PlainZIP

Chester, SD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Chester, SD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 693. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet CHESTER-SD · Chester, SD 1 ZIPs · 693 pop · #5183/25278 · Lake County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $95,815
  • RANK-UPPER #5183/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Ramona
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 94% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 693
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $242,300

Nearest income peer: Ramona, SD ( $8,940 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Chester

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Chester on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Chester, SD sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 21%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
693
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$95,815
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $95,815 and home value $242,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 26.5%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (94.3%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within South Dakota, Elk Point is the closest lower-income city and Oral the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Chester.

Population concentration

Chester's single ZIP 57016 carries the town

Chester is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 57016 is the entire residential footprint (693 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Chester's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 12 establishments, 59 employees , annual payroll $3,851k (~17 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 57016 (12 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (4) · also Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Chester, SD

These ZIP codes sit in Lake County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Chester. See the Lake County roll-up →

Chester lands mid-pack among the 6 cities sharing Lake County: Wentworth, Winfred and Nunda earn more and Madison, Ramona and Rutland earn less. Madison marks the far end of that range at $71,868, 25% below Chester.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
57016 693 $95,815 12 8
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Chester roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Chester, .