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Box Elder, SD

12,457 Population
14.8 square miles 844.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,248 ±$3,073 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: $40,240 ±$1,174
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$73,698 ±$4,016 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: $71,985 ±$1,953
  • about the same as the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

7.4% ±2.5% (900  ±319) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 10.9% 15,878 (±0.9% / ±1,249)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

19.6 minutes ±2.3 (126,660  ±20,274) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 19.8 1,353,050 (±0.6 / ±50,425)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

4,311 ±515 Number of households
  • the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 61,532 ±630
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
2.8 ±0.4 (12,146  ±1,084) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 2.4 145,925 (±0 / ±199)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

13.3% ±5.1% (414  ±165) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 5.7% † 1,756 (±1% / ±308)
  • about double the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

4,781 ±530 Number of housing units
  • the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 68,429 ±97
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$271,800 ±$20,072 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: $274,200 ±$5,178
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

23.2% ±6.5% (2,794  ±785.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 15.7% 23,418 (±1.2% / ±1,853.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

94.3% ±6.8% (6,634  ±655.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 94.7% 99,849 (±2.1% / ±2,211.4)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
29.8% ±4.7% (2,097  ±358.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 32.5% 34,301 (±1.2% / ±1,253.7)
  • a little less than the rate in South Dakota: 31.1% 185,411 (±0.5% / ±2,814.7)

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

2.9% ±1.7% (358  ±206) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 2.1% 3,219
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

22.2% ±3.7% (1,723  ±347) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 13% 15,048 (±0.7% / ±824)
  • more than double the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
1,723 Total veterans ±347 1,490 Male ±337 233 Female ±124

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