ZIP 57370 vs ZIP 57325

This side-by-side compares ZIP 57370 (Pukwana, SD) and ZIP 57325 (Chamberlain, SD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 57370 has a population of 814 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 57325 has 3,054 at 5 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 57370 reports a median household income of $58,824 against $80,139 in ZIP 57325, with per-capita income of $29,642 vs $37,979. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.0% in 57370 and 33.8% in 57325. Poverty rate reads 15.1% vs 9.3%, and unemployment 2.4% vs 3.2% - 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 $180,200 in 57370 versus $230,300 in 57325, with median rent of $825 and $818 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.8% vs 74.9%. 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.