ZIP 57271 vs ZIP 57221

This side-by-side compares ZIP 57271 (Vienna, SD) and ZIP 57221 (Bryant, SD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 57271 has a population of 247 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 57221 has 808 at 3 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 57271 reports a median household income of $85,524 against $73,988 in ZIP 57221, with per-capita income of $30,407 vs $42,426. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 3.6% in 57271 and 17.2% in 57221. Poverty rate reads 20.7% vs 16.9%, and unemployment 2.2% vs 0.6% - 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 $307,800 in 57271 versus $227,100 in 57221, with median rent of - and $925 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.4% vs 77.7%. 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.