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57106Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 57106.

78
Area Score
Top 3% of 695 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 9% of 727 published ZIP areas77
GrowthTop 5% of 701 published ZIP areas75
Housing affordabilityTop 13% of 800 published ZIP areas92
Climate735th of 779 published ZIP areas55
Physical resilienceTop 16% of 800 published ZIP areas83
Access445th of 779 published ZIP areas95
Economic stabilityTop 9% of 800 published ZIP areas79
The quick read

57106 ranks in the top 9% of published ZIP profiles for employment opportunity, with unemployment at 2.0% and median household income of $77,580.

Housing is more affordable relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles, with rent taking 17% of median household income.

Natural-hazard exposure is lower than in most comparable published ZIP profiles, placing 57106 in the top 16% for physical resilience.

At a glance

Population
51,907
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$77,580
Top 41% nationally
Density
1,715/sq mi
30.3 sq mi of land
Median age
34.0
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Metro area
Sioux Falls, SD-MN
Nearest major airport
FSD
7 mi · Joe Foss Fld
Median home value
$290,200
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 2.0% is lower than 100% of the 1,061 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 0.9% over the past year, to 120,885 employed residents.

34% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 73% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$5,707$77,580Top 41%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$1,988$41,243Top 36%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate9.2%Bottom 43%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute19.2 minBottom 11%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher34.4%Top 27%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment120,885Bottom 23%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)4.2%Top 5%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-0.9%Bottom 49%June 2026
Labor force123,290Bottom 20%June 2026
Labor force participation77.1%Top 5%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$60,390Bottom 17%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$47,970Bottom 27%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.1%Top 44%June 2026
Unemployment rate2.0%Bottom 1%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202478k69k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $77,580 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Sioux Falls, SD-MN
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Registered Nurses7,680$75,350
Retail Salespersons5,960$34,600
Fast Food and Counter Workers5,730$29,830
Stockers and Order Fillers5,610$37,650
Cashiers4,000$30,880
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks3,390$46,910

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Sioux Falls, SD, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,074 takes 17% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.7 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
16.6%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.7×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,074
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$290,200
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income3.74Top 34%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate58.8%Bottom 15%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±71622,446Top 2%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$38$1,074Top 45%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$9,327$290,200Top 34%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income16.6%Bottom 42%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2.0%Bottom 9%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 →
Development Momentum
75/ 100
Top 5% of 701 published city profiles

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.

65% of recently permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes, so new supply is concentrated in apartments and condominiums rather than detached houses.

At 10.9 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
2,159
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
10.9
Top 5% nationally
Year over year
+3%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
65.4%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Sioux Falls, 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 85°F and January a low of 9°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 27.8 inches, including 45.3 inches of snow.

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Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station SIOUX FALLS, 7.7 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.2"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation27.8"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall45.3"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low9°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high85°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months51991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing56°F1991-2020 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

83 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are tornado, heat wave and strong wind.

TornadoModerate
Winter weatherModerate
HailModerate
Strong windModerate
Heat waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: ice storm, cold wave, inland flooding, drought, wildfire, landslide, lightning, earthquake.

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.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 7 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Joe Foss FldFSD7 mi9,000 ft
Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day FldSUX80 mi9,002 ft
Eppley AirfieldOMA160 mi9,502 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 forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 29, 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.

57106 vs Sioux Falls

How this ZIP area compares with Sioux Falls as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

57106
Sioux Falls
Median household income
$77,580
vs
$75,970
Per capita income
$41,243
vs
$44,604
Population density
1,715/sq mi
vs
2,411/sq mi
Median home value
$290,200
vs
$292,400
Median gross rent
$1,074
vs
$1,035
Homeownership rate
58.8%
vs
59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher
34.4%
vs
38.1%
Poverty rate
9.2%
vs
9.6%
Median age
34.0
vs
35.5

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.