Houghton, SD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Houghton, SD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 146. 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 HOUGHTON-SD · Houghton, SD 1 ZIPs · 146 pop · #863/25278 · Brown County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-UNK

  • INC-TOP $150,000
  • RANK-TOP #863/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Claremont
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 41% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 146
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-UNK Homes pending

Nearest income peer: Claremont, SD ( $37,235 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 Houghton

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Houghton 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, Houghton, SD sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 3%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
146
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$150,000
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 $150,000 and home value - should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 19.8%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (40.9%) for this income tier, rent - may matter more than the home-value average.

Within South Dakota, Long Lake is the closest lower-income city and Lyons the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Houghton.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 57449, is all of Houghton

There is no split to weigh here: 57449 holds every one of Houghton's 146 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

No ZBP establishments filed for Houghton's ZIPs

Census County Business Patterns has no establishment rows joined to the ACS ZIPs mapped to Houghton. Read demography on this page; business counts are absent for this footprint.

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ZIP Codes in Houghton, SD

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

No other city sharing Brown County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Houghton. Aberdeen, Groton and Warner sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Hecla marks the far end of that range at $44,375, 70% below Houghton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
57449 146 $150,000 n/a 1

Houghton 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 Houghton, .