The number of homeless people has dropped in Sioux Falls for the first time in five years.
A total of 605 individuals were recorded in South Dakota’s largest city during the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2026 Point-in-Time (PIT) count. The count identified 562 people in sheltered settings and 43 individuals living unsheltered within city limits. The 2026 numbers reflect a little more than a three percent decrease from the 2025 count, which documented 625 people experiencing homelessness, including 565 sheltered and 60 unsheltered.
PIT totals have remained stable since 2024, notable given the city’s continued population growth during the same period. Sheltered counts rose from 387 people in 2022 to 465 in 2023 and 573 in 2024, before dropping slightly to 565 in 2025. Unsheltered numbers also fluctuated, beginning at 20 people in 2022, rising to 25 in 2023, 37 in 2024, and 60 in 2025, before decreasing to 43 in 2026…