Fairburn, SD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Fairburn, SD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 170. 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 FAIRBURN-SD · Fairburn, SD 1 ZIPs · 170 pop · #20979/25278 · Custer County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-UNK

  • INC-MID $52,308
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20979/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Custer
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 96% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 170
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-UNK Homes pending

Nearest income peer: Custer, SD (+ $31,161 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 Fairburn

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Fairburn 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, Fairburn, SD sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

17th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
170
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$52,308
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.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($52,308 average) · poverty 0.0%. The primary code (57738) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (95.7%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within South Dakota, Pine Ridge is the closest lower-income city and Harrold the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Fairburn.

Population concentration

Fairburn's single ZIP 57738 carries the town

Fairburn is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 57738 is the entire residential footprint (170 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 Fairburn's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 3 establishments, 2 employees , annual payroll $134k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 57738 (3 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Fairburn, SD

These ZIP codes sit in Custer County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Fairburn. See the Custer County roll-up →

Every one of the 2 cities sharing Custer County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Fairburn, Custer and Hermosa among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Hermosa marks the far end of that range at $106,250, 103% above Fairburn.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
57738 170 $52,308 3 0

Fairburn 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 Fairburn, .