ZIP 57246 vs ZIP 57259

This side-by-side compares ZIP 57246 (Labolt, SD) and ZIP 57259 (Revillo, SD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 57246 has a population of 161 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 57259 has 505 at 1 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 57246 reports a median household income of $72,917 against $80,250 in ZIP 57259, with per-capita income of $35,051 vs $33,555. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.6% in 57246 and 14.9% in 57259. Poverty rate reads 4.5% vs 13.2%, and unemployment 4.3% vs 5.7% - 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 $90,000 in 57246 versus $259,800 in 57259, with median rent of $506 and - per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.7% vs 96.7%. 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.