ZIP 57232 vs ZIP 57247

This side-by-side compares ZIP 57232 (Eden, SD) and ZIP 57247 (Lake City, SD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 57232 has a population of 299 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 57247 has 320 at 2 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 57232 reports a median household income of $93,750 against $50,455 in ZIP 57247, with per-capita income of $73,456 vs $51,623. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.5% in 57232 and 20.2% in 57247. Poverty rate reads 2.9% vs 1.4%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 $290,200 in 57232 versus $173,300 in 57247, with median rent of $775 and - per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 95.2% vs 88.5%. 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.