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Box Elder city, Meade County, SD

4,726 Population
1.5 square miles 3,151.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.8 ±3.7 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Meade County: 37.3 ±1.6
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,437 ±$3,290 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Meade County: $38,550 ±$2,048
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,160 ±$15,522 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Meade County: $74,790 ±$7,020
  • about the same as the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.2% ±2% (140  ±99) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Meade County: 7.1% † 2,100 (±1.7% / ±500)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.6 minutes ±4.9 (45,870  ±9,484) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Meade County: 19.8 299,680 (±1.1 / ±20,172)
  • a little less than the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,605 ±577 Number of households
  • Meade County: 11,968 ±425
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±1.4 (4,354  ±1,496) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Meade County: 2.5 29,471 (±0.1 / ±720)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

14.8% ±6.6% (201  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Meade County: 8.2% † 559 (±2.5% / ±173)
  • more than double the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,716 ±595 Number of housing units
  • Meade County: 12,871 ±292
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$339,700 ±$18,223 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Meade County: $310,900 ±$18,105
  • about 1.3 times the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

23% ±16.3% (1,058  ±750.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Meade County: 14.5% † 4,370 (±3.9% / ±1,189.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.3% ±29.8% (2,145  ±395.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Meade County: 95% 19,962 (±4.8% / ±1,095.3)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93.2% 562,448 (±0.9% / ±5,163.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.2% ±4.1% (795  ±230.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Meade County: 27.8% 5,836 (±2.5% / ±543.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.6% ±2% (125  ±92) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Meade County: 1.7% 509
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.3% ±7.8% (364  ±238) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Meade County: 12.7% † 2,861 (±1.7% / ±394)
  • nearly double the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
364 Total veterans ±238 297 Male ±217 67 Female ±49

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