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Blackhawk, SD

2,934 Population
4.7 square miles 619.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±7.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 40.6 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,875 ±$4,274 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: $42,169 ±$1,324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,993 ±$10,670 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: $75,255 ±$2,318
  • a little less than the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.9% ±3.2% (54  ±94) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 10.2% 15,163 (±1% / ±1,413)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.5 minutes ±2.8 (39,000  ±10,117) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 20 1,390,735 (±0.9 / ±67,466)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,267 ±215 Number of households
  • the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 62,789 ±678
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.6 (2,933  ±495) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 2.4 147,865 (±0 / ±450)
  • a little less than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.1% ±11.2% (54  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 5.8% † 1,797 (±1% / ±314)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,280 ±212 Number of housing units
  • the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 69,843 ±294
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$273,300 ±$36,386 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: $307,700 ±$9,188
  • a little higher than the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.9% ±7% (288  ±209.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 15.8% 23,855 (±1.3% / ±2,018.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.8% ±6% (2,255  ±447.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 94.7% 101,783 (±2.2% / ±2,443.1)
  • 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)
16.4% ±6% (389  ±160.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 33.1% 35,576 (±1.3% / ±1,415.4)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about half 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

1.7% ±2.2% (50  ±66) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 2.3% 3,554
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.5% ±6.8% (256  ±173) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 12.4% 14,583 (±0.8% / ±920)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
256 Total veterans ±173 230 Male ±163 26 Female ±43

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