Lake City, SD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lake City, SD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 320. 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 LAKE-CITY-SD · Lake City, SD 1 ZIPs · 320 pop · #21626/25278 · Marshall County

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

  • INC-MID $50,455
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21626/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Britton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 89% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 320
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $173,300

Nearest income peer: Britton, SD (+ $20,029 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 Lake City

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

14th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
320
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$50,455
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 ($50,455 average) · poverty 1.4%. The primary code (57247) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

One ZIP, 57247, is all of Lake City

There is no split to weigh here: 57247 holds every one of Lake City's 320 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Lake City

Citywide ZBP: 4 establishments, 11 employees , annual payroll $153k (~13 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 57247 (4 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Lake City, SD

These ZIP codes sit in Marshall County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lake City. See the Marshall County roll-up →

Every one of the 4 cities sharing Marshall County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Lake City, Britton, Veblen and Langford among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Eden marks the far end of that range at $93,750, 86% above Lake City.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
57247 320 $50,455 4 2

Lake City 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 Lake City, .