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Box Elder city, Pennington County, SD

8,176 Population
13.3 square miles 613.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennington County: 40.1 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,967 ±$4,290 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennington County: $42,302 ±$1,644
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,518 ±$9,950 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Pennington County: $74,517 ±$2,445
  • a little less than the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.8% ±4.6% (803  ±374) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennington County: 11.2% † 12,277 (±1.2% / ±1,273)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.5 minutes ±4.9 (86,875  ±20,748) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennington County: 19.4 985,005 (±1.2 / ±63,759)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,074 ±279 Number of households
  • Pennington County: 46,370 ±532
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (8,176  ±43) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennington County: 2.4 109,726 (±0 / ±337)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.9% ±5.1% (210  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Pennington County: 5.2% † 1,191 (±1.1% / ±239)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

3,433 ±339 Number of housing units
  • Pennington County: 51,681 ±155
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$291,800 ±$20,143 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Pennington County: $302,200 ±$9,091
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.1% ±6.4% (1,585  ±509.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennington County: 16.7% 18,793 (±1.5% / ±1,675.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±10% (4,881  ±610.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennington County: 94.6% 74,883 (±2.6% / ±2,078.1)
  • 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)
25.3% ±5.8% (1,337  ±316.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennington County: 34.6% 27,426 (±1.6% / ±1,272.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about two-thirds of 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

1.1% ±0.9% (86  ±74) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennington County: 2.5% 2,809
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

24.6% ±5.5% (1,318  ±310) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Pennington County: 12.3% 10,727 (±1% / ±843)
  • more than 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)
1,318 Total veterans ±310 1,138 Male ±284 180 Female ±95

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