PlainZIP

Hecla, SD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hecla, SD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 472. 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 HECLA-SD · Hecla, SD 1 ZIPs · 472 pop · #23197/25278 · Brown County

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

  • INC-LOW $44,375
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23197/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Columbia
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 95% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 472
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $50,400

Nearest income peer: Columbia, SD (+ $6,042 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 Hecla

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Hecla 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, Hecla, 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.

8th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
472
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$44,375
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 ($44,375 average) · poverty 2.2%. The primary code (57446) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (94.8%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within South Dakota, Deadwood is the closest lower-income city and Fort Thompson the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Hecla.

Population concentration

Hecla reads through its lone ZIP, 57446

472 ACS residents, one ZIP: 57446 is not the leading code inside Hecla, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Hecla's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 10 establishments, 40 employees , annual payroll $1,667k (~21 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 57446 (10 units) ; leading NAICS Wholesale trade (3) .

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ZIP Codes in Hecla, SD

These ZIP codes sit in Brown County, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Hecla. See the Brown County roll-up →

Every one of the 11 cities sharing Brown County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Hecla, Aberdeen, Groton and Warner among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Houghton marks the far end of that range at $150,000, 238% above Hecla.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
57446 472 $44,375 10 1
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Hecla 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 Hecla, .