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Rapid City East UT, Pennington County, SD

2,479 Population
271.4 square miles 9.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±11.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennington County: 39.7 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$24,658 ±$4,643 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennington County: $40,527 ±$1,515
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$87,407 ±$11,948 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennington County: $70,768 ±$2,235
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

23% ±14.5% (562  ±371) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Pennington County: 12% 13,073 (±1.1% / ±1,197)
  • nearly double the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

25.1 minutes ±3.3 (22,225  ±5,801) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennington County: 18.7 934,545 (±0.8 / ±44,667)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

738 ±111 Number of households
  • Pennington County: 45,698 ±537
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
3.4 ±0.4 (2,479  ±481) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennington County: 2.4 108,269 (±0 / ±213)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

6% ±6% (25  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennington County: 5.6% † 1,273 (±1.2% / ±262)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

796 ±114 Number of housing units
  • Pennington County: 50,655 ±124
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$297,100 ±$42,779 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennington County: $270,400 ±$5,389
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

4.7% ±4% (115  ±101) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennington County: 16.3% 18,073 (±1.5% / ±1,663.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

79% ±22% (1,261  ±209) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennington County: 94.7% 73,618 (±2.4% / ±1,891)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
19.4% ±5.1% (310  ±107.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennington County: 34.1% 26,479 (±1.4% / ±1,115)
  • about three-fifths of 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

1.3% ±1.1% (33  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennington County: 2.2% 2,499
  • about one-third of the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

13% ±3.9% (218  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Pennington County: 12.8% 10,954 (±0.8% / ±676)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
218 Total veterans ±80 200 Male ±75 18 Female ±23

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