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57718

ZIP 57718 is Black Hawk, South Dakota, mostly in Meade County; area code 605; Mountain time.

Upside down on a calculator, 57718 reads BILLS.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Meade +1 more
Metro area
Rapid City, SD
Population
7,937
Coordinates
44.1705, -103.3692
☼ Live from 57718 — Black Hawk, SD

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Where 57718 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 57718
  • 🔢 Type 57718 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BILLS — a real word! rare
  • ➕ As a number, 57,718 = 2 × 28859. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110000101110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 57717 (Belle Fourche, SD, 59 mi away) and 57719 (Box Elder, SD, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 57718 becomes 81775, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15778, 17578, 17758, 17857, 18577, 58771, …). The farthest-flung twin is 18577 in Scranton, PA, 1,412 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 82%.
  • 🎯388 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 57718 and you would come out at 44.17°S, 76.63°E — 469 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 52m.
  • 📏 At 26.6 square miles of land, 57718 is bigger than 43% of ZIP codes — room for about 20 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,937This ZIP7,937
Households3,321This ZIP3,321
Housing units3,346This ZIP3,346
Median age42.6This ZIP42.6South Dakota38.0US 38.9
Median household income$84,162This ZIP$84,162South Dakota$75,081US $80,734
Median home value$300,100This ZIP$300,100South Dakota$257,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,167This ZIP$1,167South Dakota$946US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher25.9%This ZIP25.9%
Mean commute21.4 minThis ZIP21.4 min
Population density298.6 / sq miThis ZIP298.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments194This ZIP194
Employees1,645This ZIP1,645
Annual payroll$74,350,000This ZIP$74,350,000
Tax returns filed3,620This ZIP3,620
Total adjusted gross income$257,301,000This ZIP$257,301,000

Land area

Land area26.58 sq miThis ZIP26.58 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Counties 57718 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Meade County 98.7%
Pennington County 1.3%

Other place names in 57718

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 57718

ZIPCityDistance
57769 Piedmont, SD 6.5 mi
57709 Rapid City, SD 7.0 mi
57701 Rapid City, SD 9.0 mi
57702 Rapid City, SD 9.8 mi
57759 Nemo, SD 10.1 mi
57706 Ellsworth Afb, SD 13.3 mi
57741 Fort Meade, SD 17.4 mi
57785 Sturgis, SD 18.3 mi
57719 Box Elder, SD 19.0 mi
57732 Deadwood, SD 19.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 57718?

57718 is in Black Hawk, South Dakota, in Meade County, part of the Rapid City, SD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.1705, -103.3692.

What county is 57718 in?

57718 spans 2 counties: Meade County and Pennington County. Most of it falls in Meade County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 57718?

Black Hawk uses area code 605, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 57718 in?

57718 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 57718?

About 7,937 people live in ZIP code 57718, in 3,321 households, at 298.6 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 57718?

$84,162 a year, against $75,081 across South Dakota.

What ZIP codes are near 57718?

The closest are 57769 (6.5 mi), 57709 (7 mi), 57701 (9 mi), 57702 (9.8 mi) and 57759 (10.1 mi).

Is 57718 a PO Box ZIP code?

57718 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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