ZIP 57053 vs ZIP 57014

This side-by-side compares ZIP 57053 (Parker, SD) and ZIP 57014 (Centerville, SD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 57053 has a population of 1,893 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 57014 has 1,471 at 4 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 57053 reports a median household income of $93,393 against $77,000 in ZIP 57014, with per-capita income of $35,881 vs $41,778. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.1% in 57053 and 29.4% in 57014. Poverty rate reads 8.5% vs 5.4%, and unemployment 1.6% vs 1.5% - 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 $273,800 in 57053 versus $261,400 in 57014, with median rent of $983 and $556 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.0% vs 87.1%. 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.