ZIP 57069 vs ZIP 57004

This side-by-side compares ZIP 57069 (Vermillion, SD) and ZIP 57004 (Beresford, SD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 57069 has a population of 11,988 at 28 people per square mile, while ZIP 57004 has 3,356 at 7 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 57069 reports a median household income of $53,327 against $88,750 in ZIP 57004, with per-capita income of $29,120 vs $40,074. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 48.2% in 57069 and 27.2% in 57004. Poverty rate reads 22.5% vs 4.2%, and unemployment 7.9% vs 1.2% — 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 $231,200 in 57069 versus $264,100 in 57004, with median rent of $768 and $901 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 46.2% vs 83.5%. 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.