Prairie City, SD · standard
ZIP Code 57649
Perkins County, South Dakota - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 217
- 0/sq mi
- $84,500
- Median income
- 10.6%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Prairie City pairs an above-median household income, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 33%
- household income, US ZIPs
- 0
- people per sq mi
- 93%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 57649 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 57649 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Prairie City, Perkins County, South Dakota, home to just 217 residents across 1085.0 square miles, a density of 0 people per square mile, in the Denver time zone.
ZIP 57649 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $84,500 (10% above the average South Dakota ZIP), while per-capita income is $52,166. The poverty rate is 12.8%, with unemployment at 0.0%; 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.
Formal educational attainment runs low here: just 10.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 46.9, 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 57649.
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 57649, Prairie City, 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
217
Population
1085.0
Area (sq mi)
0
People / sq mi
Denver
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 57649?
46.9
Median Age
55.7%
Male
44.3%
Female
8.1%
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?
$84,500
Median Household Income
+10% vs state ZIP avg
$52,166
Per Capita Income
12.8%
Poverty Rate
0.0%
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
124housing units
124
Total Housing Units
100
Occupied Units
24
Vacant Units
2.73
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
1971
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 57649, 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.