ZIP 57025 vs ZIP 57010

This side-by-side compares ZIP 57025 (Elk Point, SD) and ZIP 57010 (Burbank, SD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 57025 has a population of 2,795 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 57010 has 493 at 3 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 57025 reports a median household income of $94,839 against $93,611 in ZIP 57010, with per-capita income of $40,540 vs $43,824. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.0% in 57025 and 32.1% in 57010. Poverty rate reads 6.9% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 2.3% 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 $237,900 in 57025 versus $296,400 in 57010, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.2% vs 66.1%. 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.