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Rapid City, SD Metro Area

156,686 Population
7,804.6 square miles 20.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,230 ±$3,380 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$77,164 ±$5,869 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

10.3% ±2.1% (15,517  ±3,221) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.9 minutes ±1.7 (1,477,040  ±136,465) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

65,028 ±1,882 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (151,394  ±3,007) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.6% ±1.9% (1,513  ±628) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

70,969 ±1,362 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$321,600 ±$13,386 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

15.6% ±2.7% (24,190  ±4,207.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

95.1% ±4.3% (103,707  ±5,240.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
34.3% ±2.8% (37,373  ±3,189.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

2% ±0.5% (3,167  ±853) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

12% ±1.6% (14,502  ±2,000) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
14,502 Total veterans ±2,000 12,794 Male ±1,587 1,708 Female ±772

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