57350 — Huron, South Dakota
Area Profile
Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 57350.
Residential permitting has slowed: 7 units authorized over the past twelve months, 36% below the prior year.
Housing is more affordable relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles: rent takes 16% of median household income and the median home is 2.6 times it.
The nearest major airport is 92 miles away, which is farther than most measured US ZIP areas.
At a glance
Jobs & opportunity
Unemployment of 1.9% is lower than 100% of the 6,544 measured US ZIP areas.
Employment fell 2.5% over the past year, to 8,785 employed residents.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income ±$6,745 | $66,573 | Bottom 41%of 31,295 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Per capita income ±$3,240 | $33,102 | Bottom 37%of 32,822 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Poverty rate | 14.4% | Top 34%of 32,970 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Average commute | 13.8 min | Bottom 3%of 32,887 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 27.7% | Top 39%of 33,193 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Employment | 8,785 | Bottom 1%of 6,544 | June 2026 |
| Employment change (3 years) | 0.2% | Top 48%of 6,542 | June 2026 |
| Employment change (year over year) | -2.5% | Bottom 13%of 6,544 | June 2026 |
| Labor force | 8,955 | Bottom 1%of 6,544 | June 2026 |
| Labor force participation | 67.5% | Top 23%of 33,252 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Unemployment change (year over year) | 0.0% | Bottom 47%of 6,544 | June 2026 |
| Unemployment rate | 1.9% | Bottom 1%of 6,544 | June 2026 |
The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Huron, SD, the city containing this ZIP code.
Schools
How it’s calculated →32% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 40% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.
There are 17.2 students for every full-time teacher, more than in most measured places.
| School | District | Students | Per teacher | Math | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huron High School - 01 | Huron School District 02-2 | 852 | 19.4 | — | — |
| Huron Middle School - 02 | Huron School District 02-2 | 716 | 16.3 | 37% | 47% |
| Madison 2-3 Center - 19 | Huron School District 02-2 | 474 | 16.9 | 27% | 32% |
| Buchanan K-1 Center - 18 | Huron School District 02-2 | 467 | 16.7 | — | — |
| Washington 4-5 Center - 20 | Huron School District 02-2 | 453 | 16.2 | 29% | 37% |
| Our Home ASAP - 12 | Huron School District 02-2 | 23 | 23.0 | — | — |
| Riverside Colony Elementary - 15 | Huron School District 02-2 | 18 | 9.0 | — | — |
| Huron Colony Elementary - 13 | Huron School District 02-2 | 16 | 16.0 | — | — |
| Our Home Rediscovery - 77 | Huron School District 02-2 | 6 | — | — | — |
| McKinley Learning Center - 05 | Huron School District 02-2 | 0 | — | — | — |
66.6% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.
Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against South Dakota’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.
Housing & affordability
How it’s calculated →Median rent of $890 takes 16% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.
A median home costs 2.6 times median household income here, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home price to income | 2.60 | Bottom 33%of 30,404 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Homeownership rate | 71.3% | Bottom 32%of 32,910 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Housing units ±123 | 7,130 | Top 22%of 33,772 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median gross rent ±$56 | $890 | Bottom 36%of 26,618 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median home value ±$14,635 | $173,000 | Bottom 36%of 30,941 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Rent as a share of income | 16.0% | Bottom 38%of 26,470 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacancy rate | 11.2% | Top 50%of 33,028 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.
Growth & development
How it’s calculated →An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.
New construction is predominantly single-family: only 0% of permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes.
At 0.5 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US ZIP areas.
The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Huron, SD, the city containing this ZIP code.
Weather & climate
5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 86°F and January a low of 6°F.
Normal annual precipitation is 23.3 inches, including 44.4 inches of snow.
| Metric | Value | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| Annual precipitation | 23.3" | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Annual snowfall | 44.4" | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average January low | 6°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average July high | 86°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Comfortable months | 5 | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Seasonal temperature swing | 58°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.
Physical risk
The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, cold wave and tornado.
Overall hazard risk is lower than 75% of measured US ZIP areas.
Low or minimal exposure: winter weather, ice storm, earthquake, landslide, lightning.
Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.
Safety
How it’s measured →These are deaths, not offences — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.
Beadle County records 0.0 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, lower than most counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.
Firearm deaths of all intents run at 16.2 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.
Drug overdose deaths run at 0.0 per 100,000 residents in Beadle County.
Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.
Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Beadle County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around 57350 rather than 57350 itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.
What this profile does not cover
Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.
- Reported crime
- Offences reported to police are published by department rather than by town, and only where a department reported every month of the year. No municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — so there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
- Taxes
- Taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Cost of living now is — the index above is the Bureau of Economic Analysis price parity for this area — but it is a price level for all consumption rather than a budget for a household, its spread is driven mostly by housing, and it excludes taxes. Housing affordability is computed separately from rent, price and income, because that answers a narrower and more actionable question. Nothing here is individualised tax advice.
- Anything about a specific address
- Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house. School attendance zones, insurance pricing and the character of a neighbourhood all vary within the places measured here.
Access
1 major airport lies within 100 miles, the nearest 92 miles away.
| Airport | Code | Distance | Longest runway |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Foss Fld | FSD | 92 mi | 9,000 ft |
| Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Fld | SUX | 165 mi | 9,002 ft |
| Hector Intl | FAR | 187 mi | 9,001 ft |
Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.
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Data & methodology
| Used for | Source | Source period | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access | Federal Aviation Administration Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service | NASR current cycle | 28-day NASR cycle |
| Physical risk | Federal Emergency Management Agency National Risk Index | National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0) | Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current) |
| Climate | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly) | 1991-2020 Normals | Every ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period) |
| Jobs | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics | June 2026 | Monthly |
| Demographics | U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program | July 1, 2024 estimate | Annual (vintage released each spring) |
| Development | U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey | 12 months ending July 2026 | Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month |
| Demographics, Housing, Income, Jobs | U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File) | 2024 ACS 5-Year | Annual (5-year estimates released each December) |
| safety | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics Provisional county-level mortality by intent | April, 2025 to March, 2026 | Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years |
| schools | U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments | 2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school year | Directory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them |
Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.
57350 vs Huron
How this ZIP area compares with Huron as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.
Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.