCL § 43-32 (Lease of Real Property). For non-payment of rent or a lease violation, South Dakota eviction laws requires only a 3-day notice before filing. A no-cause termination at the end of a lease term requires 30 days notice. South Dakota eviction laws imposes no just-cause requirement for eviction and no rent control, and state law preempts any local attempt to add those restrictions. The South Dakota eviction laws eviction process, once initiated, takes an estimated 21 to 40 days for an uncontested case and 45 to 100 days for a contested one.

On the cost side, the South Dakota eviction costs a landlord can expect to carry include a court filing fee of $95 to $180, a sheriff lockout fee of $40 to $150, and attorney fees that commonly run $500 to $2,500 depending on complexity. South Dakota security deposit limits and South Dakota tenant protections, as defined statewide, apply uniformly across all cities in Charles Mix County regardless of local custom.

With a countywide poverty rate of 22% and a renter share of 35.8%, Charles Mix County carries meaningful economic sensitivity beneath its Low-risk headline score; the city-level grid above shows where that sensitivity is most concentrated.