Draper, SD · standard
ZIP Code 57531
Jones County, South Dakota - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 228
- 0/sq mi
- $60,625
- Median income
- 32.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Draper pairs a below-median household income, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- 30th pct
- household income, US ZIPs
- 0
- people per sq mi
- 82%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 57531 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 57531 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Draper, Jones County, South Dakota, home to just 228 residents across 760.0 square miles, a density of 0 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 57531 reports a modest median household income of $60,625 (21% below the average South Dakota ZIP), while per-capita income is $24,739. The poverty rate is 9.8%, with unemployment at 1.8%; those measures add context to the income figure. The ACS does not report a median home value for this ZIP, so housing cost context is limited to the available tenure and rent fields.
A solid share of residents have a four-year degree: 32.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 34.1, and the average commute is -. No nearby ZIP peer set is available for this delivery area, so the South Dakota and national benchmarks above are the appropriate context for 57531.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 57531, Draper, SD · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
228
Population
760.0
Area (sq mi)
0
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 57531?
34.1
Median Age
46.4%
Male
53.6%
Female
3.3%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$60,625
Median Household Income
-21% vs state ZIP avg
$24,739
Per Capita Income
9.8%
Poverty Rate
1.8%
Unemployment Rate
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
61housing units
61
Total Housing Units
56
Occupied Units
5
Vacant Units
2.73
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
1974
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 5 business establishments in ZIP 57531, employing approximately 8 people with a combined annual payroll of $417,000.
5
Businesses
8
Employees
$417K
Annual Payroll
0
Industry Sectors
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP), 2023. Employment figures may include noise for disclosure avoidance.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 57531, both outside SD so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.