Postal Codes

57481 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 57481 covers Westport, South Dakota, with a population of about 361 and a median household income of $66,000.

Population
3612 per square mile
Median age
45.66.9 points above the US average
Median household income
$66,0009% below the South Dakota median
Poverty rate
6.4%6 points below the US average
Median home value
$201,00015% below the South Dakota median
Degree or higher
15.1%19.9 points below the US average
Homeownership
94%29 points above the US average
Time zone
Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
11

Where 57481 is

Westport, South Dakota — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Population361
Median age45.6
Family households64%
Born outside the US0.6%
Speaks a language other than English at home11.6%
White (non-Hispanic)95.3%
Black (non-Hispanic)0%
Asian (non-Hispanic)0.6%
Hispanic or Latino0%
Veterans19%
Population by age
MaleFemale0-45-910-1415-1920-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465-7475-8485+
Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median household income$66,000
Income per person$37,229
Poverty rate6.4%
Households on SNAP or cash assistance5.3%

Household income distribution

Under $10k1.3%
$10–15k1.3%
$15–20k10.0%
$20–25k2.7%
$25–30k0.0%
$30–35k2.7%
$35–40k7.3%
$40–45k0.0%
$45–50k2.0%
$50–60k20.0%
$60–75k14.0%
$75–100k8.0%
$100–125k6.7%
$125–150k2.7%
$150–200k7.3%
$200k or more14.0%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Tax returns filed250
Mean adjusted gross income$60,788
Returns declaring $200,000 or more0%
Returns, under $25k40.0%
Returns, $25k–$50k16.0%
Returns, $50k–$75k16.0%
Returns, $75k–$100k12.0%
Returns, $100k–$200k16.0%
Returns, $200k or more0.0%
Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median home value$201,000
Owner-occupied94%
Vacant homes15.7%
Median year built1974

What the homes are

Detached house86%
Attached house6.2%
2 to 4 units3.9%
Mobile home2.8%
Boat, RV or van1.1%
Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate0%
Bachelor's degree or higher15.1%
High school diploma or higher88.8%
Works from home4.4%
Drives to work alone75.3%
Takes public transport0%
Commutes 45 minutes or more2.6%
Health

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesity36% 2.6 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diagnosed diabetes12% same as the national average of 12%
Currently smokes15.5% 2.3 pts above the national average of 13.2%
High blood pressure34.4% same as the national average of 34.1%
Fair or poor general health17.1% 3.2 pts below the national average of 20.3%
No health insurance (18–64)7.5% 3.8 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depression20.9% 1 pts below the national average of 21.9%
No leisure-time physical activity24.6% 0.8 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Arthritis30.2% 5.1 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Binge drinking17% 1 pts above the national average of 16%
Taking blood pressure medication79.1% 4.4 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cancer (non-skin)10.2% 2.5 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Current asthma10.2% same as the national average of 10.4%
Coronary heart disease7.2% 1 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Routine check-up in past year78.6% 1.9 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Cholesterol screening87.1% 1.2 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Cognitive disability13% 1.8 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Colorectal screening67.3% 3 pts above the national average of 64.3%
COPD7.2% 0.6 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visited a dentist69.8% 8.5 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Any disability30.6% same as the national average of 30.7%
Hearing disability8.6% 1.9 pts above the national average of 6.7%
High cholesterol35.9% same as the national average of 36.2%
Independent living disability7.4% 1 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Mammography use77.3% 1.4 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Poor mental health (14+ days)14.8% 2 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Mobility disability13.7% same as the national average of 14%
Poor physical health (14+ days)13.1% same as the national average of 13.5%
Self-care disability3.6% same as the national average of 4%
Sleeps under 7 hours29.6% 6.8 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Stroke3.6% same as the national average of 3.4%
All natural teeth lost7.4% 5.6 pts below the national average of 13%
Vision disability4.3% 1.3 pts below the national average of 5.6%
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments11
People employed71
Annual payroll$7,204,000
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Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall riskHigher than 95.6% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Moderate to Very High across the 3 census tracts this ZIP code covers
Expected annual loss94.7 out of 100
Community resilience62.6 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Winter weather100Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave99.7Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail99.3Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind99Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm96.2Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire96Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought92.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado91.4Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding88.3Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide74Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave48.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning30.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake27.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Compared with South Dakota and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

This ZIPSouth DakotaUnited States
Median household income$66,000$72,421$78,538
Income per person$37,229$38,880$43,289
Poverty rate6.4%12%12.4%
Median home value$201,000$236,800$303,400
Median gross rent$912$1,348
Homeownership94%68.6%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher15.1%31.1%35%
Unemployment rate0%3%5.2%
Works from home4.4%9.3%13.5%
Born outside the US0.6%3.9%13.9%
Median age45.637.738.7
Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather stationCOLUMBIA 8 N, SD US22.3 km away
Rain in a year22 in
Snow in a year38 in

Average high and low by month

January21.5°F / 0.4°F0.47 in rain, 7.7 in snow
February26.4°F / 4.5°F0.44 in rain, 6.8 in snow
March39.3°F / 17.7°F0.87 in rain, 6.1 in snow
April55.2°F / 31.1°F1.77 in rain, 3.6 in snow
May68.2°F / 44.8°F3.41 in rain
June77.8°F / 55.7°F3.59 in rain
July83.1°F / 59.9°F3.62 in rain
August81.4°F / 56.9°F2.62 in rain
September72.9°F / 46.9°F2.38 in rain
October57.5°F / 33°F2.11 in rain, 0.7 in snow
November40.7°F / 19.3°F0.68 in rain, 5.7 in snow
December26.9°F / 7.3°F0.5 in rain, 7.2 in snow
Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

This ZIP code is served by 4 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Frederick Area School District 06-233.1% of this ZIP code's land area
Leola School District 44-231.3% of this ZIP code's land area
Aberdeen School District 06-123.4% of this ZIP code's land area
Ipswich School District 22-612.3% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability21more vulnerable than 21% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status23more vulnerable than 23% of US census tracts
Household characteristics33more vulnerable than 33% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status5more vulnerable than 5% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport34more vulnerable than 34% of US census tracts
Walkability5 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

57426 Barnard, SD9.5 km away
57402 Aberdeen, SD19.9 km away
57441 Frederick, SD20.5 km away
57433 Columbia, SD20.7 km away
57401 Aberdeen, SD23.9 km away
57456 Leola, SD28.6 km away
57427 Bath, SD29.6 km away
57479 Warner, SD36.7 km away
Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Brown County56.4% of this ZIP code's land area
McPherson County31.3% of this ZIP code's land area
Edmunds County12.3% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneCentral (UTC-06:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area188.49 sq mi
Water area0.3 sq mi
Population density2 people per sq mi
Latitude, longitude45.6705, -98.5802

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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