ZIP 57601 vs ZIP 57472

This side-by-side compares ZIP 57601 (Mobridge, SD) and ZIP 57472 (Selby, SD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 57601 has a population of 4,003 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 57472 has 953 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 57601 reports a median household income of $66,003 against $61,708 in ZIP 57472, with per-capita income of $40,729 vs $31,142. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.8% in 57601 and 19.8% in 57472. Poverty rate reads 17.8% vs 9.0%, and unemployment 1.0% vs 3.8% - 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 $154,600 in 57601 versus $120,200 in 57472, with median rent of $943 and $814 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.2% vs 79.8%. 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.