ZIP 57783 vs ZIP 57754

This side-by-side compares ZIP 57783 (Spearfish, SD) and ZIP 57754 (Lead, SD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 57783 has a population of 14,290 at 24 people per square mile, while ZIP 57754 has 3,793 at 6 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 57783 reports a median household income of $74,844 against $66,250 in ZIP 57754, with per-capita income of $46,492 vs $39,341. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 38.1% in 57783 and 21.7% in 57754. Poverty rate reads 14.0% vs 9.6%, and unemployment 1.9% vs 2.4% - 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 $373,300 in 57783 versus $218,000 in 57754, with median rent of $965 and $844 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 58.6% vs 75.8%. 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.