ZIP 57325 vs ZIP 57355

This side-by-side compares ZIP 57325 (Chamberlain, SD) and ZIP 57355 (Kimball, SD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 57325 has a population of 3,054 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 57355 has 1,352 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 57325 reports a median household income of $80,139 against $63,125 in ZIP 57355, with per-capita income of $37,979 vs $33,914. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.8% in 57325 and 21.2% in 57355. Poverty rate reads 9.3% vs 20.1%, and unemployment 3.2% vs 2.3% - 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 $230,300 in 57325 versus $144,200 in 57355, with median rent of $818 and $827 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.9% vs 82.8%. 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.