ZIP 57020 vs ZIP 57041

This side-by-side compares ZIP 57020 (Crooks, SD) and ZIP 57041 (Lyons, SD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 57020 has a population of 1,502 at 36 people per square mile, while ZIP 57041 has 97 at 13 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted, a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 57020 reports a median household income of $101,500 against $158,393 in ZIP 57041, with per-capita income of $60,786 vs $49,263. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 42.1% in 57020 and 63.1% in 57041. Poverty rate reads 0.4% vs 15.8%, and unemployment 1.2% vs 0.0% - these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $320,400 in 57020 versus $578,100 in 57041, with median rent of $1,192 and - per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.8% vs 100.0%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners, a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.