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Box Elder city, Meade County, SD

4,571 Population
1.5 square miles 3,079.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.6 ±3 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Meade County: 37 ±1.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$28,210 ±$2,570 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Meade County: $36,301 ±$1,812
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$73,478 ±$10,707 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Meade County: $74,161 † ±$8,730
  • about the same as the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

4.9% ±3.1% (207  ±142) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Meade County: 7.7% † 2,241 (±1.6% / ±480)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

22.6 minutes ±5.4 (59,870  ±18,956) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Meade County: 21.2 317,705 (±1.5 / ±24,887)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

1,534 ±398 Number of households
  • Meade County: 11,801 ±287
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
2.8 ±1 (4,260  ±1,085) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Meade County: 2.5 29,200 (±0.1 / ±266)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

11.5% ±6.6% (146  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Meade County: 6.7% † 447 (±2.3% / ±156)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

1,670 ±395 Number of housing units
  • Meade County: 12,648 ±111
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$285,600 ±$26,921 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Meade County: $274,800 ±$13,024
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

27.7% ±11% (1,237  ±492.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Meade County: 15.5% † 4,638 (±2.6% / ±788)
  • about double the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

94.4% ±24.1% (2,065  ±352) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Meade County: 94.6% 19,436 (±4.9% / ±1,044.5)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
34.8% ±7.6% (762  ±219.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Meade County: 26.9% 5,523 (±2.6% / ±539.3)
  • about 10 percent higher 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% ±1.3% (91  ±57) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Meade County: 1.8% 540
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

19.7% ±6.2% (519  ±218) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Meade County: 13.3% † 2,971 (±1.8% / ±399)
  • more than double the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
519 Total veterans ±218 455 Male ±206 64 Female ±48

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