ZIP 57580 vs ZIP 57528

This side-by-side compares ZIP 57580 (Winner, SD) and ZIP 57528 (Colome, SD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 57580 has a population of 4,449 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 57528 has 748 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 57580 reports a median household income of $59,547 against $61,292 in ZIP 57528, with per-capita income of $32,626 vs $32,395. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.7% in 57580 and 16.8% in 57528. Poverty rate reads 19.4% vs 17.9%, and unemployment 1.8% 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 $133,900 in 57580 versus $95,000 in 57528, with median rent of $835 and $813 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.5% vs 63.6%. 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.