ZIP 57374 vs ZIP 57321

This side-by-side compares ZIP 57374 (Spencer, SD) and ZIP 57321 (Canova, SD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 57374 has a population of 343 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 57321 has 388 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 57374 reports a median household income of $79,167 against $93,125 in ZIP 57321, with per-capita income of $40,084 vs $38,034. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.3% in 57374 and 29.0% in 57321. Poverty rate reads 1.1% vs 8.1%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 0.0% - 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 $215,300 in 57374 versus $119,200 in 57321, with median rent of $440 and - per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.7% vs 100.0%. 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.