ZIP 57380 vs ZIP 57369

This side-by-side compares ZIP 57380 (Wagner, SD) and ZIP 57369 (Platte, SD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 57380 has a population of 3,470 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 57369 has 2,495 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 57380 reports a median household income of $62,135 against $78,100 in ZIP 57369, with per-capita income of $30,076 vs $31,939. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.8% in 57380 and 28.7% in 57369. Poverty rate reads 20.9% vs 18.7%, and unemployment 7.2% vs 0.8% - 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 $157,600 in 57380 versus $237,400 in 57369, with median rent of $692 and $870 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 61.0% vs 79.1%. 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.