ZIP 57265 vs ZIP 57264

This side-by-side compares ZIP 57265 (Strandburg, SD) and ZIP 57264 (Stockholm, SD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 57265 has a population of 225 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 57264 has 219 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 57265 reports a median household income of $69,519 against $79,583 in ZIP 57264, with per-capita income of $32,334 vs $28,522. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 1.1% in 57265 and 31.2% in 57264. Poverty rate reads 11.9% vs 6.3%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 4.7% - 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 $114,600 in 57265 versus $112,500 in 57264, with median rent of - and - per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 64.9% vs 77.0%. 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.