ZIP 57259 vs ZIP 57246

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