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Rapid City School District 51-4, SD

103,507 Population
416.3 square miles 248.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pennington County: 40.3 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in South Dakota: 38.7 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,489 ±$2,358 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Pennington County: $43,263 ±$2,811
  • about the same as the amount in South Dakota: $41,637 ±$971
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$78,963 ±$4,677 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Pennington County: $79,250 ±$5,011
  • a little higher than the amount in South Dakota: $76,881 ±$1,990
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.7% ±1.9% (8,686  ±1,930) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Pennington County: 8.8% † 9,918 (±2% / ±2,232)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 10.4% 93,272 (±0.8% / ±7,375)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.8 minutes ±1 (859,470  ±51,581) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Pennington County: 19.4 985,005 (±1.2 / ±63,759)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

42,917 ±1,974 Number of households
  • Pennington County: 47,909 ±1,710
  • South Dakota: 382,302 ±3,562
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (99,906  ±2,621) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pennington County: 2.3 112,278 (±0.1 / ±73)
  • about the same as the figure in South Dakota: 2.3 892,377
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.3% ±2.2% (949  ±476) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennington County: 5.6% † 1,308 (±2.7% / ±621)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Dakota: 5.7% † 11,282 (±0.8% / ±1,617)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

47,361 ±1,350 Number of housing units
  • Pennington County: 54,227 ±48
  • South Dakota: 423,705 ±269
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$351,300 ±$19,655 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Pennington County: $360,900 ±$20,064
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $289,600 ±$6,421
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.9% ±3% (17,342  ±3,153.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Pennington County: 16.6% † 19,038 (±2.8% / ±3,248.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Dakota: 12.7% 115,735 (±0.9% / ±8,010)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.6% ±5.3% (68,627  ±4,426.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennington County: 94.8% 76,965 (±5.9% / ±4,817.7)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 94% 586,059 (±1.9% / ±11,805.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
37.1% ±3.7% (26,906  ±2,823.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennington County: 35.8% † 29,038 (±3.6% / ±2,932.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 34.2% 213,053 (±1.1% / ±6,679.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.7% ±1% (3,813  ±1,061) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Pennington County: 3.6% 4,214
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 4.2% 38,359
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

9.7% ±2.1% (7,719  ±1,661) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennington County: 11.1% † 9,788 (±2% / ±1,814)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Dakota: 7.4% 52,016 (±0.6% / ±3,880)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,719 Total veterans ±1,661 6,660 Male ±1,441 1,059 Female ±825

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