Pennington County, South Dakota Off-Grid Guide 2026

Everything you need to judge Pennington County, South Dakota for off-grid living, in one guide: Freedom Score 4.6 out of 10, in Black Hills & West River.

What each county guide covers: land prices, home values and rents; tiny-house, composting-toilet, septic and building-code rules, with the office to call; rainfall, temperatures and solar; drinking-water PFAS tests and federal disaster history; and how the county scores for land cost, rules and building code, water, sun, elbow room, clean water, disaster history and property tax.

Instant PDF download. After checkout you get a download link by email. Letter-size pages, made to read on screen or print at home. Data compiled October 2026 from the US Census, USDA, FEMA, EPA and NOAA, scored with the Alt Ordo Freedom Score (0–10).