County hub small town South Dakota

Minnehaha County, SD

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 19 ZIP codes inside Minnehaha County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
19
in this county
Total population
201,639
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
12
distinct city/town names
Avg density
460
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Minnehaha County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
57106 Sioux Falls 49,337 629
57103 Sioux Falls 36,574 1,492
57104 Sioux Falls 26,117 332
57105 Sioux Falls 22,916 1,177
57110 Sioux Falls 19,327 357
57005 Brandon 12,192 96
57107 Sioux Falls 10,402 86
57033 Hartford 5,906 19
57022 Dell Rapids 5,876 16
57030 Garretson 2,845 8
57003 Baltic 1,911 15
57020 Crooks 1,702 37
57068 Valley Springs 1,670 14
57018 Colton 1,503 7
57055 Renner 1,252 29
57035 Humboldt 1,076 5
57197 Sioux Falls 953 4,384
57041 Lyons 75 9
57117 Sioux Falls 5 21

About Minnehaha County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Minnehaha County in South Dakota contains roughly 19 ZIP codes spread across 12 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 201,639. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider South Dakota index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 460, which classifies the county overall as a small town environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Minnehaha County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Minnehaha County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.