PlainZIP

Wolsey, SD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Wolsey, SD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 839. 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 WOLSEY-SD · Wolsey, SD 1 ZIPs · 839 pop · #15863/25278 · Beadle County

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

  • INC-MID $64,063
  • RANK-LOWER #15863/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Huron
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 80% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 839
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $203,000

Nearest income peer: Huron, SD (+ $2,510 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 Wolsey

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

37th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
839
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$64,063
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $64,063 and poverty 7.3% concentrate in 57384.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Wolsey as a pure owner town.

Within South Dakota, Sturgis is the closest lower-income city and Bradley the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Wolsey.

Population concentration

Wolsey's single ZIP 57384 carries the town

Wolsey is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 57384 is the entire residential footprint (839 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Wolsey's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 27 establishments, 138 employees , annual payroll $6,105k (~32 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 57384 (27 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (6) · also Transportation and warehousing · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Wolsey, SD

These ZIP codes sit in Beadle County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Wolsey. See the Beadle County roll-up →

Every one of the 7 cities sharing Beadle County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Wolsey, Huron, Hitchcock and Wessington among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Virgil marks the far end of that range at $107,031, 67% above Wolsey.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
57384 839 $64,063 27 2
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Wolsey 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 Wolsey, .